TIMELINE by Jesus T.

Peralta
June 2005 ©

Phili ppine Events Dates World Events

4.4 m.y Ardipitheus- early fossil hominid, Myanmar

4.2-1.8 m.yrs. Different Australopithecines in Africa

2 m.yrs. Homo habilis in Africa

1.5 m.yrs. Homo erectus, Java Man,in Indonesia

to 27000 yrs.

Espinosa Ranch Site, Cagayan Province. .9+-.17 m.yrs. Homo erectus, Peking Man, in China.
Evidence for the presence of Man in the form of Stone tools; use of fire.
two flake stone tools in situ in the mid-Pleistocene
Awidon Mesa Formation - the oldest man-made
object associated with fossils of elephas. Stegodon,
Elephas, deer, pig, tortoise also in the general area.
Middle of the Ice Age. Land bridges to mainland Asia.
Paleolithic Culture.

Cabatuan, Iloilo. Flake tools, elephas fossils; co-eval

fossils also in Agusan Valley; Rizal,
Quezon City, and Pangasinan.

100000 BC Homo sapiens sapiens

75000-35000 BC Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in Europe

Tibia in Tabon Cave 47,000 BC Earliest H.sapiens sapiens in the Philippines and
Southeast Asia

Appearance of the Mamanua in the country, a 60,000 BC Homo sapiens neanderthalensis burial
population now limited about Lake Mainit in Agusan -50,000 of the dead with flowers.
del Norte, Mindanao, identified as a Proto-Malay Crossing of the Bering Straits from Asia to the American
population. continent

Tabon Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Earliest 50000-45000 BC

occupation. Flake stone tool assemblage.

Negrito Populations with eastern and western 30000-20000 BC Cro-Magnon man

branches on both sides of the Philippines Altamira Rock paintings
Beginning of sea level rise at the end of Ice Age as
earth temperatures rise. Polar Ice begins to melt.

Tabon Cave, Lipuun Point, Quezon, Palawan - Tabon 16,700 BC

Woman - earliest fossil evidence of H.sapiens sapiens
in the Philippines.
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) fossil in Tabon Cave

Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan, N. Luzon 16000-8000 BC

inhabited with flake stone tools of chert,andesite,
opalines; burnt bones.

Guri Cave. Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake stone 13000 BC Pottery in Padah-Lin Cave in Myanmar.
tools, marine shells. 12220-9780 BC
Sea about the present level. Land bridges, loast coastal
areas inundated.

10000 BC Food plants grown in the fertile crescent; beans, peas,

water chestnuts grown in Thailand.

9750 BC Cultivation in Thailand, peas, beans, etc.

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9000 BC First settlement of islands in the Meditarranean.
Stones used to remove husks from grain in Egypt.

8500 BC Plant domestication in the Andes.

Sheep domesticated in the fertile crescent.

Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan.

8070
Flake stone tools.

8000 BC Jericho, already with fortification

Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Bone, chert flakes 7880-7560 BC

tools, jasper, jade, freshwater shells

7000 BC Domestication of cattle, pigs lin Middle East; Pottery,

spinning, weaving, copper use in the Near East; Plaster
human statues in Jordan; squash, beans, pepper
in Mexico; manioc, root crops in Andes; pastoral farming
in Libya and Algeria.

6500 BC Cultivation spreads in Southeast Europe.

Bolobok Cave, Sanga- Sanga, Tawi-Tawi,

6185 BC
Tridacna shell tools, stone tools
Early Neolithic Age Culture.

Austronesian population movements into the 6000-2000 BC

Philippines and the Pacific

Earliest Potteryin Europe.

6000 BC
Irrigation in Tigris and Euphrates; rock painting in
Central Sahara; First farming in India; domestication of
plants and animals in China; Earliest pottery in China;
beans and peanuts in Peru.

Laurente Cave, Cagayan. Pottery, flake stone tools 5880 BC

Bolobok Cave,Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi. 5745 BC

Pottery, shell and stone tools

Arku Cave, Penablanca,Cagayan. Pottery, adzes, shell 5730 BC

beads, stone flakes, bones.

Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi 5680-5520 BC

Pottery, midden, flake stone and shell tools bones, red
hematite slip in pottery

Laurente Cave. Flake tools, bones, plain pottery shards 5580 BC

5200 BC Farming spreads in Europe

5000 BC Wet rice farming in China; Corn grown in Tehuacan,

Mexico; Cattle herding in Egypt; Pottery and linen in
Egypt; first ships appear in the Mediteranean; plow first
used in Southeast Europe; chamber tombs in France.
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Guri Cave, Chamber A, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 5000-2000 BC Domistication of Bovines in Thailand
Flake tools, blade-like stone tools, marine
marine shells.

Duyung Cave, Palawan, ground shell tools 4850-4400 BC

trapezoidal stone adzes, side and center
perforated shell disks, shell lime container
Late Neolithic Age culture.

Bagumbayan, Masbate. Pottery 4700-4140 BC

Pilanduk Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Edge-ground tools, 4500-3500 BC

flake tools, jar burial.

Musang Cave, Penablanca. Pottery, flake tools, 4340-2530 BC

human bones, earthenware beads

Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeite beads pottery 4120-3755 BC

Earliest evidence for house.

Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. 4095 BC

Shell, flake tools, pottery

4000 BC Amazon pottery, earliest in the Americas

Callao Cave, Penablanca,Cagayan. Flake tools. 3890 BC

Duyung Cave, Iwahig, Palawan. probable jar burial 3810-3650 BC

Duyung Cave, Palawan. 3675-3015 BC

Edge-ground stone and Tridacna shell tools.

Rabel Cave, Panablanca, Cagayan.Flake tools, pottery. 3545-2190 BC

Pilanduk Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. 3500 BC Towns in Egypt, Memphis, Central Egypt
Edge-ground tools, flakes, jar burial

3500-3200 BC Wheeled vehicles in Central Europe Peru grows cotton

and corn

3400 BC Wheel and potters wheel in Sumer, Indus Valley.

Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeit beads, pottery, 3370 BC

mortars, whetstone, adzes.

3300 BC Cuneiform writing in Sumer

3200 BC Standing Stones in Britain and France

Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi bronze celt, red 3190 BC

glass bead, pottery
Early Metal Age Culture.

3100 BC Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt

Olives, vines, cereals grown in the Aegean area; rye and

3000 BC
oats grown in Europe. Pottery in Ecuador, Columbia.
Talikod Island, Samal, Davao. Occupation debris. 2930 BC
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Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake tools. 2880 BC

Dimolit, Isabela. Flakes, jasper blades with silica gloss, 2865 BC

pottery Evidence for reaping.

2700 BC Corn grown in Argentina.

Duyung Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. 2680 BC

Flexed burial, tridacna adzes, shell lime container,
shell disk ornaments, habitation.

Pintu Cave, Isabela. 2655-2120 BC

Core tools, flake tools, small blade-like tools.

Dimolit, Isabela. House floor. 2650-2710 BC

House floor, flake tools, small jasper blades, silica gloss

Talikod, Samal Is., Davao. 2650-2315 BC

Flake shell and stone tools, midden.

2600-2550 BC Step pyramid, Sphinx in Egypt,

Manga Site, Andarayan, Cagayan. Rice husk embedded 2610-2130 BC

in pottery, polished adzes, spindle whorl.
Earliest evidence for rice. Evidence for weaving.

2550 BC Great Pyramid at Giza.

2500-2100 BC Flutes, clarinets in Egypt, Bronze Age in Europe, First

Minoan palaces in Crete, Stone Henge reaches final
form in England.

2500 BC Epic of Gilgamesh. Weaving in Mexico

Lallo, Cagayan. Fresh water shell midden, pottery, 2395-1735 BC

bones, trapezoidal stone adzes

Bagumbayan, Masbate. Buff colored pottery 2310-1735 BC

Edjek, Negros. Pottery, fired clay lumps 2305-1410 BC

2300 BC Pottery in Mexico.

Magapit Bridge, Cagayan. Shell, polished stone 2125-1745 BC

tools, plain red-slipped pottery

Binangonan, Rizal. Angono Petroglyphs c.2000 BC Chopsticks in use in China

Dimolit, Isabela. Flake tools, blades with silica gloss 1860 BC

Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tools, pottery. 1855 BC

Lemery. Batangas. Pottery 1850 BC

1814 BC First Assyrian Empire

1766 BC Shang Dynasty in Northern China

Arku Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Footed 1660-890 BC

pottery,bones, shell beads, baked clay bead.

