TIMELINE

by Jesus T. Peralta June 2005

Phili ppine Events

Dates
4.4 m.y 4.2-1.8 m.yrs. 2 m.yrs. 1.5 m.yrs. to 27000 yrs.

World Events
Ardipitheus- early fossil hominid, Myanmar Different Australopithecines in Africa Homo habilis in Africa Homo erectus, Java Man,in Indonesia Homo erectus, Peking Man, in China. Stone tools; use of fire.

Espinosa Ranch Site, Cagayan Province. Evidence for the presence of Man in the form of two flake stone tools in situ in the mid-Pleistocene Awidon Mesa Formation - the oldest man-made object associated with fossils of elephas. Stegodon, Elephas, deer, pig, tortoise also in the general area. Middle of the Ice Age. Land bridges to mainland Asia. Paleolithic Culture. Cabatuan, Iloilo. Flake tools, elephas fossils; fossils also in Agusan Valley; Rizal, Quezon City, and Pangasinan.

.9+-.17 m.yrs.

co-eval

100000 BC 75000-35000 BC Tibia in Tabon Cave Appearance of the Mamanua in the country, a population now limited about Lake Mainit in Agusan del Norte, Mindanao, identified as a Proto-Malay population. Tabon Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Earliest occupation. Flake stone tool assemblage. Negrito Populations with eastern and western branches on both sides of the Philippines Beginning of sea level rise at the end of Ice Age as earth temperatures rise. Polar Ice begins to melt. Tabon Cave, Lipuun Point, Quezon, Palawan - Tabon Woman - earliest fossil evidence of H.sapiens sapiens in the Philippines. Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) fossil in Tabon Cave Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan, N. Luzon inhabited with flake stone tools of chert,andesite, opalines; burnt bones. Guri Cave. Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake stone tools, marine shells. Sea about the present level. Land bridges, loast coastal areas inundated. 47,000 BC

Homo sapiens sapiens Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in Europe Earliest H.sapiens sapiens in the Philippines and Southeast Asia Homo sapiens neanderthalensis burial -50,000 of the dead with flowers. Crossing of the Bering Straits from Asia to the American continent

60,000 BC

50000-45000 BC

30000-20000 BC

Cro-Magnon man Altamira Rock paintings

16,700 BC

16000-8000 BC

13000 BC 12220-9780 BC

Pottery in Padah-Lin Cave in Myanmar.

10000 BC

Food plants grown in the fertile crescent; beans, peas, water chestnuts grown in Thailand. Cultivation in Thailand, peas, beans, etc.

9750 BC

Phili ppine Events

Dates
9000 BC

World Events
First settlement of islands in the Meditarranean. Stones used to remove husks from grain in Egypt. Plant domestication in the Andes. Sheep domesticated in the fertile crescent.

8500 BC

Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake stone tools.

8070 Jericho, already with fortification

8000 BC Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Bone, chert flakes tools, jasper, jade, freshwater shells

7880-7560 BC Domestication of cattle, pigs lin Middle East; Pottery, spinning, weaving, copper use in the Near East; Plaster human statues in Jordan; squash, beans, pepper in Mexico; manioc, root crops in Andes; pastoral farming in Libya and Algeria.

7000 BC

6500 BC

Cultivation spreads in Southeast Europe.

Bolobok Cave, Sanga- Sanga, Tawi-Tawi, Tridacna shell tools, stone tools Early Neolithic Age Culture. Austronesian population movements into the Philippines and the Pacific

6185 BC

6000-2000 BC Earliest Potteryin Europe. Irrigation in Tigris and Euphrates; rock painting in Central Sahara; First farming in India; domestication of plants and animals in China; Earliest pottery in China; beans and peanuts in Peru.

6000 BC

Laurente Cave, Cagayan. Pottery, flake stone tools Bolobok Cave,Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi. Pottery, shell and stone tools Arku Cave, Penablanca,Cagayan. Pottery, adzes, shell beads, stone flakes, bones. Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi Pottery, midden, flake stone and shell tools bones, red hematite slip in pottery Laurente Cave. Flake tools, bones, plain pottery shards

5880 BC 5745 BC

5730 BC

5680-5520 BC

5580 BC

5200 BC

Farming spreads in Europe Wet rice farming in China; Corn grown in Tehuacan, Mexico; Cattle herding in Egypt; Pottery and linen in Egypt; first ships appear in the Mediteranean; plow first used in Southeast Europe; chamber tombs in France.

