PHILIPPINE HISTORY

People first reached the

Philippines about 30,000 years
ago, when the Negritos
immigrated from Sumatra and
Borneo via boats or land-bridges.
They were followed by Malays,
then Chinese beginning in the
ninth century, and Spaniards in
the sixteenth.
Ferdinand Magellan claimed
the Philippines for Spain in 1521.
During the next 300 years,
Spanish Jesuit priests and
conquistadors spread
Catholicism and Spanish
culture across the archipelago,
with particular strength on the
island of Luzon.
The Spanish Philippines was
actually controlled by the
government of Spanish North
America prior to 
Mexican independence in 1810.
Throughout the Spanish colonial era,
the people of the Philippines staged a
number of uprisings. The final, successful
revolt began in 1896 and was marred by
the executions of Filipino national hero 
Jose Rizal (by the Spanish) and Andres
Bonifacio (by rival Emilio Aguinaldo).
The Philippines declared its
independence from Spain on June 12,
1898.
However, the Filipino rebels did not
defeat Spain unaided; the United States
fleet under Admiral George Dewey
 actually had destroyed Spanish naval
power in the area in the May 1 Battle of 
Manila Bay.
Rather than granting the
archipelago independence, the
defeated Spanish ceded the country
to the United States in the
December 10, 1898, Treaty of Paris.
Revolutionary hero General 
Emilio Aguinaldo led the rebellion
against American rule that broke
out the following year.
The Philippine-American War lasted
three years and killed tens of
thousands of Filipinos and about 4,000
Americans. On July 4, 1902, the two
sides agreed to an armistice. The US
government emphasized that it did not
seek permanent colonial control over
the Philippines, and set about
instituting governmental and
educational reform.
Throughout the early 20th century,
Filipinos took increasing amounts of
control over governance of the
country. In 1935, the Philippines was
established as a self-governing
commonwealth, with Manuel Quezon
 as its first president. The nation was
slated to become fully independent in
1945, but World War II interrupted
that plan.
Japan invaded the Philippines,
leading to the deaths of over a
million Filipinos. The US under 
General Douglas MacArthur was
driven out in 1942 but retook the
islands in 1945.
On July 4, 1946, the Republic of
the Philippines was established.
The early governments struggled to
repair the damage caused by World
War II.
From 1965 to 1986, 
Ferdinand Marcos ran the country
as a fiefdom. He was forced out in
favor of Corazon Aquino, the
widow of Ninoy Aquino, in 1986.
1991 - Senate rejects renewal of U.S
 military bases in the Philippines
1992 - Philippine general election, 1992
 (Fidel V. Ramos is elected)
1997 - Asian financial crisis
1998 - Philippine general election, 1998
 (Joseph Estrada is elected)
2000 - President Estrada impeached
by House of Representatives
2001 - EDSA II Revolution ousts 
Joseph Estrada; Gloria Macapagal
-Arroyo becomes president
2003 - 2003 Oakwood mutiny
2004 - 
Philippine general election, 2004 (
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is re-elected)
2005 - Hello Garci scandal (Legitimacy
of declared election winners
questioned)
2006 - A state of emergency was
declared in February in response to
coup rumours.
2010-2016 – President Benigno
Simeon C. Aquino III
Chief Justice Renato Corona –
Impeached ( 1st in the Supreme
Court History)
AFP Modernization
2016 – Present – President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte
The First President from Mindanao
War Against Illegal Drugs
War Against Corruption
Proposing the Philippines’ Federalism
Declared Partial Martial Law in
Mindanao