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Philippine Presidents
Biographies of each president, from Emilio Aguinaldo to Joseph Ejercito Estrada.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/philpres/
Through the Centuries
Timeline and account of the Philippines from 30,000 BC to Abu Sayyaf in 2002, by Gunter Schwarz and Rosalinda Morgado-Schwarz.
http://www.rms-gs.de/phileng/history/conte...
Corregidor - Then and Now
All historical aspects of Corregidor, and why two vastly different battles were fought over it. Includes numerous historic photographs, and aspects of cryptography, cartography, topography, munitions, Coast Artillery, USMC, USN, MacArthur, comprehensive Unit Histories
http://corregidor.org/ct&n_index.html
Malay Balay Means Few Houses
History of Kala Sungay, the capital of the Bukidnons, massacred and burned by the Spaniards in 1850. Survivors rebuilt their Sacub river village under Datu Mampa Along, and finally submitted to Spanish rule in 1877.
http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/pla...
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
by Dr. Antonio de Morga, Mexico, 1609. Events in the Philippines from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Translation by Alfonso de Salvio, Norman F. Hall and James Alexander Robertson. On the "Gutenberg Project E-book" website.
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/8phi...
Jose Rizal
Comprehensive website about the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal. Includes an article on the rumored relationship with a former Nazi dictator.
http://www.joserizal.ph/in01.html
Timeline of Philippines History
Chronology of Philippine events from pre-historic times until 1990. By the Victoria University history students in Wellington, New Zealand.
http://www.philippines-timeline.com/
1986 EDSA Revolution
Explains the spirit, beginning, leaders, and the people of this revolution. From Ateneo's ThinkQuest.
http://library.thinkquest.org/15816/mainpa...
The Social Cancer
Complete English version of José Rizal’s Spanish “Noli Me Tangere,” translated by Charles Derbyshire and published in Manila in 1912. Includes Rizal’s dedication written in Europe in 1886. From the Project Gutenberg website.
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/8scc...
Lucban!
History of the ancient town whose 1,600 inhabitants were converted to Christianity in 1578 by the noted Spanish friar-author, Juan de Plasencia. By Sol Jose Vanzi.
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/tl/tl0125...
A Philippine Leaf
Literacy and writing among prehistoric Filipinos, by Hector Santos, known historian and expert on ancient writing.
http://bibingka.com/dahon/default.htm
The Pacification of the Philippines
Experience in the decades-old 'Indian Wars' in the American west served the US Army veterans well in the war against Philippine irregulars in the 1899-1902 war. By John M. Gates.
http://www.wooster.edu/history/jgates/book...
Lakbay Europa
Filipino migration to Europe started in the 1960s and reached its peak under the 'Labor Export Policy' of President Marcos in the 1970s and early 1980s.
http://web.onetelnet.nl/~wteunissen/cfmw.h...
The Fall of the Philippines
One of the initial campaigns of the war of the Pacific (8 December 1941 through 6 May 1942), which ended with the Japanese conquest of the Philippine Islands. By Louis Morton.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-...
Pre-Spanish Tacloban
Filipinos were part of the ancient empire of Sri Vijaya and took part in the battle for Malacca against the Portuguese in 1511-1512.
http://members.tripod.com/Taclobanon/Presp...
Idols of Philippine History
Brief biographies of Rizal, Bonifacio, Ninoy, Tandang Sora, Mabini and other luminaries from pre-colonial times to the EDSA People Power revolution.
http://geocities.com/kodiko1/historia.htm
Balangiga Massacre and Leyte Landing
A different Filipino perspective of looking at two major events in Leyte-Samar history in the Philippines.
http://www.geocities.com/rolborr/baleyte.h...
Jose Rizal, Hero of the Filipinos
Jose Rizal, the national hero, declared his opposition to the 1896 revolution. By Charles Edward Russell and B.B. Rodriguez, published in 1923
http://www.geocities.com/thetropics/8807/r...
How Tagalog Became The National Language
The establishment of the Institute of National Language on November 13, 1936 by the first Philippine Assembly, the members and their objectives. Written by Tony Joaquin on the Philippine News.com website.
http://www.philippinenews.com/news/view_ar...