5000 BC

Phili ppine Events

Guri Cave, Chamber A, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake tools, blade-like stone tools, marine marine shells. Duyung Cave, Palawan, ground shell tools trapezoidal stone adzes, side and center perforated shell disks, shell lime container Late Neolithic Age culture. Bagumbayan, Masbate. Pottery Pilanduk Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Edge-ground tools, flake tools, jar burial. Musang Cave, Penablanca. Pottery, flake tools, human bones, earthenware beads Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeite beads pottery Earliest evidence for house. Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Shell, flake tools, pottery

Dates
5000-2000 BC

World Events
Domistication of Bovines in Thailand

4850-4400 BC

4700-4140 BC

4500-3500 BC

4340-2530 BC

4120-3755 BC

4095 BC Amazon pottery, earliest in the Americas

4000 BC Callao Cave, Penablanca,Cagayan. Flake tools. Duyung Cave, Iwahig, Palawan. probable jar burial Duyung Cave, Palawan. Edge-ground stone and Tridacna shell tools. Rabel Cave, Panablanca, Cagayan.Flake tools, pottery. Pilanduk Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Edge-ground tools, flakes, jar burial

3890 BC

3810-3650 BC 3675-3015 BC

3545-2190 BC 3500 BC Towns in Egypt, Memphis, Central Egypt Wheeled vehicles in Central Europe Peru grows cotton and corn Wheel and potters wheel in Sumer, Indus Valley.

3500-3200 BC

3400 BC

Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeit beads, pottery, mortars, whetstone, adzes.

3370 BC Cuneiform writing in Sumer Standing Stones in Britain and France

3300 BC

3200 BC Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi bronze celt, red glass bead, pottery Early Metal Age Culture. 3190 BC

3100 BC

Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt Olives, vines, cereals grown in the Aegean area; rye and oats grown in Europe. Pottery in Ecuador, Columbia.

3000 BC Talikod Island, Samal, Davao. Occupation debris. 2930 BC

Phili ppine Events

Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake tools. Dimolit, Isabela. Flakes, jasper blades with silica gloss, pottery Evidence for reaping.

Dates
2880 BC 2865 BC

World Events

2700 BC Duyung Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Flexed burial, tridacna adzes, shell lime container, shell disk ornaments, habitation. Pintu Cave, Isabela. Core tools, flake tools, small blade-like tools. Dimolit, Isabela. House floor. House floor, flake tools, small jasper blades, silica gloss Talikod, Samal Is., Davao. Flake shell and stone tools, midden. 2680 BC

Corn grown in Argentina.

2655-2120 BC

2650-2710 BC

2650-2315 BC

2600-2550 BC

Step pyramid, Sphinx in Egypt,

Manga Site, Andarayan, Cagayan. Rice husk embedded in pottery, polished adzes, spindle whorl. Earliest evidence for rice. Evidence for weaving.

2610-2130 BC

2550 BC 2500-2100 BC

Great Pyramid at Giza. Flutes, clarinets in Egypt, Bronze Age in Europe, First Minoan palaces in Crete, Stone Henge reaches final form in England. Epic of Gilgamesh. Weaving in Mexico

2500 BC Lallo, Cagayan. Fresh water shell midden, pottery, bones, trapezoidal stone adzes Bagumbayan, Masbate. Buff colored pottery Edjek, Negros. Pottery, fired clay lumps 2395-1735 BC

2310-1735 BC 2305-1410 BC 2300 BC Pottery in Mexico.

Magapit Bridge, Cagayan. Shell, polished stone tools, plain red-slipped pottery Binangonan, Rizal. Angono Petroglyphs Dimolit, Isabela. Flake tools, blades with silica gloss Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tools, pottery. Lemery. Batangas. Pottery

2125-1745 BC

c.2000 BC

Chopsticks in use in China

1860 BC 1855 BC 1850 BC 1814 BC 1766 BC First Assyrian Empire Shang Dynasty in Northern China

Arku Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Footed pottery,bones, shell beads, baked clay bead.

