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This is a timeline of Philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Philippines and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of the Philippines .
6 August 1896 – Rizal returns to Manila. 19 August 1896 – Katipunan was discovered after Teodoro Patiño reveals it to Fr. Mariano Gil, an Augustinian priest. 21 August 1896 – Andres Bonifacio creates a new secret Katipunan code. 23 August 1896 – Members of the Katipunan gathered in the house of Juan Ramos, the son of Melchora Aquino.
On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [26] As per Republic Act No. 3022, [27] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964. [28] January 1 – New Year's Day
On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [9] As per Republic Act No. 3022, [10] April 9 is proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964. [11] January 1 – New Year's Day
On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [8] As per Republic Act No. 3022, [9] April 9 was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964. [10] January 1 – New Year's Day
August 14, 1898 – The day after the surrender of Manila to their forces, General Wesley Merritt established a military government over portions of the country under American control. [33] December 10, 1898 – Spain cedes the Philippines to the United States. [34]
The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 is known as the American colonial period, and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on ...
1 August: The City of Greater Manila was disestablished. [35] Juan L. Nolasco became mayor. The General Headquarters and military camp bases of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the Philippine Constabulary was re-established and reactivated in the city's capital after liberation from the Japanese.