Periods in Philippine History

Stone Age (Before 500 B.C.)

-Homo luzonensis lived in Callao Cave, Cagayan Valley

-Tabon Man lived in Tabon Cave, Palawan

-Negrito migrations

-Early Austronesian migrations

-Emergence of the Nusantao maritime trading and communication network

Metal Age (500 BC-AD 1000)

- Expansion of interaction among various groups in the Philippines and the

broader Southeast Asian region

-Introduction of Hinduism and Buddhism

-Writing of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription

Porcelain Period ( c. 1000-1565)

-From the early trade with China to the establishment of the Spanish colonial
government in 1565

-Presence of written scripts (baybayin) across the archipelago

-Coming of Islam

-Arrival of Magellan and Battle of Mactan in 1521

Spanish Period (1565-1898)

Philippines under the Viceroyalty of New Spain/Mexico (1565-1821), and under

the direct rule of Spain (1821-1898)

-Early revolts (Bankaw, Tamblot, Sumuroy, Palaris, Dagohoy, Silang, Pule, etc.)

-Moro and Igorot resistance

-British Occupation of Manila

-Birth of Philippine Nationalism

-Gom-Bur-Za Martyrdom
 -Reform/Propaganda Movement

-Rizal Martyrdom

-Katipunan and the Philippine Revolution

-Mock Battle of Manila

American Period (1898-1946)

-First Philippine Republic (Malolos Republic)

-Filipino-American War and military phase of the American regime

-Civil phase of the American regime

-Commonwealth

-World War II

-Japanese Occupation and the Puppet Republic/2nd Republic

Post-Independence Period (1946-present)

-Third Republic (Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia, Macapagal, Marcos)

-Martial Law and the New Society/Fourth Republic (Marcos)

-Fifth Republic/Post-EDSA (Cory Aquino, Ramos, Ejercito-Estrada, Macapagal-

Arroyo, Noynoy Aquino, Duterte, Marcos Jr.)