1660-890 BC Shang Dynasty in China. Bronze pots

1580-1079

Phili ppine Events

Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tool, pottery.

Dates
1570 BC

World Events

Banaue, Ifugao. Dates occupation in a house platform presumably. Terracing probably present/root cropping Ngipet Duldog Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, stepped adze, stone and shell beads.

1545-825 BC

1500-1000 BC

1470 BC Lanna, Cagayan. Stone adzes, spindle whorls. Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. 1380 BC 1330 BC

Santorini destroyed in the Meditarranean

1255-605 BC

1005-1250 BC

David unites the Jews. Capital at Jerusalem Hebrew Exodus Destruction of Troy by the Myceneans

1445 BC 1220 BC Batungan Cave, Masbate. Kalanay-type pottery. Bato Caves, Sorsogon. Jar burials with shells, adzes, shell beads and bracelets. 1165 BC 1000-225 BC

1000 BC

The Rig Veda of India is written down. Astronomical laboratory, maps dictionaries in China Copper smelting in the Andes Solomon becomes King of Israel, begins to build temple. Etruscans appear in Italy Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians

972-953 BC

900 BC 900-801 BC Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Pt.,Palawan. Late Neolithic burial, elaborate pottery, jade beads. Manunggul Jar . Arku Cave, Cagayan. Red-slipped pottery, ochre covered bones, bone points. 895-775 BC

805-390 BC Iliad and Odyssey are composed. Age of Prophesy among the Hebrew Eastern Chou Dynasty in China

801-701 BC 800 BC 770 BC Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, glass beads, stone tools. Batungan Cave 2, Masbate. Stone adzes Kalanay- type pottery. 765 BC

756 BC 750 BC Odyssey and Iliad, poetry in Greek

Phili ppine Events

Dates
700 BC

World Events
Pyramic tombs of Nubian kings. Sheep in East Africa. Iron tools and weapons in North Africa

Bato Caves, Sorosogon. Pottery, quadrangular adzes, jar burial, shell beads and bracelets

690-635 BC

601-501 BC 600 BC 587 BC

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Taoism in China Nebuchadnessar destroys Jerusalem. Israel banished to Babylon End of Israel captivity in Babylon under Cyrus who founds first Persian Empire Birth of Buddhism Foundation of the Roman Empire

538 BC

528 BC 509 BC Cortez Site, Cagayan. Burial site. Metal site. Duyung Cave, Iwaig, Palawan. Jar burial, stone adzes, bronze and iron tools, jade ornaments. Uyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, bronze adz and spear, stone adz, iron (?), jade ornaments, glass beads and bracelets. Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, Glass beads, stone tools c.500 BC-500 AD 500-300 BC

The Persian Wars China produces cast iron. Bronze Dongson drums. First Suez Canal. Camels replace horses in the Sahara. Terra-Cotta heads of the Nok culture in Nigeria.

435-165 BC 430 BC 425 BC 399 BC 332 BC Attila, the Hun ravages Europe Hindu Ramayana Epic Trial and death of Socrates Alexander the Great starts Greek rule from the East to India Great Library in Alexandria Taoism based on Tao-te Ching attributed to Lao Tse. , Yayoi Culture in Japan. The Colossus of Rhodes Pharos, lighthouse in Alexandria 7000 Terra-cotta warriors guard Emperor Shihs tomb in China Great Wall of China completed

307 BC Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, bronze, glass and gold beads, jade ear pendants. 300-100 BC

282 BC 280 BC 210 BC

204 BC Rito-Fabian Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. jar burial, iron, copper, bronze, glass and jade ear pendants, shell, jade beads and bracelets. Binisitahan, Sorsogon. Jar burial V.Pagayona Sr. Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burials with trunconical covers, iron, copper, bronze, glass beads. 200-100 BC

c.200 BC 200 BC-200 AD

Phili ppine Events

Manunggul Cave, Chamber B, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, iron, glass and stone, glass bracelets. Earliest date for iron. Developed Metal Age culture.