1580-1079 Shang Dynasty in China. Bronze pots

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Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tool, pottery. 1570 BC

Banaue, Ifugao. Dates occupation in a house platform 1545-825 BC

presumably. Terracing probably present/root cropping

Ngipe’t Duldog Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 1500-1000 BC

Jar burial, stepped adze, stone and shell beads.

1470 BC Santorini destroyed in the Meditarranean

Lanna, Cagayan. Stone adzes, spindle whorls. 1380 BC

Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 1330 BC

Jar burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads.

Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 1255-605 BC

Jar burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads.

1005-1250 BC David unites the Jews. Capital at Jerusalem

1445 BC Hebrew Exodus

1220 BC Destruction of Troy by the Myceneans

Batungan Cave, Masbate. Kalanay-type pottery. 1165 BC

Bato Caves, Sorsogon. Jar burials with shells, 1000-225 BC

adzes, shell beads and bracelets.

1000 BC The Rig Veda of India is written down.

Astronomical laboratory, maps dictionaries in China
Copper smelting in the Andes

972-953 BC Solomon becomes King of Israel, begins to build

temple.

900 BC Etruscans appear in Italy

900-801 BC Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians

Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Pt.,Palawan. Late Neolithic 895-775 BC

burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. “Manunggul Jar”.

Arku Cave, Cagayan. Red-slipped pottery, ochre 805-390 BC

covered bones, bone points.

801-701 BC Iliad and Odyssey are composed.

800 BC “Age of Prophesy” among the Hebrew

770 BC Eastern Chou Dynasty in China

Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, glass beads, stone tools. 765 BC

Batungan Cave 2, Masbate.

756 BC
Stone adzes Kalanay- type pottery.
750 BC Odyssey and Iliad, poetry in Greek
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700 BC Pyramic tombs of Nubian kings.
Sheep in East Africa.
Iron tools and weapons in North Africa

Bato Caves, Sorosogon. Pottery, quadrangular 690-635 BC

adzes, jar burial, shell beads and bracelets

601-501 BC The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

600 BC Taoism in China

587 BC Nebuchadnessar destroys Jerusalem.

Israel banished to Babylon

538 BC End of Israel captivity in Babylon under Cyrus who

founds first Persian Empire

528 BC Birth of Buddhism

509 BC Foundation of the Roman Empire

Cortez Site, Cagayan. Burial site. Metal site. c.500 BC-500 AD

Duyung Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Jar burial, stone 500-300 BC The Persian Wars
adzes, bronze and iron tools, jade ornaments. China produces cast iron.
Uyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, Bronze Dongson drums.
bronze adz and spear, stone adz, iron (?), jade First Suez Canal. Camels replace horses in the Sahara.
ornaments, glass beads and bracelets. Terra-Cotta heads of the Nok culture in Nigeria.

Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, Glass beads, stone tools 435-165 BC

430 BC Attila, the Hun ravages Europe

425 BC Hindu Ramayana Epic

399 BC Trial and death of Socrates

332 BC Alexander the Great starts Greek rule from the East to
India

307 BC Great Library in Alexandria

Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, bronze, 300-100 BC Taoism based on “Tao-te Ching”, attributed to Lao Tse.
glass and gold beads, jade ear pendants. Yayoi Culture in Japan.

282 BC The Colossus of Rhodes

280 BC Pharos, lighthouse in Alexandria

210 BC 7000 Terra-cotta warriors guard

Emperor Shih’s tomb in China

204 BC Great Wall of China completed

Rito-Fabian Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 200-100 BC

jar burial, iron, copper, bronze, glass and jade ear
pendants, shell, jade beads and bracelets.

Binisitahan, Sorsogon. Jar burial c.200 BC

V.Pagayona Sr. Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 200 BC-200 AD

Jar burials with trunconical covers, iron, copper,
bronze, glass beads.
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197 BC Rosetta Stone inscribed in Egypt

Manunggul Cave, Chamber B, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 190 BC

Jar burial, iron, glass and stone, glass bracelets.
Earliest date for iron.
Developed Metal Age culture.

