The history of the province from the Spanish occupation has been replete with events worthy of

recollection. As early as the time of the coming of Legaspi to conquer Manila with two of his subordinate
officers, Martin de Goiti and Juan Salcedo, the Bulakeños thru their seafaring brothers from Hagonoy
showed their instinctive love of country by helping Raja Soliman, King of Manila, fight the Battle of the
Bangkusay Channel.

The history began when a small settlement of fishermen lived along the coast of Manila Bay before the
coming of the Spaniards. Later on, these settlers became farmers after moving inwards as they
discovered that the land in the interior part was fertile and very much drained by the network of rivers
and streams. These settlers grew and flourished into large and prosperous settlement now known as the
province of Bulacan.