TIMELINE - National Commission for Culture and the Arts

TIMELINE
by Jesus T. Peralta
June 2005 ©
Philippine Events Dates World Events
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.
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.
4.4 m.y
4.2-1.8 m.yrs.
2 m.yrs.
1.5 m.yrs.
to 27000 yrs.
.9+-.17 m.yrs.
co-eval
100000 BC
75000-35000 BC
47,000 BC
60,000 BC
50000-45000 BC
30000-20000 BC
16,700 BC
16000-8000 BC
13000 BC
12220-9780 BC
10000 BC
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.
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
Cro-Magnon man
Altamira Rock paintings
Pottery in Padah-Lin Cave in Myanmar.
Food plants grown in the fertile crescent; beans, peas,
water chestnuts grown in Thailand.
9750 BC Cultivation in Thailand, peas, beans, etc.

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Laurente Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan.
Flake stone tools.
Musang Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Bone, chert flakes
tools, jasper, jade, freshwater shells
Bolobok Cave, Sanga- Sanga, Tawi-Tawi,
Tridacna shell tools, stone tools
Early Neolithic Age Culture.
Austronesian population movements into the
Philippines and the Pacific
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
9000 BC
8500 BC
8070
8000 BC
7880-7560 BC
7000 BC
6500 BC
6185 BC
6000-2000 BC
6000 BC
5880 BC
5745 BC
5730 BC
5680-5520 BC
5580 BC
5200 BC
5000 BC
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.
Jericho, already with fortification
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.
Cultivation spreads in Southeast Europe.
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.
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.

Philippine Events Dates World 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
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
Dimolit, Isabela. House floor, jadeit beads, pottery,
mortars, whetstone, adzes.
Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi bronze celt, red
glass bead, pottery
Early Metal Age Culture.
Talikod Island, Samal, Davao. Occupation debris.
5000-2000 BC
4850-4400 BC
4700-4140 BC
4500-3500 BC
4340-2530 BC
4120-3755 BC
4095 BC
4000 BC
3890 BC
3810-3650 BC
3675-3015 BC
3545-2190 BC
3500 BC
3500-3200 BC
3400 BC
3370 BC
3300 BC
3200 BC
3190 BC
3100 BC
3000 BC
2930 BC
Domistication of Bovines in Thailand
Amazon pottery, earliest in the Americas
Towns in Egypt, Memphis, Central Egypt
Wheeled vehicles in Central Europe Peru grows cotton
and corn
Wheel and potters wheel in Sumer, Indus Valley.
Cuneiform writing in Sumer
Standing Stones in Britain and France
Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt
Olives, vines, cereals grown in the Aegean area; rye and
oats grown in Europe. Pottery in Ecuador, Columbia.

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Flake tools.
Dimolit, Isabela. Flakes, jasper blades with silica gloss,
pottery Evidence for reaping.
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.
Manga Site, Andarayan, Cagayan. Rice husk embedded
in pottery, polished adzes, spindle whorl.
Earliest evidence for rice. Evidence for weaving.
Lallo, Cagayan. Fresh water shell midden, pottery,
bones, trapezoidal stone adzes
Bagumbayan, Masbate. Buff colored pottery
Edjek, Negros. Pottery, fired clay lumps
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
Arku Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Footed
pottery,bones, shell beads, baked clay bead.
2880 BC
2865 BC
2700 BC
2680 BC
2655-2120 BC
2650-2710 BC
2650-2315 BC
2600-2550 BC
2610-2130 BC
2550 BC
2500-2100 BC
2500 BC
2395-1735 BC
2310-1735 BC
2305-1410 BC
2300 BC
2125-1745 BC
c.2000 BC
1860 BC
1855 BC
1850 BC
1814 BC
1766 BC
1660-890 BC
Corn grown in Argentina.
Step pyramid, Sphinx in Egypt,
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
Pottery in Mexico.
Chopsticks in use in China
First Assyrian Empire
Shang Dynasty in Northern China
1580-1079 Shang Dynasty in China. Bronze pots

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Rabel Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan. Flake tool, pottery.
Banaue, Ifugao. Dates occupation in a house platform
presumably. Terracing probably present/root cropping
Ngipe’t Duldog Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan.
Jar burial, stepped adze, stone and shell beads.
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.
Batungan Cave, Masbate. Kalanay-type pottery.
Bato Caves, Sorsogon. Jar burials with shells,
adzes, shell beads and bracelets.
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.
Pintu Cave, Isabela. Pottery, glass beads, stone tools.
Batungan Cave 2, Masbate.
Stone adzes Kalanay- type pottery.
1570 BC
1545-825 BC
1500-1000 BC
1470 BC
1380 BC
1330 BC
1255-605 BC
1005-1250 BC
1445 BC
1220 BC
1165 BC
1000-225 BC
1000 BC
972-953 BC
900 BC
900-801 BC
895-775 BC
805-390 BC
801-701 BC
800 BC
770 BC
765 BC
756 BC
750 BC
Santorini destroyed in the Meditarranean
David unites the Jews. Capital at Jerusalem
Hebrew Exodus
Destruction of Troy by the Myceneans
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
Iliad and Odyssey are composed.
“Age of Prophesy” among the Hebrew
Eastern Chou Dynasty in China
Odyssey and Iliad, poetry in Greek