112 BC Silk Road opens between China and the West

Tadyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, 100 BC-300 AD

trunconical covers, iron, bronze, glass, gold,
carnelian, glass and jade bracelets.

79 BC Mt. Vesuvius, destruction of Pompeii

49 BC Caesar crosses the Rubicon

47 BC Great Library of Alexandria destroyed

13 BC Hebrews occupy Canaan

8-5 BC Birth of Christ

Maitum Cave, Sarangani. Anthropomorphic burial jars, 5 BC-225 AD

glass beads, bracelets. Kalanay-type pottery.

ANNO
DOMINI

11 AD Gun powder is invented in China

26-36 AD Passion of Christ (14th-15th of Nisan)

43 AD London is established by the Romans

64 AD Great Fire in Rome

70 AD Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans

c.100 AD Porcelain first made in China

105 AD Ts’ai Lun makes paper in China

150 AD Earliest Sanskrit inscription.

Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon at Teotihuacan,
Valley of Mexico.

200 AD Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita in India

202-220 AD Han Dynasty reunites China

271 AD Magnetic compass in China

279 AD Talmud is issued by Jewish scholars

285 AD Confucianism introduced in Japan

300 AD Mass production of iron in Europe

313 AD Constantine’s vision of the cross.

Christianity becomes official religion of the Roman
Empire
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Libertad, Butuan City. 320 AD
Large edge-pegged plank boats - Earliest dated boat.

330 AD Byzantine Empire in Constantinopole

360 AD Books start to replace scrolls in Europe

Sasak Shelter, Kalatagbak, Palawan. 400-600 AD Writing begins in Japan with Chinese ideographs
Pottery,iron, glass beads.

479-502 AD Chi Dynasty in China

500 AD Decimal system devised in India

Kulaman Plateau,Cotabato, Mindanao. Stone urn 500-670 AD

burial, pottery jar burial.

535 AD Decimal system devised in India

570 AD Birth of Mohammad (-632)

593 AD Printing press is invented in China using wooden

blocks

594 AD Buddhism becomes official religion of Japan

Bunghalian, Ifugao. Terrace dating 610 AD

618-960 AD Tang Dynasty with Chang-an as capital

622 AD Hegira- Flight of Mohammad to Medina

625 AD Mecca is conquered and becomes center of Islam

641 AD Persian Empire falls to the Muslims

Lungun Cave, Kalatagbak, Palawan. 700-900 AD Golden Age of Chinese poetry

Wood coffin burials, iron, pottery.

750 AD Maori arrives in New Zealand

760 AD Arabs develop numerals system

763 AD Baghdad becomes center of Muslim culture

800 AD Charlemagne becomes first Holy Roman emperor

802 AD Angkor Kingdon in Cambodia

939 AD Vietnam becomes independent of China

960-1270 AD Song Dynasty in China

Sinoloan Copper plate: earliest evidence of writing c.1000 AD

in the Philippines - a legal quit-claim.

Laurel, Batangas. c.1000 AD

Polychrome jar with manganese glaze from Fayum,
Egypt Earliest evidence of high-fired ceramics.
Butuan City, Mindanao.
Persian glass, shell midden, Chinese Yueh-type wares,
large edge-pegged plank boat.
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Bubulungun Cave I-B, Lipuun Point, Palawan. 1000-1100 AD
Secondary jar burial, iron, Indo-Roman beads,
Song dynasty trade ceramics.

500-1010 AD Chess is developed in India

Magmisi Shelf, Iwaig, Palawan. Secondary burial in jars, 1100-1200 AD

Song Dynasty trade ceramics.

Limao-Limao Cave, Ransang, Palawan. cave burial 1040 AD

1050 AD Magnetic compass invented in China.

First movable type printing in China

Tausug moves from NE Mindanao to SW to c.1100

the Sulu archipelago

Buad Island, Samar. Small blade and flake, silica gloss 1115 AD

1126 AD Song Dynasty rules only in South China

1150 AD Hindu Angkor Vat in Cambodia

1156 AD Founding of Moscow

1166 AD Saladin builds Cairo in Egypt

Sta. Ana, Manila. Early Blue and White Chinese 1175 AD

trade ceramics. Islamic burials ?