Philippine-American War
Summary of the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), from Veltisezar Bautista's book, The Filipino American.
http://www.filipino-americans.com/filamwar...
Filipinas (1898-1946): The Re-Colonization rama
An article on how the Philippines, after more than three centuries of Spanish administration, did not need a new colonization.
http://www.geocities.com/kaibigankastil/dr...
The Story of the Philippines
Written in 1898 by Murat Halstead, American war correspondent and historian of the US expedition to the Philippines, with interviews with Emilio Aguinaldo and Manila Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda. From the Project Gutenberg website.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12409/12409...
The Thomasites, Before and After
Diatribe against the displacement of Spanish as lingua franca of the islands by the Thomasite teachers from the United States in the beginning of the 20th century. By Guillermo Gomez Rivera.
http://www.emanila.com/pilipino/various/gg...
Philippine Archival Photographs
Browse hundreds of digital photographs taken at the turn of the 20th century, from the University of Michigan Special Collections Library.
http://test.images.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/i/im...
Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere
The complete text of the novel that inspired the Philippine Revolution. With both contemporary and recent criticism.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/centennial/riz...
Books and Bookmaking in the Philippines
The first printers were Chinese – Juan de Vera, Pedro de Vera and Luis Beltran who printed the doctrinas and many other books thereafter. Tomas Pinpin is the first and Patriarch of Filipino printers. By Rosa M. Vallejo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/coma...
American View of Philippine History
US Library of Congress country study of the Philippines, from pre-Hispanic times to the presidency of Corazon Aquino.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/phtoc.html
Jose Rizal, Liberator of the Philippines
Biography of Jose Rizal, the national hero, and his effect on the country's history, by the president of Ateneo de Naga, Raul J. Bonoan.
http://pages.prodigy.net/manila_girl/rizal...
Child Soldiers in the Philippines
For the past several decades, conflict groups in the Philippines have used minors in their struggle to overthrow the govt, and govt paramilitary groups to exterminate rebels. Written by Merliza Makinano of the International Labor Affairs Service.
http://www.childprotection.org.ph/monthlyf...
Filipinos in World War II
Short history of Filipinos who fought the Japanese with the United States armed forces during World War II. From the Lahing Buensuceso website.
http://buensuceso.com/family_of_heroes.htm
Sucesos delas Islas Filipinas, by Dr. Antonio de Morga
The reknowned history of the early years of the Spanish colony in the Philippines written in 1609, annotated by Jose Rizal in 1890 and published in 1907. From the Nalanda Digital Library Etext Conversion Project.
http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/en...
History of Cagayan de Oro
From its first human occupation in 377, christianization of Datu Salangsang by a Portuguese Recollect friar in 1626, to the end of the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, the story of the land of Huluga, later renamed by the Spaniards from the Cagayan Valley. By Antonio J. Montalvan II.
http://cagayan.elizaga.net/history.html
Clark Air Base Scrapbook
Pictures from the 90 year history of Americans stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
http://zcap.freeyellow.com/
The Former Philippines Thru Foreign Eyes, by Fedor Jagor, et al
The complete text of out-of-print 1870 description of the then Spanish colony of the Philippines. An exceptional travelogue by a Prussian (Germany) naturalist, including the customs and appearance of the inhabitants at that time.
http://www.authorama.com/former-philippine...
Austrian-Philippine
Articles on culture, history, the Rizal-Blumentritt friendship, Austrian-Philippine relations, and picturesque old Philippines.
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis...
Mabini, the Impoverished Hero
Biography of Apolinario Mabini, the sublime paralytic and Brains of the Revolution.
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/9909/m...
Philippines - A Conflicted Land
Rebellions, wars and insurgencies in the Philippines since 1898. Expanded timeline from the noted PBS Frontline series.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/...
Indigenous Religion and Cosmology of the Philippines
The complex realm of Philippine spiritual belief.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/9845...