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Bato Caves, Sorosogon. Pottery, quadrangular
adzes, jar burial, shell beads and bracelets
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
Guri Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial, bronze,
glass and gold beads, jade ear pendants.
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.
700 BC
690-635 BC
601-501 BC
600 BC
587 BC
538 BC
528 BC
509 BC
c.500 BC-500 AD
500-300 BC
435-165 BC
430 BC
425 BC
399 BC
332 BC
307 BC
300-100 BC
282 BC
280 BC
210 BC
204 BC
200-100 BC
c.200 BC
200 BC-200 AD
Pyramic tombs of Nubian kings.
Sheep in East Africa.
Iron tools and weapons in North Africa
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
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.
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 Shih’s tomb in China
Great Wall of China completed

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Manunggul Cave, Chamber B, Lipuun Point, Palawan.
Jar burial, iron, glass and stone, glass bracelets.
Earliest date for iron.
Developed Metal Age culture.
Tadyaw Cave, Lipuun Point, Palawan. Jar burial,
trunconical covers, iron, bronze, glass, gold,
carnelian, glass and jade bracelets.
Maitum Cave, Sarangani. Anthropomorphic burial jars,
glass beads, bracelets. Kalanay-type pottery.
197 BC
190 BC
112 BC
100 BC-300 AD
79 BC
49 BC
47 BC
13 BC
8-5 BC
5 BC-225 AD
ANNO
DOMINI
11 AD
26-36 AD
43 AD
64 AD
70 AD
c.100 AD
105 AD
150 AD
200 AD
202-220 AD
271 AD
279 AD
285 AD
300 AD
Rosetta Stone inscribed in Egypt
Silk Road opens between China and the West
Mt. Vesuvius, destruction of Pompeii
Caesar crosses the Rubicon
Great Library of Alexandria destroyed
Hebrews occupy Canaan
Birth of Christ
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
Ts’ai 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
313 AD Constantine’s vision of the cross.
Christianity becomes official religion of the Roman
Empire

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Libertad, Butuan City.
Large edge-pegged plank boats - Earliest dated boat.
Sasak Shelter, Kalatagbak, Palawan.
Pottery,iron, glass beads.
Kulaman Plateau,Cotabato, Mindanao. Stone urn
burial, pottery jar burial.
Bunghalian, Ifugao. Terrace dating
Lungun Cave, Kalatagbak, Palawan.
Wood coffin burials, iron, pottery.
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.
320 AD
330 AD
360 AD
400-600 AD
479-502 AD
500 AD
500-670 AD
535 AD
570 AD
593 AD
594 AD
610 AD
618-960 AD
622 AD
625 AD
641 AD
700-900 AD
750 AD
760 AD
763 AD
800 AD
802 AD
939 AD
960-1270 AD
c.1000 AD
c.1000 AD
Byzantine Empire in Constantinopole
Books start to replace scrolls in Europe
Writing begins in Japan with Chinese ideographs
Chi Dynasty in China
Decimal system devised in India
Decimal system devised in India
Birth of Mohammad (-632)
Printing press is invented in China using wooden
blocks
Buddhism becomes official religion of Japan
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

