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HISTORY OF LUZO
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As the major island, Luzon has played t

he leading role in the nation's history.
The written history of Luzon began in around 900 AD wi
th the discovery of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription i
n 1989.
 Luzon was split among Hindu-Buddhist
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kingdoms, Muslim principalities, and et
hnoreligious tribes, who had trading co
nnections with Borneo, Malaya, Java, In
dochina, India, Okinawa, Japan and Chi
na before the Spanish established their
rule."
 Manila harbor has been important since the arrival
of the Spanish in the late 16th cent. It was on Luzon
that the Filipino revolt against Spanish rule began
(1896), that U.S. forces wrested control of the islan
ds from Spain (1898), and that the Philippine insurr
ection against U.S. rule broke out (1899). The islan
d was invaded by Japanese forces in several place
s on Dec. 10, 1941, and in early 1942 the Allied forc
es made their last stand on Bataan peninsula and C
orregidor
Luzon was recovered (1945) after a major landing fr
om Lingayen Gulf (January), a bloody fight for Manil
a (February), and protracted mop-up operations, wh
ich were not completed until June. Luzon's several
U.S. military bases were closed down between 197
1 and 1992, in part because of the devastation caus
ed by Mt. Pinatubo's eruption; the one at Subic Bay
was converted to a free-trade zone.