Philippine History Myths And Controversies
Filipino historians dispute June 12 as independence day, the design of the national flag based on the Spanish martial law proclamation and other controversial issues. By Aurelio C. Reyes.
http://www.tribo.org/history/flagday.html
Jose Rizal as Religion, Constantino as Dogma
Debate of historians on the hero's advocacy or rejection of the 1896 revolution, reflecting the controversy plaguing Philippine history. By Floro C. Quibuyen, from Forum Online, of the University of the Philippines
http://www.up.edu.ph/forum/2000/06/mayjune...
Apolinario de la Cruz
Religious and rebel leader, and founder of the Cofrada de San Jose, ‘Hermano Pule’ and his followers defeated a Spanish army on October 11, 1841, killing the governor of Tayabas, before being defeated and executed on November 4, 1841.
http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/CruzA.htm
Swish of the Kris
The Story of the Moros and American pacification campaigns in Mindanao, Sulu and other islands of southern Philippines, with a description of the peoples and speculates upon their undocumented and then largely unexplored origins. By Vic Hurley, 1936
http://www.bakbakan.com/swishkb.html
Republic or Empire: American Resistance to the Philippine War
Daniel B. Schirmer's history of the Anti-Imperialist League's opposition to the Philippine-American War, with a preface by Howard Zinn.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/dbs/index.h...
Keeping The Indio Mind Primitive: The Politics of Ignorance
Spanish colonials withheld education to keep Filipinos divided and subservient, despite 2 direct orders from Spain's king. By FPA Demeterio III, from San Beda College's Diwatao online journal.
http://www.geocities.com/philodept/diwatao...
The Philippines: Past and Present
Dean C. Worcester, noted American zoologist who explored the Philippines in 1887, narrates his experiences before and after he was appointed to the ruling Philippine Commission as Secretary of the Interior from 1901 to 1913, the initial phase of US conquest. From the Project Gutenberg website.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12077/12077...
Manuel Roxas
Senate president of the Philippine Commonwealth government, Manuel Roxas served the Japanese conquerors during World War II and like Jose Laurel and his cabinet, was branded a collaborator. He survived the war to become the first president of the Philippine Republic.
http://philippines-archipelago.com/people/...
Constitutions and History
The complete, unabridged national constitutions from 1899 to 1987 and other resources on Philippine history.
http://www.pryo.net/History/ConstitutionHo...
The Origin of Tuguegarao
There are several versions of the origin of the name, Tuguegarao. One is the abundance of “tarrao” trees in the area. Another is “garrao” meaning swift current, possibly of the Pinacanauan River. Another is from the word “tuggui” meaning fire. From the official website of Tuguegarao City.
http://elgu2.ncc.gov.ph/tuguegaraocity/his...
Chabacano, Philippine-style Spanish
The development of Creole Spanish from its beginning on June 23, 1635, and the current state of the Spanish language in the Philippines.
http://filipinokastila.tripod.com/chabig.h...
Justification of Spanish Rule
1582 council of Jesuit, Augustinian and Dominican friars convened by the first bishop of Manila to debate Spain's right to conquer the Philippines.
http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/2001/O...
Chinese-Philippine Literature
Jonathan Chua traces the exchange and development of writing by the Chinese in and about the Philippines, from prehistoric essays to the current works by Filipino-Chinese writers, in the exemplary Philippine Literature Website by Ian Casocot.
http://www.geocities.com/icasocot/chua_chi...
A Dawning Light to the Zambales
The evangelization of headhunting mountain tribes, beginning in 1601, by individual Recollect missionaries, some of whom were slain. By Kenneth C. Masong
http://www.geocities.com/kcmasong/historyo...
Jose Rizal's Retraction, Or Not
Did the national hero renounce all his writings against the friars, or not? Details of the multiple copies, doubtful document sources and vague testimonies sustain the long and still ongoing debate.
http://www.joserizal.ph/rt01.html
Agrarian Reforms in the Philippines
United Nations research paper on land reform programs from 1900 through the present CARP (Comprehensive Agricultural Reform Program).
http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/publi...
Racial Typing of Filipino Convicts in 1903
Album of 80 photographs of Filipino prisoners of Bilibid Prison in 1903, prepared by Daniel Folkmar as part of a study of Philippine racial types exhibited at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/apt/in...