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Bubulungun Cave I-B, Lipuun Point, Palawan.
Secondary jar burial, iron, Indo-Roman beads,
Song dynasty trade ceramics.
Magmisi Shelf, Iwaig, Palawan. Secondary burial in jars,
Song Dynasty trade ceramics.
Limao-Limao Cave, Ransang, Palawan. cave burial
Tausug moves from NE Mindanao to SW to
the Sulu archipelago
Buad Island, Samar. Small blade and flake, silica gloss
Sta. Ana, Manila. Early Blue and White Chinese
trade ceramics. Islamic burials ?
Nabyun, Ifugao. Terrace dating.
Ugpay Cave, Ransang, Palawan. Habitation
Batuan City. Large edge-pegged boat.
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.
1000-1100 AD
500-1010 AD
1100-1200 AD
1040 AD
1050 AD
c.1100
1115 AD
1126 AD
1150 AD
1156 AD
1166 AD
1175 AD
1195-1380 AD
1200 AD
1206 AD
1220 AD
1230 AD
1234 AD
1250 AD
1251 AD
1260-1380 AD
1275 AD
1300 AD
c.1300-1400 AD
c.1300-1500 AD
1300-1400 AD
1320 AD
Chess is developed in India
Magnetic compass invented in China.
First movable type printing in China
Song Dynasty rules only in South China
Hindu Angkor Vat in Cambodia
Founding of Moscow
Saladin builds Cairo in Egypt
Aztecs occupy Mexico
Genghis Khan begins Asian conquest
First Thai kingdom appears
Mongols destroy Ch’in Empire
Khublai Khan governs China
Mongol Genghis Khan. Yuan Dynasty in China.
Marco Polo reaches China
Gunpowder produced in Europe
cannon first used in Europe at Metz.
1350 AD Height of Madjapahit Empire in Java Aztec capital,
Tinochtitlan, founded.

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Introduction of Islam into the Philippines
Calatagan, Batangas.
Pottery, blue and white Chinese, Thai ceramics.
Cotta Wayngan, Jolo.
Tausug Fort. With no European ceramics.
Bungiao Cave, Zamboanga.
Thai, Vietnamese Chinese tradeware.
Bocos, Banaue rapid rice terraces expansion
(302 yrs. From valley to mountain top)
Ferdinand Magellan lands in Philippines.
Lapu-Lapu resists Spanish incursion.
Magellan dies in Mactan Is. Battle.
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
1368-1644 AD
c.1400 AD
c.1400-1500 AD
1405 AD
1420 AD
1440-1660 AD
1450 AD
1460-1915 AD
1486-1788
1492 AD
1493 AD
1498 AD
1517 AD
1521 AD
1532 AD
1534 AD
1543 AD
1544 AD
1545 AD
1565 AD
1570 AD
1571 AD
1572 AD
1574 AD
1583 AD
1584 AD
Ming Dynasty in China established
Chinese encyclopedia, Yung Lo Ta Tien
Chen Ho’s Voyages from China to Africa
Beijing, the Forbidden City, established
Gutenberg introduces the printing press
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
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

Philippine Events Dates World Events
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
Defeat of Dutch fleet in the Manila Bay
Isabela. Iraya Revolt.
Bohol. Tamblot Revolt.
Sulu. Datu Ache Uprising.
Caraga Revolt.
Maguindanao. Datu Dipatuan Uprising.
Bulacan. Malolos Revolt.
The Dutch attack Jolo.
Earthquake levels Manila.
The Dutch attack is defeated off Corregidor.
Samar. Sumuroy Revolt.
Pampanga. Francisco Maniago Revolt.
Ilocos. Pedro Almazan Revolt.
Panay. Tapar Revolt.
Zambales. Francisco Maniego Revolt.
1588 AD
1589 AD
1591 AD
1595 AD
1596 AD
1600 AD
c.1600-1800 AD
1601 AD
1603 AD
1611 AD
1616 AD
1617 AD
1619 AD
1620 AD
1621 AD
1621-1622 AD
1627 AD
1629 AD
1633 BC
1637 AD
1641 AD
1643 AD
1644-1911 AD
1645 AD
1646 AD
1648 AD
1649-1650 AD
1660 AD
1661 AD
1663 AD
1681-1683 AD
Spanish Armada is destroyed by the British.
Shakespeare begins to write his plays
Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Manchus invade China
Dutch founds Batavia (Jakarta)
Landing of the Mayflower
Korea becomes Manchu vassal state
Dutch capture Malacca from Portuguese
Manchu Dynasty in China
Taj Mahal by Shah Jehan

Taal Volcano erupts.
Philippine Events Dates World Events
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.
Batanes. Aman Dagat Revolt.
The Basi Revolt.
Del Superior Gobierno, earliest newspaper in the
Philippines is published
Tibet becomes tributary of China.
Height of Rococo period in art and architecture
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
France declared a Republic Dollar official currency of
the US
British takes control of South India
Galleon Trade ends. 1815 AD Battle of Waterloo
Nautical School in Manila is established
Manila. Novales Mutiny
Abolition of Philippine representation in
the Spanish Cortes.
Tayabas. Hermano Pule Uprising.
1683 AD
1720 BC
1730 AD
1754 AD
1744-1829 AD
1745-1746 AD
1757 AD
1762 AD
1762-1764 AD
1763 AD
1775-1783 AD
1776 AD
1786 AD
1788 AD
1789 AD
1791 AD
1792 AD
1799 AD
1804 AD
1801 AD
1811 AD
1820 AD
1823 AD
1825 AD
1835 AD
1837 AD
1840-1841 AD
China conquers Formosa
Napoleon Bonaparte becomes emperor of France
Indonesians revolt against the Dutch.
Melbourne is founded.

