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HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES

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The Philippines and Spain | HISTORY OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

Like the other island groups of southeast Asia, the Philippines have very early human inhabitants - perhaps even as long as 60,000 years ago. In more recent history the main outside influences are Chinese, Hindu and - f...

On this same day the Japanese | HISTORY OF JAPAN

Japan's blitzkrieg

On this same day the Japanese launch air attacks on American and British airfields in the Philippines, Guam, Midway, Hong Kong and Singapore, destroying numerous planes on the tarmac. It is a dramatic beginning to a camp...

On this same day the Japanese | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Japan's blitzkrieg

On this same day the Japanese launch air attacks on American and British airfields in the Philippines, Guam, Midway, Hong Kong and Singapore, destroying numerous planes on the tarmac. It is a dramatic beginning to a camp...

On the island of Cebu Magellan | HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY

Magellan and Elcano

On the island of Cebu Magellan and his party rapidly convert the ruler to Christianity, beginning a Spanish link with the Philippines which will last until 1898. But in April Magellan is killed in a skirmish with natives...

On the island of Cebu Magellan | HISTORY OF EXPLORATION

Magellan and Elcano

On the island of Cebu Magellan and his party rapidly convert the ruler to Christianity, beginning a Spanish link with the Philippines which will last until 1898. But in April Magellan is killed in a skirmish with natives...

With the process of battering the | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Amphibious war against Japan

With the process of battering the Japanese people into submission now under way, American attention turns also to a nearer target and one closely involved with American history - the Philippines. The campaign to recover...

With the Spanish possessions in south | HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN (WEST INDIES)

The Spanish Caribbean

With the Spanish possessions in south and central America all winning their independence during the 1820s, these two large Caribbean islands are now all that remains of the Spanish empire (apart from the Philippines). As...

With the Spanish possessions in south | HISTORY OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

The Spanish Caribbean

With the Spanish possessions in south and central America all winning their independence during the 1820s, these two large Caribbean islands are now all that remains of the Spanish empire (apart from the Philippines). As...

Relations between Spain and Portugal are | HISTORY OF PORTUGAL

Spain and Portugal

Relations between Spain and Portugal are peaceful for most of the 16th century. Each has its own half of the world to exploit, with the dividing line of Tordesillas accepted on both sides. A similar division in the Pacif...

In America the king's authority is | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA

Spanish colonial administration

In America the king's authority is exercised by his viceroys, who live in great magnificence and wield much power. In the 16th century there are only two viceroyalties. The viceroy of New Spain, with his capital in Mexic...

In America the king's authority is | HISTORY OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

Spanish colonial administration

In America the king's authority is exercised by his viceroys, who live in great magnificence and wield much power. In the 16th century there are only two viceroyalties. The viceroy of New Spain, with his capital in Mexic...

Victory in Europe, in May 1945, | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Amphibious war against Japan

Victory in Europe, in May 1945, leaves the Allies free to concentrate on their remaining enemy, Japan. From the summer of 1942 Japan has been in control of a vast swathe of southeast Asia, captured in the months after th...

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been | SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Spanish-American War

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been destroyed off the shores of Cuba. Some hard fighting brings the Americans into Santiago, after which the Spanish garrison on the island surrenders. At the same time an American fo...

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been | HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN (WEST INDIES)

Spanish-American War

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been destroyed off the shores of Cuba. Some hard fighting brings the Americans into Santiago, after which the Spanish garrison on the island surrenders. At the same time an American fo...

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been | CUBA

Spanish-American War

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been destroyed off the shores of Cuba. Some hard fighting brings the Americans into Santiago, after which the Spanish garrison on the island surrenders. At the same time an American fo...

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been | HISTORY OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

Spanish-American War

Meanwhile another Spanish fleet has been destroyed off the shores of Cuba. Some hard fighting brings the Americans into Santiago, after which the Spanish garrison on the island surrenders. At the same time an American fo...

Both issues are resolved diplomatically, but | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Theodore Roosevelt abroad

Both issues are resolved diplomatically, but they prompt Roosevelt to formulate his Monroe corollary in 1904. His purpose is to prevent European interference by avoiding any pretext for it. In practice his corollary app...

After Homo erectus has spread through | HISTORY OF MIGRATION

The spread of our species

After Homo erectus has spread through the linked central land mass of our planet (Africa and Eurasia), he is succeeded within that region by varieties of Homo sapiens - the Neanderthals and then modern huma...

After Homo erectus has spread through | HISTORY OF ASIA

The spread of our species

After Homo erectus has spread through the linked central land mass of our planet (Africa and Eurasia), he is succeeded within that region by varieties of Homo sapiens - the Neanderthals and then modern huma...

Hong Kong surrenders on Christmas Day. | HISTORY OF JAPAN

Japan's blitzkrieg

Hong Kong surrenders on Christmas Day. By then Sarawak is already in Japanese hands. Brunei follows early in the new year. Before the end of January 1942 the Japanese hold the whole of Malaya, and February brings Singapo...

Hong Kong surrenders on Christmas Day. | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Japan's blitzkrieg

Hong Kong surrenders on Christmas Day. By then Sarawak is already in Japanese hands. Brunei follows early in the new year. Before the end of January 1942 the Japanese hold the whole of Malaya, and February brings Singapo...

Part of this is the culmination | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An American empire

Part of this is the culmination of a long and gradual American involvement with Hawaii, which is annexed as a US territory in 1900. But a far more dramatic increase in the US presence overseas is a result of the brief Sp...

Cortes' astonishing achievement wins him the | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA

Cortes and Montezuma

Cortes' astonishing achievement wins him the approval of the royal court in Spain. For the next ten or more years he governs this territory with the same energy and resolve shown in his conquest of it. It becomes the cen...

Cortes' astonishing achievement wins him the | HISTORY OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE

Cortes and Montezuma

Cortes' astonishing achievement wins him the approval of the royal court in Spain. For the next ten or more years he governs this territory with the same energy and resolve shown in his conquest of it. It becomes the cen...