Dates
197 BC 190 BC

World Events
Rosetta Stone inscribed in Egypt

112 BC Tadyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, trunconical covers, iron, bronze, glass, gold, carnelian, glass and jade bracelets. 100 BC-300 AD

Silk Road opens between China and the West

79 BC 49 BC 47 BC 13 BC 8-5 BC Maitum Cave, Sarangani. Anthropomorphic burial jars, glass beads, bracelets. Kalanay-type pottery. 5 BC-225 AD

Mt. Vesuvius, destruction of Pompeii Caesar crosses the Rubicon Great Library of Alexandria destroyed Hebrews occupy Canaan Birth of Christ

ANNO DOMINI
11 AD 26-36 AD 43 AD 64 AD 70 AD c.100 AD 105 AD 150 AD Gun powder is invented in China Passion of Christ (14th-15th of Nisan) London is established by the Romans Great Fire in Rome Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Porcelain first made in China Tsai Lun makes paper in China Earliest Sanskrit inscription. Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon at Teotihuacan, Valley of Mexico. Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita in India Han Dynasty reunites China Magnetic compass in China Talmud is issued by Jewish scholars Confucianism introduced in Japan Mass production of iron in Europe Constantines vision of the cross. Christianity becomes official religion of the Roman Empire

200 AD 202-220 AD 271 AD 279 AD 285 AD 300 AD 313 AD

Phili ppine Events

Libertad, Butuan City. Large edge-pegged plank boats - Earliest dated boat.

Dates
320 AD

World Events

330 AD 360 AD Sasak Shelter, Kalatagbak, Palawan. Pottery,iron, glass beads. 400-600 AD

Byzantine Empire in Constantinopole Books start to replace scrolls in Europe Writing begins in Japan with Chinese ideographs

479-502 AD 500 AD Kulaman Plateau,Cotabato, Mindanao. Stone urn burial, pottery jar burial. 500-670 AD

Chi Dynasty in China Decimal system devised in India

535 AD 570 AD 593 AD

Decimal system devised in India Birth of Mohammad (-632) Printing press is invented in China using wooden blocks Buddhism becomes official religion of Japan

594 AD Bunghalian, Ifugao. Terrace dating 610 AD 618-960 AD 622 AD 625 AD 641 AD Lungun Cave, Kalatagbak, Palawan. Wood coffin burials, iron, pottery. 700-900 AD

Tang Dynasty with Chang-an as capital Hegira- Flight of Mohammad to Medina Mecca is conquered and becomes center of Islam Persian Empire falls to the Muslims Golden Age of Chinese poetry Maori arrives in New Zealand Arabs develop numerals system Baghdad becomes center of Muslim culture Charlemagne becomes first Holy Roman emperor Angkor Kingdon in Cambodia Vietnam becomes independent of China Song Dynasty in China

750 AD 760 AD 763 AD 800 AD 802 AD 939 AD 960-1270 AD Sinoloan Copper plate: earliest evidence of writing in the Philippines - a legal quit-claim. Laurel, Batangas. Polychrome jar with manganese glaze from Fayum, Egypt Earliest evidence of high-fired ceramics. Butuan City, Mindanao. Persian glass, shell midden, Chinese Yueh-type wares, large edge-pegged plank boat. c.1000 AD

c.1000 AD

Phili ppine Events

Bubulungun Cave I-B, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Secondary jar burial, iron, Indo-Roman beads, Song dynasty trade ceramics.

Dates
1000-1100 AD

World Events

500-1010 AD Magmisi Shelf, Iwaig, Palawan. Secondary burial in jars, Song Dynasty trade ceramics. Limao-Limao Cave, Ransang, Palawan. cave burial 1100-1200 AD

Chess is developed in India

1040 AD 1050 AD Magnetic compass invented in China. First movable type printing in China

Tausug moves from NE Mindanao to SW to the Sulu archipelago Buad Island, Samar. Small blade and flake, silica gloss

c.1100

1115 AD 1126 AD 1150 AD 1156 AD 1166 AD Song Dynasty rules only in South China Hindu Angkor Vat in Cambodia Founding of Moscow Saladin builds Cairo in Egypt

Sta. Ana, Manila. Early Blue and White Chinese trade ceramics. Islamic burials ? Nabyun, Ifugao. Terrace dating.

