Highlights in Philippine History

Tabon Caves  In western Palawan – Dr. Robert Fox discovered in 1962, a fossilized skullcap, 22,000 years old.  Tabon bird  Skullcap was that of a woman  Unhealed hole in the skull

Land Bridges  Philippines was believed to be part of the mainland Asia  People traveled on foot  Walking is the earliest mode of transportation

Early Set of People who came to the Philippines  Negritos – traveled on foot – forebears of the various tribes today known as Baluga, Ayta, Agta, Mamanuwa, Batak, Ati and Ata. They brought with them the Paleolithic Age.

 Indonesians – first to arrive by sea, after thousands of years, brought with them the Neolithic Age.  Malays – followed with more advanced culture, introducing the Iron Age.

Barter Trade System  Brought multi-cultural influences. Trading vessels plying between the South China Sea to the Persian Gulf, made the islands a convenient stopping place for:  Chinese  Indians  Arabs  Japanese and  Siamese merchants

Historical Periods  Pre – Spanish Period  Spanish Period  American Regime  Japanese Occupation  Post War Period  First Philippine Republic

Spanish Period ( )  March 16, 1521 – Fernao Megalhaes Y Souza, (Ferdinand Magellan), a Portuguese working under Spain, REDISCOVERED the Philippines  Landed in the uninhabited island of Homonhon  Proceeded to Limasawa, met with the ruler Rajah Kolambu

 Celebrated the first mass (Fr. Pedro de Valderrama) on March 31, 1521 and planted the wooden cross atop a hill – Magellan’s cross in Cebu.  Met with Rajah Humabon and on April 14, 1521, converted the first ( 800) Christian Filipinos.  All chieftains welcomed Magellan except Lapu- lapu of Mactan.

 Magellan died in the hands of Lapu-lapu’s men on April 27,  Several expeditions were sent by Spain – Cabot, Saavedra, Loaisa, Villalobos and Legaspi.  Miguel Lopez de Legaspi – (grandfather of Juan de Salcedo) was the first Spanish Governor Gen. of the Philippines and the founder of the city of Manila on June 24, 1571.

American Regime (1898 – 1941)  Mock battle between the Spaniards and the Americans.  Treaty of Paris – Philippines was sold by Spain to the Americans at 20 million dollars

Japanese Occupation ( 1942 – 1945)  World War II  Death March  Corregidor – where we had our last fight with the Japanese, was bombed for 27 days and nights  Fall Of Bataan  Liberation – ( )

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