Dagohoy, Boholano Against Spain
The longest revolt against Spanish occupation of the Philippines and other articles on Bohol island history. By Alan Cajes
http://www.geocities.com/alancajes/
Tribute to Ninoy Aquino
Includes rare photos, poems, and articles.
http://www.geocities.com/arbdesign11/ninoy...
The American Soldier, Philippine Guerillas, 1945
The Los Banos raid - 6 Filipino guerrilla units help liberate prisoners in the Japanese prison camp, with the help of the 11th US Airborne Division.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/art/P-P/as-5/19...
History of the Philippines, a Unique Nation
A sweeping account of the country's past.
http://www.filipinoheritage.com/history.ht...
Bataan Death March
Written in verse by Jesse Knowles
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/8967/
Spanish View of Philippine History
Articles on the conquest of the islands in 1565 and the revolution of 1898.
http://candamo.iespana.es/candamo/1898/ing...
Andres Bonifacio: Father of Philippine Revolution
On the early morning of May 10, 1897, General Lazaro Makapagal executed Andres Bonifacio, the father of the Philippine Revolution of 1896, and his brother Procopio in Mt. Nagpatong, Maragondon, Cavite, on orders by General Mariano Noriel, Emilio Aguinaldo's adjutant.
http://members.tripod.com/masternoel/compd...
Mabini: Wounded Hero
Apolinario Mabini, one of the foremost of the Philippine revolutionary heros, was the “brains” of the revolution. His last years were his most painful. A biography from the Austrian-Philippine WebSite by Dr. Robert L. Yoder, FAPC.
http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis...
Children of the Pearl
Information on the Philippine culture before the Spanish colonization.
http://www.geocities.com/gcalla1/pearl.htm
Mass Media in the Philipines
From Magellan's bible and Pigafetta's diary of 1521, the history of publication and communication in the islands from the Spanish era to the People's Revolution of 1986. From the Finland embassy webpage.
http://www.finlandembassy.ph/texting3.htm
Friars' History of the Philippines
Spanish account of the colonization of the islands from 1521 through 1574.
http://www.sspxasia.com/Newsletters/2001/O...
MacArthur’s Fight in the Philipines
Gen Douglas MacArthur’s battle against the invading Japanese. First-person accounts by the few men who were there at the time. From the Public Broadcasting System's American Experience series.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfe...
Lumad Retreat
The 400-year flight of the hilltribes collectively called Lumads into the wilderness, and the consequent ecological destruction of the Pulangi river, the 'Rio Grande de Mindanao' of Spanish annals.
http://www.mekonginfo.org/mrc_en/doclib.ns...
US-Philippine History
19th and 20th century articles and photos from the Bentley Historical Collection of the University of Michigan.
http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/mhchome/phil...
Herman Knight Beaber
Biography of an American missionary who continued his work after imprisonment by the Japanese during World War II.
http://www.geocities.com/ithascome/
Inventing a Hero: A Book Review
No copy of the revolutionary publication “Kalayaan” has ever been found and many historians question whether Andres Bonifacio actually wrote “Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog.” A Hector Santos book review of “Inventing a Hero” by Glenn May.
http://www.bibingka.com/phg/books/bonifaci...
Massacre at Bud Dajo
On March 7, 1906, US troops under the command of Major General Leonard Wood massacred as many as 1,000 Filipino Muslims, known as Moros, who were taking refuge at Bud Dajo, a volcanic crater on the island of Jolo in the Philippines. From The Boston Globe website.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/art...
Leon Kilat And The Cebu Revolt
Recounting the conspiracy, battles and betrayal of the revolution on the island of Cebu in 1898. By Emil G. Justimbaste
http://www.geocities.com/lkilat/
EDSA 2
Gives a comparison of EDSA I and II, pictures, timeline, and links.
http://members.tripod.com/twist14/edsa2/
Sitting In Darkness
Rise of anti-imperialism in the United States in 1901, led by well-known author Mark Twain, in reaction to the conquest of the Philippines.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/twain/persi...