Nabyun, Ifugao. Terrace dating. 1195-1380 AD

1200 AD Aztecs occupy Mexico

1206 AD Genghis Khan begins Asian conquest

1220 AD First Thai kingdom appears

Ugpay Cave, Ransang, Palawan. Habitation 1230 AD

1234 AD Mongols destroy Ch’in Empire

Batuan City. Large edge-pegged boat. 1250 AD

1251 AD Khublai Khan governs China

1260-1380 AD Mongol Genghis Khan. Yuan Dynasty in China.

1275 AD Marco Polo reaches China

1300 AD Gunpowder produced in Europe

Kuruswanan Ledge, Palawan. c.1300-1400 AD

Primary coffin burial. Yuan Dynasty ceramics.

Balingasay, Pangasinan. c.1300-1500 AD

Pottery, monochome Chinese tradeware.

Kuruswanan Ledge, Kuruswanan, Palawan. 1300-1400 AD

Primary burial in log coffin, Yuan Dynasty ceramics.

1320 AD cannon first used in Europe at Metz.

1350 AD Height of Madjapahit Empire in Java Aztec capital,

Tinochtitlan, founded.
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1368-1644 AD Ming Dynasty in China established

Introduction of Islam into the Philippines c.1400 AD

Calatagan, Batangas. c.1400-1500 AD Chinese encyclopedia, Yung Lo Ta Tien

Pottery, blue and white Chinese, Thai ceramics.

1405 AD Chen Ho’s Voyages from China to Africa

1420 AD Beijing, the Forbidden City, established

Cotta Wayngan, Jolo. 1440-1660 AD

Tausug Fort. With no European ceramics.

1450 AD Gutenberg introduces the printing press

Bungiao Cave, Zamboanga. 1460-1915 AD

Thai, Vietnamese Chinese tradeware.

Bocos, Banaue rapid rice terraces expansion 1486-1788

(302 yrs. From valley to mountain top)

1492 AD Columbus lands at San Salvador

1493 AD Papal Bull placing the “East Indies” under Spain.

1498 AD Vasco de Gama reaches India via the Cape of Good

Hope

1517 AD Martin Luther starts church reformation

Ferdinand Magellan lands in Philippines. 1521 AD Spanish Hernan Cortes razes Aztec city, Tinochtitlan
Lapu-Lapu resists Spanish incursion. (today Mexico City)
Magellan dies in Mactan Is. Battle.

1532 AD Francisco Pizarro arrives in Peru

1534 AD Henry VIII establishes Church of England

1543 AD Copernicus suggests earth rotates around the sun

1544 AD Council of Trent to reform Catholic Church

1545 AD Gregorian calendar is introduced

Legaspi arrives in Cebu. 1565 AD

First Philippine Spanish Treaty of Peace is drawn where
Filipinos recognized Spanish sovereignty and gets
protection in return. Christianity is introduced.

Battle of Manila between Goiti / Salcedo, and Rajah 1570 AD

Sulayman.

Founding of the village of Cebu by Legaspi 1571 AD

Legaspi arrives in Manila.

City of Manila founded. 1572 AD

Rajah Lakandula revolts against the Spaniards. 1574 AD

Chinese pirate, Limahong, attacks Manila.

Big Fire razes Manila 1583 AD

The Real Audencia is organized in Manila. 1584 AD

Sto. Domingo Church inaugurated
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1588 AD Spanish Armada is destroyed by the British.

1589 AD Shakespeare begins to write his plays

Pope Gregory XIV frees all Philippine slaves. 1591 AD

Manila declared capital City. 1595 AD

Cagayan. Magalat Revolt. 1596 AD

Naval encounter btween the Dutch and the 1600 AD

Spaniards under Morga.

Maguindanao. Datus Sirungan and Buisan Uprising. c.1600-1800 AD

Mt.Province. Bontoc Revolt. 1601 AD

Great fire in Manila. 1603 AD Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

First Chinese revolt is suppressed.