1175 AD

1195-1380 AD 1200 AD 1206 AD 1220 AD Aztecs occupy Mexico Genghis Khan begins Asian conquest First Thai kingdom appears

Ugpay Cave, Ransang, Palawan. Habitation

1230 AD 1234 AD Mongols destroy Chin Empire

Batuan City. Large edge-pegged boat.

1250 AD 1251 AD 1260-1380 AD 1275 AD 1300 AD Khublai Khan governs China Mongol Genghis Khan. Yuan Dynasty in China. Marco Polo reaches China Gunpowder produced in Europe

Kuruswanan Ledge, Palawan. Primary coffin burial. Yuan Dynasty ceramics. Balingasay, Pangasinan. Pottery, monochome Chinese tradeware. Kuruswanan Ledge, Kuruswanan, Palawan. Primary burial in log coffin, Yuan Dynasty ceramics.

c.1300-1400 AD

c.1300-1500 AD

1300-1400 AD cannon first used in Europe at Metz. Height of Madjapahit Empire in Java Aztec capital, Tinochtitlan, founded.

1320 AD 1350 AD

Phili ppine Events

Introduction of Islam into the Philippines Calatagan, Batangas. Pottery, blue and white Chinese, Thai ceramics.

Dates
1368-1644 AD c.1400 AD c.1400-1500 AD

World Events
Ming Dynasty in China established

Chinese encyclopedia, Yung Lo Ta Tien

1405 AD 1420 AD Cotta Wayngan, Jolo. Tausug Fort. With no European ceramics. 1440-1660 AD

Chen Hos Voyages from China to Africa Beijing, the Forbidden City, established

1450 AD Bungiao Cave, Zamboanga. Thai, Vietnamese Chinese tradeware. Bocos, Banaue rapid rice terraces expansion (302 yrs. From valley to mountain top) 1460-1915 AD

Gutenberg introduces the printing press

1486-1788 Columbus lands at San Salvador Papal Bull placing the East Indies under Spain. Vasco de Gama reaches India via the Cape of Good Hope Martin Luther starts church reformation

1492 AD 1493 AD 1498 AD

1517 AD Ferdinand Magellan lands in Philippines. Lapu-Lapu resists Spanish incursion. Magellan dies in Mactan Is. Battle.

1521 AD

Spanish Hernan Cortes razes Aztec city, Tinochtitlan (today Mexico City) Francisco Pizarro arrives in Peru Henry VIII establishes Church of England Copernicus suggests earth rotates around the sun Council of Trent to reform Catholic Church Gregorian calendar is introduced

1532 AD 1534 AD 1543 AD 1544 AD 1545 AD Legaspi arrives in Cebu. First Philippine Spanish Treaty of Peace is drawn where Filipinos recognized Spanish sovereignty and gets protection in return. Christianity is introduced. Battle of Manila between Goiti / Salcedo, and Rajah Sulayman. Founding of the village of Cebu by Legaspi Legaspi arrives in Manila. City of Manila founded. Rajah Lakandula revolts against the Spaniards. Chinese pirate, Limahong, attacks Manila. Big Fire razes Manila The Real Audencia is organized in Manila. Sto. Domingo Church inaugurated 1565 AD

1570 AD

1571 AD

1572 AD 1574 AD

1583 AD 1584 AD

Phili ppine Events

Dates
1588 AD 1589 AD

World Events
Spanish Armada is destroyed by the British. Shakespeare begins to write his plays

Pope Gregory XIV frees all Philippine slaves. Manila declared capital City. Cagayan. Magalat Revolt. Naval encounter btween the Dutch and the Spaniards under Morga. Maguindanao. Datus Sirungan and Buisan Uprising. Mt.Province. Bontoc Revolt. Great fire in Manila. First Chinese revolt is suppressed. University of Sto. Tomas founded in Manila

1591 AD 1595 AD 1596 AD 1600 AD

c.1600-1800 AD 1601 AD 1603 AD Shakespeares Hamlet.

