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Philippine
History
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Pre-history
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century
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century
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century
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century
[edit]20th
century
- 1901 - Silliman Institute,
later known as Silliman
University, is established as the first American university
in the Philippines.
- 1902 - Americans proclaim the
end of the Philippine-American
War, however fighting continues.
- 1904 - University
of San Agustin in
Iloilo is established.
- 1907 - The First
Philippine Assembly is
convened.
- 1908 - The University
of the Philippines is
established in Manila.
- 1911 - De
La Salle University-Manila is
founded as De La Salle College by the Brothers
of Christian Schools.
- 1913 - Conflict in the country
subsides.
- 1916 - The Jones
Law is passed
establishing an all-Filipino legislature
- 1916 - The Philippine Assembly
becomes the House of Representatives and a Senate is established
- 1918 - The Philippines joins
the First
World War, sending 25,000 Filipino troops (and additional
6,000 in the U.S.
Navy) to Europe fighting for the United States
- 1934 - The Philippine
Independence Act is
approved
- 1935 - Commonwealth
of the Philippines is
established
- 1935 - Manuel
L. Quezon is
elected president
- 1941 - President
Quezon re-elected
- 1941 - Japan invades
and occupies the Philippines in World
War II
- 1943 - Jose
P. Laurel appointed
president by Japanese
Imperial Army
- 1944 - United
States retakes
the Philippines from Japan
- 1945 -The Philippines along
with 49 Allied countries signs the United Nations charter.
- 1946 - Manuel
Roxas elected
president
- 1946 - United
States grants
independence to the Philippines
- 1948 - President
Roxas dies; Elpidio
Quirino becomes
president
- 1949 - Elpidio
Quirino re-elected
as president
- 1950 - The Philippines joins
the Korean
War, sending over 7,000 troops under the United Nations
command.
- 1953 - Ramon
Magsaysay elected
president
- 1954 - Manila
Pact, also known as the South East Asia Treaty Organization
(SEATO), forms alliance of Philippines, the United States, the United
Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, Australia, New
Zealand and France.
- 1957 - Ramon
Magsaysay dies in
a plane
crash; Carlos
P. Garcia becomes
president
- 1961 - Diosdado
Macapagal elected
president
- 1961 - Independence
Day is changed to June
12 by Diosdado
Macapagal
- 1965 - Ferdinand
E. Marcos elected
president
- 1969 - Ferdinand
E. Marcos is
re-elected to a second term, the first to ever do so
- 1970 - First
Quarter Storm begins
in January
- 1972 - President
Marcos delares martial
law
- 1978 - First formal elections
since 1969 for the Interim Batasang Pambansa (National Assembly)
- 1978 - Ferdinand
E. Marcos becomes
interim Prime
Minister
- 1981 - Martial
law lifted
- 1981 - Philippine
general election and referendum, 1981 (Ferdinand
Marcos re-elected
to a third term)
- 1981 - Finance Minister Cesar
Virata is elected
Prime Minister by the Batasang Pambansa
- 1983 - Benigno
Aquino, Jr. assassinated
- 1984 - Philippine
parliamentary election, 1984
- 1986 - Philippine
presidential election, 1986
- 1986 - EDSA
Revolution ousts President
Marcos; Corazon
Aquino becomes
president
- 1987 - Philippine
legislative election, 1987
- 1991 - Senate rejects
renewal of U.S military
bases in the Philippines
- 1992 - Philippine
general election, 1992 (Fidel
V. Ramos is
elected)
- 1995 - Philippine
general election, 1995
- 1997 - Asian
financial crisis
- 1998 - Philippine
general election, 1998 (Joseph
Estrada is
elected)
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century
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