University of Sto. Tomas founded in Manila 1611 AD

1616 AD Manchus invade China

Defeat of Dutch fleet in the Manila Bay 1617 AD

1619 AD Dutch founds Batavia (Jakarta)

1620 AD Landing of the Mayflower

Isabela. Iraya Revolt. 1621 AD

Bohol. Tamblot Revolt. 1621-1622 AD

Sulu. Datu Ache Uprising. 1627 AD

Caraga Revolt. 1629 AD

Maguindanao. Datu Dipatuan Uprising. 1633 BC

1637 AD Korea becomes Manchu vassal state

1641 AD Dutch capture Malacca from Portuguese

Bulacan. Malolos Revolt. 1643 AD

1644-1911 AD Manchu Dynasty in China

The Dutch attack Jolo. 1645 AD

Earthquake levels Manila.

The Dutch attack is defeated off Corregidor. 1646 AD

1648 AD Taj Mahal by Shah Jehan

Samar. Sumuroy Revolt. 1649-1650 AD

Pampanga. Francisco Maniago Revolt. 1660 AD

Ilocos. Pedro Almazan Revolt. 1661 AD

Panay. Tapar Revolt. 1663 AD

Zambales. Francisco Maniego Revolt. 1681-1683 AD

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1683 AD China conquers Formosa

1720 BC Tibet becomes tributary of China.

1730 AD Height of Rococo period in art and architecture

Taal Volcano erupts. 1754 AD

Bohol. Francisco Dagohoy Revolt. 1744-1829 AD

Successful Filpino rebellion that formed a local
enclave within the Spanish colonial regime.

Taguig, Rizal. Tagalog Agrarian Revolt. 1745-1746 AD

Balayan, Batangas. Agrarian Rebolt.

Jolo, Sulu. Datu Salicaya Uprising. 1757 AD

The British under Cornish and Draker attacks Manila. 1762 AD

Pangasinan. De la Cruz, Palaris, Diego and Gabriela 1762-1764 AD

Silang, Andres Malong Revolts.

Treaty between Spain and England returns the 1763 AD

Philippines to Spain.

1775-1783 AD American War of Independence

1776 AD Siam gains independence from Burma

1786 AD British East Indies Company base at Penang, Malaysia

1788 AD Fleet of convicts establilshes British penal colony in

Australia

1789 AD Washington, first president of US.

Outbreak of the French Revolution
Batanes. Aman Dagat Revolt. 1791 AD

1792 AD France declared a Republic Dollar official currency of

the US

1799 AD British takes control of South India

1804 AD Napoleon Bonaparte becomes emperor of France

The Basi Revolt. 1801 AD

Del Superior Gobierno, earliest newspaper in the 1811 AD

Philippines is published

Galleon Trade ends. 1815 AD Battle of Waterloo

Nautical School in Manila is established 1820 AD

Manila. Novales Mutiny 1823 AD

1825 AD Indonesians revolt against the Dutch.

1835 AD Melbourne is founded.

Abolition of Philippine representation in 1837 AD

the Spanish Cortes.

Tayabas. Hermano Pule Uprising. 1840-1841 AD

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1842 AD Opium War
Britain annexes Hongkong.

Seminario Filipino, weekly newspaper founded 1843 AD

Manila. Samaniego Uprising.

La Estrella de Manila, 2nd daily is published 1847 AD

Diario de Manila, 3rd weekly is published 1848 AD Communist Manifesto, Marx, Engels

El Comercio, starts publication 1852 AD

1858 AD Miracle at Lourdes

1861 AD American Civil War

El Catolico Filipino, is published 1862 AD

Earthquake reduces Manila to rubble. 1863 AD Indochina becomes French protectorate.

Isabela. Baladon and Labutawi Revolt.

1864 AD Red Cross is founded in Switzerland.

Secondary education in the Philippines is 1865 AD

organized divided into private and public.

Revista de Administracion, is published 1866 AD

1868 AD Meiji Restoration in Japan, modernization of Japan

1869 AD Opening of the Suez Canal

Cavite Mutiny. 1872 AD

Execution of Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora.

