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This category is for historic maps showing all or part of the Philippines. See subcategories for smaller areas. "Historic maps" means maps made over seventy (70) years ago.
The Philippines believes that the label Panacot on the map refers to the Scarborough Shoal, and it is the first map with label Panacot on it. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Professor Li Xiaocong of China pointed out that the label Panacot in the 1734 map was not Scarborough Shoal, and the three groups of islands, Galit, Panacot and Lumbay also appeared in the ...
The following is a listing of the sovereigns of the kingdoms in the Philippine archipelago before their dominions fell to either the Kingdom of the Spains and the Indies (mostly in the 16th or 17th century) or the United States of America (in the 20th century), and of their non-sovereign descendants that kept honorary titles.
At the turn of 20th century, the Philippines was acquired by the United States from Spain, along with Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam.The American colonial government wanted to "modernize" the capital city of their newly acquired territory, and the mountain city of Baguio, which was designated as the summer capital.
Year Date Event Source c.200 AD The Maitum Jars are anthropomorphic jars that were depicting a Child/ Human beings (head is the lead of the jar with ears and the body was the jar itself with hands and feet as the handle) with perforations in red and black colors, had been used as a secondary burial jars in Ayub cave, Pinol, Maitum Sarangani province, each of the jars had a "facial expression".
The Philippines was ruled under the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain. After this, the colony was directly governed by Spain, following Mexico's independence. Spanish rule ended in 1898 with Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War. The Philippines then became a territory of the United States.
1946 - The city became part of the newly inaugurated Third Republic of the Philippines. [10] 1947 - The Republic Theatre opened. [33] 1948 The capital of the Philippines was relocated from Manila to Quezon City. [36] Manuel A. Roxas High School was established in Paco. Manuel de la Fuente became mayor. Population: 983,906 city; 1,569,148 metro ...
20th-century elections in the Philippines (10 C) H. History of the Philippines (1898–1946) (9 C, 82 P) History of the Philippines (1946–1965) (2 C, 4 P)