Tale Of The Santo Niño
In the days of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the Augustinian friars kept trying to ship the image of the Sto Nino to Manila, but the statue kept returning to Cebu. By Erma M. Cuizon.
http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/st...
Former Subic Bay Naval Base, The
History, photos, stories and message boards.
http://www.subicbaypi.com
Rizal: His Life And Labors, by Austin Craig
A very detailed biography of the national hero, especially of his childhood years, including his first confrontation of death. Written by the Asst professor of Oriental History in the University of the Philippines in 1913.
http://mirrors.xmission.com/gutenberg/6/8/...
Filipino-Chinese Guerrillas in WW2
Story of the “Ampaw Unit,” Filipino-Chinese freedom fighters against the Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. They fought with the famed Yay Marking’s Fil-American Guerrilla around the Greater Manila area. By Col.(Ret) Frank B. Quesada.
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl1005...
Jewels of Imelda Marcos
Photos and brief history of jewelry that supposedly belonged to the former First Lady.
http://www.djl.net/jewels/
Religion in the Philippines
The pre-Hispanic belief system of Filipinos consisted of a pantheon of gods, spirits, creatures, and men that guarded the streams, fields, trees, mountains, forests, and houses. By Jack Miller.
http://filipinokastila.tripod.com/religion...
The Philippine Centennial Site
GOMBURZA, the Tausug Resistance and other narratives published to celebrate the 1998 centennial anniversary, by MSC Communications.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/index.htm...
Filipino Folktales
Legends and old-time stories told through the ages.
http://folktales.webmanila.com
Pio Valenzuela (1869 - 1956)
Detailed biography of the affluent physician who edited the revolutionary journal, “Kalayaan,” organized several Katipunan chapters for the revolution, and who was as responsible as any for the initiation of the struggle against Spanish rule in 1898. by Tomas L.
http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/valenzuel...
Philippine Scouts Heritage
The first Scout organizations in the US army were created in 1901 during the early days of the American occupation of the Philippines. By Col. John E. Olson, USA (ret.)
http://www.philippine-scouts.org/History/h...
First Declaration of Philippine Independence
The declaration in the town of Cavite-Viejo, Province of Cavite, on the 12th day of June 1898 by ‘Engregious Dictator Don Emilio Aguinaldo.’ On the MSC Centennial Site. Translated by Sulpicio Guevara.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/declarati...
The Cabecera of Tarlac
Local history and cultural evolution in Tarlac, a collection of articles by Lino L. Dizon in the Center for Tarlac Studies.
http://www.geocities.com/cts_tsu/index.htm...
Hukbalahap Insurrection
An American account and analysis of the peasant revolt which nearly toppled the government in 1948-1950.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/coldwar/h...
History of Vigan
Named after a yam, 'bigaa', the city on an island has existed continuously and prospered since its founding in 1572 as Ciudad Fernandina in honor of the son of King Philip of Spain.
http://www.vigancity.gov.ph/content/view/3...
Jose Rizal: Reflections of a Filipino
And other writings by the Philippine national hero, from the Cavite State University.
http://www.geocities.com/cavitesu/rizpage....
Japan attacks the Philippines, 1941-42
The early part of World War II in the Philippines, including the fall of Bataan and Corregidor, and the Bataan Death March. By James Bowen.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/pacificwar/ga...
The Youngest General of the Revolution
Biography of Manuel Tinio, the youngest general of the 1896 Revolution.
http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/tiniomanu...
Guide to Philippine History
Provides a timeline of important events from prehistory to 1998, heroes both well-known and not [like Mariano Alvarez], and presidents from Emilio Aguinaldo to Joseph Estrada Ejercito.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/...
Battling Bastards of Bataan
Veterans memorial of the World War II site, with photos and stories of personal experiences.
http://home.pacbell.net/fbaldie/Battling_B...
History of Parañaque
History of this city from 1572 until the 1950's.
http://www.geocities.com/palanyag/history....
