Philippine History: Key Dates and Events

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Card 1. When was the Battle of Mactan, where Lapulapu's forces defeated Magellan?
AnswerApril 27, 1521.
Card 2. Where did Legazpi found the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines, and when?
AnswerCebu, in 1565.
Card 3. When was Manila established as a Spanish city?
AnswerJune 24, 1571.
Card 4. Who were Gomburza, and when were they executed?
AnswerFathers Mariano Gómez, José Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, executed on February 17, 1872.
Card 5. When and where was Rizal's Noli Me Tangere published?
Answer1887, in Berlin.
Card 6. When and where was El Filibusterismo published?
Answer1891, in Ghent, Belgium.
Card 7. Who founded La Liga Filipina, and when?
AnswerJosé Rizal, on July 3, 1892.
Card 8. When was the Katipunan founded, and by whom?
AnswerJuly 7, 1892, by Andrés Bonifacio and others.
Card 9. When and where was José Rizal executed?
AnswerDecember 30, 1896, in Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park), Manila.
Card 10. When and where was Philippine independence declared?
AnswerJune 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite.

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Card 11. What treaty ceded the Philippines from Spain to the United States, and when?
AnswerThe Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898.
Card 12. When was the Malolos Republic inaugurated?
AnswerJanuary 23, 1899.
Card 13. When did the Philippine–American War begin?
AnswerFebruary 4, 1899.
Card 14. When was the Commonwealth of the Philippines established, and who was its president?
AnswerNovember 15, 1935, with Manuel L. Quezon as president.
Card 15. What happened on April 9, 1942, now remembered as Araw ng Kagitingan?
AnswerThe fall of Bataan to Japanese forces.
Card 16. When did the United States recognize Philippine independence?
AnswerJuly 4, 1946.
Card 17. When was Ninoy Aquino assassinated?
AnswerAugust 21, 1983.
Card 18. When did the EDSA People Power Revolution take place?
AnswerFebruary 22–25, 1986.