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Seminario Filipino, weekly newspaper founded
Manila. Samaniego Uprising.
La Estrella de Manila, 2nd daily is published
Opium War
Britain annexes Hongkong.
Diario de Manila, 3rd weekly is published 1848 AD Communist Manifesto, Marx, Engels
El Comercio, starts publication
El Catolico Filipino, is published
Earthquake reduces Manila to rubble.
Isabela. Baladon and Labutawi Revolt.
Secondary education in the Philippines is
organized divided into private and public.
Revista de Administracion, is published
Cavite Mutiny.
Execution of Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora.
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.
Miracle at Lourdes
American Civil War
Indochina becomes French protectorate.
Red Cross is founded in Switzerland.
Meiji Restoration in Japan, modernization of Japan
Opening of the Suez Canal
Impressionists first exhibition in Paris
La Oceania Espanola is published 1883 AD Krakatoa Volcano in Java erupts.
First weekly, La Semana Elegante, is published
Sulu. Pangiyan Inchi Jamila Revolt.
Kalayaan of Emilio Jacinto is published.
Debate in the Spanish Senate on Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere.
The Spanish Civil Code is introduced into the Philippines.
La Solidaridad is published.
Lanao. Datu Akadar (Amai Pakpak) Revolt.
1842 AD
1843 AD
1847 AD
1852 AD
1858 AD
1861 AD
1862 AD
1863 AD
1864 AD
1865 AD
1866 AD
1868 AD
1869 AD
1872 AD
1874 AD
1876-1887 AD
1880 AD
1881 AD
1882 AD
1884 AD
1884-1893 AD
1886 AD
1889 AD
1889 AD
1890-1893 AD
Upper Burma is annexed by the British.

Philippine Events Dates World 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 man’s 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.
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The Trans-Siberian railway.
New Zealand gives women the right to vote - first
country to do so.
French protectorate over Laos.
First Modern Olympics.
Spanish-American War. Cuba gains independence.
Treaty of Paris between US and Spain.
Russia occupies Manchuria
Boxer Rebellion in China.
First Nobel Prize.

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Albert Einstein’s theory of Relativity
The Philippine Postal Savings Bank is formed. 1906 AD Mahatma Gandhi campaign of non- violences begins in Africa
Act 1870 creates the University of the Philippines.
Philippines Free Press issues 1st number
City of Baguio is founded.
Cubist painting in Paris.
Japan annexes Korea.
Abstract painting in Europe
Taal Volcano erupts. 1911 AD Chinese Revolution. Manchu Dynasty overthrown.
Rizal monument is inaugurated.
Sulu. Nakib Amil Uprising.
Mayon Volcano erupts.
Jones Law is approved which provides autonomy for
Filipinos and their independence.
First poetic debate, “Balagtasan” held in
Manila between Jose Corazon de Jesus and
Florentino Collantes.
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 women’s suffrage.
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Kuomintang, Chinese nationalist party
founded under Sun Yat Sen
First World War. Emperor of Japan declares war
on Germany.
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
Gandhi begins civil disobedience in India.
Communist party founded in China.
Chiang Kai Shek takes over Kuomintang
Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan.
Japan occupies Manchuria.
Long March by Chinese communists.
Persia becomes Iran
War between China and Japan

Philippine Events Dates World Events
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.
Elpidio Quirino elected President.
The communist Manila Politburo is smashed
Ramon Magsaysay elected President.
Diosdado Macapagal elected President.
President Macapagal moves Independence Day
celebration from July 4 to June 12.
Taal Volcano erupts.
Ferdinand E. Marcos elected President.
Declaration of Martial Law
Parliamentary Government is established
Ninoy Aquino is assassinated.
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Second World War
Japan occupies Indochina
Battle of Britain.
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Pacific War starts.
Japan occupies Singapore
Atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Constitution of the United Nations.
India and Pakistan become states.
Gandhdi assassinated.
Israel becomes a state.
Korean War. China invades Tibet.
Launching of the Sputnik by Russia
Malaya becomes independent.
Yuri Gagarin, first man in space.
Cultural Revolution in China.
Mao Tse Tung’s Cultural Revolution
Man walks on the moon
Vietnam War ends.

Philippine Events Dates World Events
Brunei becomes independent
Ferdinand E. Marcos re-elected President. 1989 AD 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
Iraq invades Kuwait.
Mt. Pinatubo volcano erupts. 1991 AD 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.
War in Kosovo. Ethnic Cleansing.
The Millennium Computer Bug 2000 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
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The New Millenium