1611 AD 1616 AD Manchus invade China

Defeat of Dutch fleet in the Manila Bay

1617 AD 1619 AD 1620 AD Dutch founds Batavia (Jakarta) Landing of the Mayflower

Isabela. Iraya Revolt. Bohol. Tamblot Revolt. Sulu. Datu Ache Uprising. Caraga Revolt. Maguindanao. Datu Dipatuan Uprising.

1621 AD 1621-1622 AD 1627 AD 1629 AD 1633 BC 1637 AD 1641 AD Korea becomes Manchu vassal state Dutch capture Malacca from Portuguese

Bulacan. Malolos Revolt.

1643 AD 1644-1911 AD Manchu Dynasty in China

The Dutch attack Jolo. Earthquake levels Manila. The Dutch attack is defeated off Corregidor.

1645 AD

1646 AD 1648 AD Taj Mahal by Shah Jehan

Samar. Sumuroy Revolt. Pampanga. Francisco Maniago Revolt. Ilocos. Pedro Almazan Revolt. Panay. Tapar Revolt. Zambales. Francisco Maniego Revolt.

1649-1650 AD 1660 AD 1661 AD 1663 AD 1681-1683 AD

Phili ppine Events

Dates
1683 AD 1720 BC 1730 AD

World Events
China conquers Formosa Tibet becomes tributary of China. Height of Rococo period in art and architecture

Taal Volcano erupts. Bohol. Francisco Dagohoy Revolt. Successful Filpino rebellion that formed a local enclave within the Spanish colonial regime. Taguig, Rizal. Tagalog Agrarian Revolt. Balayan, Batangas. Agrarian Rebolt. Jolo, Sulu. Datu Salicaya Uprising. The British under Cornish and Draker attacks Manila. Pangasinan. De la Cruz, Palaris, Diego and Gabriela Silang, Andres Malong Revolts. Treaty between Spain and England returns the Philippines to Spain.

1754 AD 1744-1829 AD

1745-1746 AD

1757 AD 1762 AD 1762-1764 AD

1763 AD American War of Independence Siam gains independence from Burma British East Indies Company base at Penang, Malaysia Fleet of convicts establilshes British penal colony in Australia Washington, first president of US. Outbreak of the French Revolution

1775-1783 AD 1776 AD 1786 AD 1788 AD

1789 AD Batanes. Aman Dagat Revolt. 1791 AD 1792 AD

France declared a Republic Dollar official currency of the US British takes control of South India Napoleon Bonaparte becomes emperor of France

1799 AD 1804 AD The Basi Revolt. Del Superior Gobierno, earliest newspaper in the Philippines is published Galleon Trade ends. 1801 AD 1811 AD

1815 AD

Battle of Waterloo

Nautical School in Manila is established Manila. Novales Mutiny

1820 AD 1823 AD 1825 AD 1835 AD Indonesians revolt against the Dutch. Melbourne is founded.

Abolition of Philippine representation in the Spanish Cortes. Tayabas. Hermano Pule Uprising.

1837 AD

1840-1841 AD

Phili ppine Events

Dates
1842 AD

World Events
Opium War Britain annexes Hongkong.

Seminario Filipino, weekly newspaper founded Manila. Samaniego Uprising. La Estrella de Manila, 2nd daily is published Diario de Manila, 3rd weekly is published El Comercio, starts publication

1843 AD

1847 AD 1848 AD Communist Manifesto, Marx, Engels

1852 AD 1858 AD 1861 AD Miracle at Lourdes American Civil War

El Catolico Filipino, is published Earthquake reduces Manila to rubble. Isabela. Baladon and Labutawi Revolt.

1862 AD 1863 AD Indochina becomes French protectorate.

1864 AD Secondary education in the Philippines is organized divided into private and public. Revista de Administracion, is published 1865 AD

Red Cross is founded in Switzerland.

1866 AD 1868 AD 1869 AD Meiji Restoration in Japan, modernization of Japan Opening of the Suez Canal

Cavite Mutiny. Execution of Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora.