1874 AD Impressionists first exhibition in Paris

Maguindanao. Datu Utto Revolt. 1876-1887 AD

Diario de Filipinas, is founded. 1880 AD

Cable communication between the
Philippines and Hongkong.

Monthly,Revista Agustiniana,is published 1881 AD

Cholera epidemic ravages in Manila. 1882 AD

La Oceania Espanola is published 1883 AD Krakatoa Volcano in Java erupts.

First weekly, La Semana Elegante, is published 1884 AD

Sulu. Pangiyan Inchi Jamila Revolt. 1884-1893 AD

Kalayaan of Emilio Jacinto is published. 1886 AD Upper Burma is annexed by the British.

Debate in the Spanish Senate on Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere. 1889 AD

The Spanish Civil Code is introduced into the Philippines.

La Solidaridad is published. 1889 AD

Lanao. Datu Akadar (Amai Pakpak) Revolt. 1890-1893 AD

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El Filibusterismo is printed in Belgium. 1891 AD The Trans-Siberian railway.
El Resumen of Isabelo de los Reyes published.

Liga Filipina established by Dr. Jose Rizal 1892 AD

The Katipunan founded by Andres Bonifacio

Revista Farmaceutica de Filipinas is published 1893 AD New Zealand gives women the right to vote - first
The Maura Law for Philippine local government country to do so.
reform is passed. French protectorate over Laos.

First Encounter between the Katipunan and the 1896 AD First Modern Olympics.
Spaniards in the Philippine Revolution.
Katipunan Flag is unfurled in Balintawak.
Ang Kalayaan, Katipunan paper is published
Eight provinces revolt.
Rizal is executed.

Execution of the 13 Martyrs of Bagumbayan. 1897 AD

The Tejeros Convention proclaims the independence
of the Philippines
Trial and execution of Bonifacio.
Pact of Biac na Bato stops hostilities between
the Filipinos and Spaniards.

First hoisting of the Filipino flag, and Battle of Imus 1898 AD Spanish-American War. Cuba gains independence.
beginning the successful series of battles against Treaty of Paris between US and Spain.
Spanish soverreingty.
Philippine Independence is declared in Kawit.
Philippine National Anthem played for the first time.
Mabini issues his “True Decalogue” on man’s conduct.
Batanes. Reafael Perea Uprising.
La Independencia of Antonio Luna is published.

Zamboanga. Vicente Alvarez Revolt. 1898-1900 AD

The Philippine Republic established, the Malolos 1899 AD

Constitution is in effect.
The Supreme Court supercedes the old Real de
Audencia.
Battle of Tirad Pass.

Misamis. Nicolas Capistrano Revolt. 1899-1900 AD

Philippines declares state of war with the United States

Treaty of Paris is ratified by US congress ceding the

Philippines to the US by Spain.

The Manila Daily Bulletin is founded. 1900 AD Russia occupies Manchuria

Magna Carta of the Philippines. Boxer Rebellion in China.

The Department of Public Instuction is formed. 1901 AD First Nobel Prize.

Aguinaldo surrenders to the Americans in Palanan, Isabela.
600 trained teachers arrive in US ShipThomas.
The Philippine Normal College is established.

First labor union is organized. 1902 AD

Philippine Assembly is established.
Termination of the Philippine-American War.
Iglesia Filipina Independiente is proclaimed by Isalelo
delos Reyes with Gregorio Aglipay as bishop

Sulu. Panglima Hassan Revolt. 1903-1905 AD

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1905 AD Albert Einstein’s theory of Relativity

The Philippine Postal Savings Bank is formed. 1906 AD Mahatma Gandhi campaign of non- violences begins in Africa

1907 AD Cubist painting in Paris.

Act 1870 creates the University of the Philippines. 1908 AD

Philippines Free Press issues 1st number

City of Baguio is founded. 1909 AD

1910 AD Japan annexes Korea.

Abstract painting in Europe

Taal Volcano erupts. 1911 AD Chinese Revolution. Manchu Dynasty overthrown.

1912 AD Kuomintang, Chinese nationalist party

founded under Sun Yat Sen

Rizal monument is inaugurated. 1913 AD

Sulu. Nakib Amil Uprising.

1914-1918 AD First World War. Emperor of Japan declares war

on Germany.

