Philippines – Pearl of the Orient, comprises more than 7,100 islands.
1898 – The
Spanish-American War ended.
Martial Law – imposed by
President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Pearl Harbor- the Japanese
surprise attack in America
Clark field in Pampanga- bombing mission
of Japanese in the Philippines.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki – City in Japan
wherein the American Air Force drops a Nuclear Bomb.
People Power Movement – 4 day protest
in Manila, in EDSA
Ferdinand Magellan – 1st recorded
European contact with the Philippine Island.
Cebu – Island of ZUGBO,
Humabon in waging a battle against a rival chieftain, Lapu-Lapu of Mactan. The
Capital of the new Spanish colony.
1565 – 1st Spanish
settlement in the Philippines was established on cebu by Miguel Lopez de
Legaspi.
Rajah Soliman – controlled an
area of Luzon. The NEW Capital of the Spanish colony.
KKK – kataastaasan
kagalang galang na katipunan ng mga anak ng bayan, KATIPUNAN, organized by
Andres Bonifacio.
Biac-na-bato – a place that in
negotiated truce.
Treaty of Paris – Peace
negotiation between spain and the United States.
William Howard Taft – President of
United States appointed General MacArthur to rule and govern the Philippines.
Deep-water harbor – at subic bay,
major anchorage for the US naval fleet.
Jones Act – instituted an
elected Philippine senate and compromised eventual independence.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – New President
of US who supports the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 stipulated that the Philippines
would become an independent republic on July 4, 1946.
HUKBALAHAPS- hukbong ng bayan
laban sa hapon
1944 – Osmenia
succeeded Quezon, who died in the US.
April 1946- Roxas became the
1st president of the new republic.
April 1948 – Roxas died and was
succeeded by Vice President Quirino, who won presidency in 1949.
Luis Taruc – HUKS Leader.
1953- Magsaysay was
the clear winner in the presidential election.
March 1957 – Magsaysay died
in plane crash and was succeeded by his vice president Carlos Garcia, and was
elected president in his own right in November 1957.
1961 - Diosdado
Macapagal win the presidency.
1965 – election gave
to presidency to Ferdinand E. Marcos. The 1st president who win a second term.
September 21, 1972 – President
Ferdinand E. Marcos Proclaimed Martial Law by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081.
EDSA – Epifanio De los
Santos Avenue
Mendiola Massacre – government
security forces opened fire on the protester and killed 20 people.