1872 AD Impressionists first exhibition in Paris

1874 AD Maguindanao. Datu Utto Revolt. Diario de Filipinas, is founded. Cable communication between the Philippines and Hongkong. Monthly,Revista Agustiniana,is published Cholera epidemic ravages in Manila. La Oceania Espanola is published First weekly, La Semana Elegante, is published Sulu. Pangiyan Inchi Jamila Revolt. Kalayaan of Emilio Jacinto is published. Debate in the Spanish Senate on Rizals Noli Me Tangere. The Spanish Civil Code is introduced into the Philippines. La Solidaridad is published. Lanao. Datu Akadar (Amai Pakpak) Revolt. 1876-1887 AD 1880 AD

1881 AD 1882 AD 1883 AD 1884 AD 1884-1893 AD 1886 AD 1889 AD Upper Burma is annexed by the British. Krakatoa Volcano in Java erupts.

1889 AD 1890-1893 AD

Phili ppine Events

El Filibusterismo is printed in Belgium. El Resumen of Isabelo de los Reyes published. Liga Filipina established by Dr. Jose Rizal The Katipunan founded by Andres Bonifacio Revista Farmaceutica de Filipinas is published The Maura Law for Philippine local government reform is passed. First Encounter between the Katipunan and the Spaniards in the Philippine Revolution. Katipunan Flag is unfurled in Balintawak. Ang Kalayaan, Katipunan paper is published Eight provinces revolt. Rizal is executed. Execution of the 13 Martyrs of Bagumbayan. The Tejeros Convention proclaims the independence of the Philippines Trial and execution of Bonifacio. Pact of Biac na Bato stops hostilities between the Filipinos and Spaniards. First hoisting of the Filipino flag, and Battle of Imus beginning the successful series of battles against Spanish soverreingty. Philippine Independence is declared in Kawit. Philippine National Anthem played for the first time. Mabini issues his True Decalogue on mans conduct. Batanes. Reafael Perea Uprising. La Independencia of Antonio Luna is published. Zamboanga. Vicente Alvarez Revolt. The Philippine Republic established, the Malolos Constitution is in effect. The Supreme Court supercedes the old Real de Audencia. Battle of Tirad Pass. Misamis. Nicolas Capistrano Revolt. Philippines declares state of war with the United States Treaty of Paris is ratified by US congress ceding the Philippines to the US by Spain. The Manila Daily Bulletin is founded. Magna Carta of the Philippines. The Department of Public Instuction is formed. Aguinaldo surrenders to the Americans in Palanan, Isabela. 600 trained teachers arrive in US ShipThomas. The Philippine Normal College is established. First labor union is organized. Philippine Assembly is established. Termination of the Philippine-American War. Iglesia Filipina Independiente is proclaimed by Isalelo delos Reyes with Gregorio Aglipay as bishop Sulu. Panglima Hassan Revolt.

Dates
1891 AD

World Events
The Trans-Siberian railway.

1892 AD

1893 AD

New Zealand gives women the right to vote - first country to do so. French protectorate over Laos. First Modern Olympics.

1896 AD

1897 AD

1898 AD

Spanish-American War. Cuba gains independence. Treaty of Paris between US and Spain.

1898-1900 AD 1899 AD

1899-1900 AD

1900 AD

Russia occupies Manchuria Boxer Rebellion in China. First Nobel Prize.

1901 AD

1902 AD

1903-1905 AD

Phili ppine Events

The Philippine Postal Savings Bank is formed.

Dates
1905 AD 1906 AD 1907 AD

World Events
Albert Einsteins theory of Relativity Mahatma Gandhi campaign of non- violences begins in Africa Cubist painting in Paris.

Act 1870 creates the University of the Philippines. Philippines Free Press issues 1st number City of Baguio is founded.

1908 AD

1909 AD 1910 AD Japan annexes Korea. Abstract painting in Europe Chinese Revolution. Manchu Dynasty overthrown. Kuomintang, Chinese nationalist party founded under Sun Yat Sen

Taal Volcano erupts.

1911 AD

1912 AD Rizal monument is inaugurated. Sulu. Nakib Amil Uprising.

1913 AD First World War. Emperor of Japan declares war on Germany.

1914-1918 AD Mayon Volcano erupts. Jones Law is approved which provides autonomy for Filipinos and their independence.