Mayon Volcano erupts. 1914 AD

Jones Law is approved which provides autonomy for 1916 AD

Filipinos and their independence.

1917 AD Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

1919 AD Gandhi begins civil disobedience in India.

1921 AD Communist party founded in China.

First poetic debate, “Balagtasan” held in 1924 AD

Manila between Jose Corazon de Jesus and
Florentino Collantes.

1925 AD Chiang Kai Shek takes over Kuomintang

1926 AD Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan.

1930 AD Japan occupies Manchuria.

Passage of Philippine Independence Bill by 1932 AD

the US for independence in eight years.

Tydings-Macduffie Law is signed by Roosevelt to give 1934 AD Long March by Chinese communists.
Philippine independence after 10 years.

The Philippine Constittuion is adopted. 1935 AD Persia becomes Iran

The Philippine Air Force is organized.
The Sakdalista Uprising for agrarian reform.
Commonwealth of the Philippines inaugurated.
Manuel L. Quezon, President.

The Court of Appeals is created 1936 AD

Filipino women vote for the first time in a 1937 AD War between China and Japan
plebiscite on women’s suffrage.
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1939 AD Second World War

1940 AD Japan occupies Indochina

Battle of Britain.

The National Assembly nationalizes labor in the Philippines. 1941 AD Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Pacific War starts.
Japan invades the Philippines.
2nd Commonwealth inaugurated in Corregidor with
Manuel L. Quezon as President.

Japanese occupy City of Manila. 1942 AD Japan occupies Singapore

The Hukbalahap is established.
Fall of Bataan to the Japanese forces.
Surrender of Corregidor.
Jose Laurel President under the Japanese regime.

Battle of the Philippine Sea. 1944 AD

US Congress authorizes US President to declare
Philippine Independence on July 4,1946
McArthur and Osmena land in Leyte

Liberation of the Philippines from Japanese forces. 1945 AD Atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Pacific War ends. Constitution of the United Nations.

Reparations Agreement is signed between Japan and 1946 AD

the Philippines.
Manuel Roxas elected President.
American proclamation of Philippines Independence.

“Parity Rights” amendment to the constitution. 1947 AD India and Pakistan become states.
Military Assistance Pact between the Philippines and
the United States.

1948 AD Gandhdi assassinated.

Israel becomes a state.

Elpidio Quirino elected President. 1949 AD

The communist Manila Politburo is smashed 1950 AD Korean War. China invades Tibet.

Ramon Magsaysay elected President. 1953 AD

1957 AD Launching of the Sputnik by Russia

Malaya becomes independent.

Diosdado Macapagal elected President. 1961 AD Yuri Gagarin, first man in space.

President Macapagal moves Independence Day 1962 AD

celebration from July 4 to June 12.

Taal Volcano erupts. 1965 AD Cultural Revolution in China.

Ferdinand E. Marcos elected President.

1966 AD Mao Tse Tung’s Cultural Revolution

1969 AD Man walks on the moon

Declaration of Martial Law 1972 AD

Parliamentary Government is established

1975 AD Vietnam War ends.

Ninoy Aquino is assassinated. 1983 AD

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1984 AD Brunei becomes independent

Ferdinand E. Marcos re-elected President. 1989 AD Communist regimes fall in Eastern Europe
Fall of the Berlin Wall.

“People Power revolution”. Marcos is deposed. 1986 AD

Corazon Aquino is elected President.
Return to Presidential form of Government

1990 AD Iraq invades Kuwait.

Mt. Pinatubo volcano erupts. 1991 AD Civil War in Yoguslavia.

The Gulf War

Fidel Ramos is elected President. 1992 AD

National Commission for Culture and the Arts is
established.
Manlilikha ng Bayan Act is approved recognizing
national “Living Treasures”

Philippine Independence Centennial Celebration 1998 AD

Joseph Ejercito Estrada elected President.

1999 AD War in Kosovo. Ethnic Cleansing.

The Millennium Computer Bug 2000 AD The Millennium Computer Bug

The New Millennium 2001 AD The New Millenium

People Power II. Estrada is deposed. Arroyo
ascends to presidency.

Arroyo is re-elected/VP de Castro 2004 AD