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| | 1542 | Spain colonized the Philippines and the 3000 islands became part of the Spanish East Indies from 1565 - 1898. | |
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| | 1645 | The Luzon earthquake was a devastating earthquake to hit the Phili ppines killing an estimated 1000 people. | |
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| | 1763 | Spanish trading ships called the 'Manila Galleons' set up a trade route from Manila to the US port of Acapulco. Filipinos, called the "Manila Men", made their first permanent settlement in the bayous of Louisiana. | |
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| | 1781 | An expedition, led by Filipino born Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, was sent by the Spanish government from Mexico to establish the settlement of Los Angeles in Alta California. | |
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| | 1897 | The Mount Mayon volcano erupted in the Philippines killing 1335 people causing devastation, destruction and poverty. | |
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| | 1897 | Revolution in the Philippines. The Philippine Revolution (also called the Tagalog War) led by Emilio Aguinaldo as Filipinos fought for independence from Spain. | |
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| | 1898 | The three and a half month Spanish-American War between Spain and the United States was fought April 25, 1898 – August 12, 1898. | |
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| | 1899 | Filipino victory led to the establishment of the First Philippine (Biak-na-Bato) Republic. | |
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| | 1899 | The 1899 Treaty of Paris by which Spain sells the Philippines to the United States for $20 million dollars. | |
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| | 1899 | The 3 year Philippine-American War (1899 -1902) between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries ended with the occupation of the Philippines under U.S. sovereignty and the dissolution of the Philippine Republic. | |
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| | 1901 | William Howard Taft was appointed the first U.S. governor of the Philippine Islands. | |
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| | 1902 | The 1902 Philippine Bill passed restricting activities of Filipinos. | |
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| | 1906 | The second wave of Filipino Immigration to the United States occured from 1906 to 1934 with many Filipinos emigrating to California and Hawaii. | |
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| | 1910 | The Angel Island Immigration Station was opened in California to regulate immigration from the east. | |
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| | 1911 | The Mount Taal volcano erupted in the Philippines with a death toll of 1335 people causing destruction and homelessness. | |
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| | 1912 | A 7.5 earthquake struck Northeastern Mindanao on July 11, 1912 resulting in widespread landslides and serious damage. | |
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| | 1916 | The US Jones Law was passed promising independence to the Philippines once a stable government established. | |
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| | 1934 | The third wave of Filipino Immigration to America commenced but was halted by the outbreak of WW2. | |
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| | 1939 | Outbreak of World War 2 (1939 - 1945). | |
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| | 1941 | Japan invaded the Philippines defeating General Douglas MacArthur and occupied the Philippine islands. | |
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| | 1944 | General Douglas MacArthur re-invades the Philippines and Manila was liberated from occupation by the Japanese. | |
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| | 1946 | The Tydings-McDuffie Act provides for independence of the Philippines in 1946. | |
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| | 1965 | The Fourth Wave of Immigration and the Hart-Cellar Act lifted restriction on immigration. | |
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| | 1976 | The 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake and tsunami killled nearly 8000 people with 90% of deaths as a result of the following tsunami. An estimated 90,000 people were made homeless by the devastation. | |
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| | 1991 | The Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted in the Philippines with a death toll of 700 people causing destruction of property. | |
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| | 2009 | Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ondoy, was a devastating tropical cyclone resulting in 747 deaths and damage of $1.09 billion. | |
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| | 2013 | The Bohol earthquake killed 222 people and nearly 1000 were injured. More than 73,000 structures were damaged, of which more than 14,500 were totally destroyed. Just 3 weeks after the earthquake, Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the region causingeven more devastation. | |