1914 AD 1916 AD Bolshevik Revolution in Russia Gandhi begins civil disobedience in India. Communist party founded in China.

1917 AD 1919 AD 1921 AD First poetic debate, Balagtasan held in Manila between Jose Corazon de Jesus and Florentino Collantes. 1924 AD

1925 AD 1926 AD 1930 AD Passage of Philippine Independence Bill by the US for independence in eight years. Tydings-Macduffie Law is signed by Roosevelt to give Philippine independence after 10 years. The Philippine Constittuion is adopted. The Philippine Air Force is organized. The Sakdalista Uprising for agrarian reform. Commonwealth of the Philippines inaugurated. Manuel L. Quezon, President. The Court of Appeals is created Filipino women vote for the first time in a plebiscite on womens suffrage. 1932 AD

Chiang Kai Shek takes over Kuomintang Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan. Japan occupies Manchuria.

1934 AD

Long March by Chinese communists. Persia becomes Iran

1935 AD

1936 AD 1937 AD War between China and Japan

Phili ppine Events

Dates
1939 AD 1940 AD

World Events
Second World War Japan occupies Indochina Battle of Britain. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Pacific War starts.

The National Assembly nationalizes labor in the Philippines. Japan invades the Philippines. 2nd Commonwealth inaugurated in Corregidor with Manuel L. Quezon as President. Japanese occupy City of Manila. The Hukbalahap is established. Fall of Bataan to the Japanese forces. Surrender of Corregidor. Jose Laurel President under the Japanese regime. Battle of the Philippine Sea. US Congress authorizes US President to declare Philippine Independence on July 4,1946 McArthur and Osmena land in Leyte Liberation of the Philippines from Japanese forces. Pacific War ends. Reparations Agreement is signed between Japan and the Philippines. Manuel Roxas elected President. American proclamation of Philippines Independence. Parity Rights amendment to the constitution. Military Assistance Pact between the Philippines and the United States.

1941 AD

1942 AD

Japan occupies Singapore

1944 AD

1945 AD

Atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Constitution of the United Nations.

1946 AD

1947 AD

India and Pakistan become states.

1948 AD

Gandhdi assassinated. Israel becomes a state.

Elpidio Quirino elected President. The communist Manila Politburo is smashed Ramon Magsaysay elected President.

1949 AD 1950 AD 1953 AD 1957 AD Launching of the Sputnik by Russia Malaya becomes independent. Yuri Gagarin, first man in space. Korean War. China invades Tibet.

Diosdado Macapagal elected President. President Macapagal moves Independence Day celebration from July 4 to June 12. Taal Volcano erupts. Ferdinand E. Marcos elected President.

1961 AD 1962 AD

1965 AD

Cultural Revolution in China. Mao Tse Tungs Cultural Revolution Man walks on the moon

1966 AD 1969 AD Declaration of Martial Law Parliamentary Government is established 1972 AD

1975 AD Ninoy Aquino is assassinated. 1983 AD

Vietnam War ends.

Phili ppine Events

Ferdinand E. Marcos re-elected President.

Dates
1984 AD 1989 AD

World Events
Brunei becomes independent Communist regimes fall in Eastern Europe Fall of the Berlin Wall.

People Power revolution Marcos is deposed. . Corazon Aquino is elected President. Return to Presidential form of Government

1986 AD

1990 AD Mt. Pinatubo volcano erupts. 1991 AD

Iraq invades Kuwait. Civil War in Yoguslavia. The Gulf War

Fidel Ramos is elected President. National Commission for Culture and the Arts is established. Manlilikha ng Bayan Act is approved recognizing national Living Treasures Philippine Independence Centennial Celebration Joseph Ejercito Estrada elected President.

1992 AD

1998 AD War in Kosovo. Ethnic Cleansing. The Millennium Computer Bug The New Millenium

1999 AD The Millennium Computer Bug The New Millennium People Power II. Estrada is deposed. Arroyo ascends to presidency. Arroyo is re-elected/VP de Castro 2000 AD 2001 AD

2004 AD