The Death of Antonio Luna
Emilio Aguinaldo ordered the death of General Antonio Luna, Filipino collaborators helped the Americans set up the occupation of the Philippines, and other stories of the Philippines' history.
http://www.delapaz-ewf.org/History.htm
Battle of Bayang Centennial
102-year-old eyewitness interview of American incursion into Lake Lanao in Mindanao and the battle against the Maranao datus of Bayang and Binidayan, led by Sultan Pandapatan.
http://home.pacbell.net/sika/BAYANGMARANAO...
True Version of the Philippine Revolution
Emilio Aguinaldo’s 1899 account of the Philippine revolution from 1896 to the outbreak of the war against the United States. In the History Online Library HISTORION.
http://historion.net/e.a.y.famy-true-versi...
Alibata
Describes the origins and history of the alibata writing system. By Victor Ganata, University of California Berkeley, 1999.
http://fatoprofugus.net/alibata/index.html
Nueva Ecija History
Province was created in 1705 as a military district, named after the Spanish governor's native town in Andalucia, Spain, from parts of the neighboring provinces of Pampanga, Tayabas (Quezon) and Isabela.
http://www.pesocard.com/provinces/region3/...
The Liberator of Tarlac
Starting with only 70 men armed with bolos, Francisco Macabulos captured the Spanish garrison in La Paz and later ended Spanish rule in the province of Tarlac. By Luis Serrano.
http://www.macabulos.homestead.com
Marina Dizon, A Martyr's Daughter
Her father, Jose Dizon, was one of the 13 Cavite martyrs executed by the Spaniards in 1897. Like her cousin, Emilio Jacinto, she joined the Katipunan in 1893 and engaged in revolutionary activities all her life. By Lilia Quindoza Santiago.
http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/Dizon-San...
Philippine Centennial/Sentenaryo
The Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War and their impact on politics and culture. Articles on Filipinos in America. Edited by Jim Zwick.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/centennial/con...
Macario Sakay, Tulisan or Patriot?
Long after the last of Gen. Aguinaldo's men surrendered to the Americans, independent armies continued their fight for independence. One of these was led by Macario Sakay. From Hector Santos' Philippine Centennial Series.
http://www.bibingka.com/phg/sakay
Humabon, Defender of Cebu
Rajah Humabon massacred the men of Ferdinand Magellan after the battle of Mactan and other historical scenes re-created by Manuel Panares in his paintings of Cebu's past.
http://cebu-online.com/swum/sugbo/index.ht...
What's in a Name?
Where the Philippines, Pinoy, and Flip got their names. Other articles on History 101.
http://www.tribo.org/history/index.html
Jungle Patrol
History of the Philippine Constabulary, from its formation in 1901 until its dissolution in 1936. By Vict Hurley.
http://www.bakbakan.com/junglep.html
The Religions of the Philippines
Impact of the introduction of alien religions on pre-historic animism and ancestor worship, and the interplay of homegrown and foreign religions to the present day. By Jack Miller.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Modules...
Origins From Two Empires
Advocates that Visayans descended from the Sri Vishayan empire of Sumatra, and the Mindanao Moros were warriors of the Madjapahit Empire of Java, from the Visayan Voice.
http://www.vizvoyz.freeservers.com/custom....
Lapu-Lapu, Balagtas And Other Heroes
Biographies of prominent figures in Philippine history and cultural development.
http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/harbor/1320...
History of Leyte
Historical junctures from pre-Hispanic times to the World War II Leyte landings. By Emil B Justimbaste.
http://www.geocities.com/ebjustimbaste/
Jose Rizal's 'Sweet Foreigner'
Biography of Josephine Bracken, Irish wife of the national hero, Jose Rizal, who stood by his side during his execution and joined the Katipunan struggle later.
http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/senat...
Fillipinos in America
Highly personalized articles about Filipinos who migrated to America, by Nestor P. Enriquez
http://www.filipinohome.com/archive.html
EDSA 3: A Surprising Uprising
Three analyses of the May Day riot by the 'have-nots' in Manila by known Philipine writers. From the 'Focus on the Philippines' website.
http://www.focusweb.org/publications/Bulle...
Filipino Kundiman
Original Filipino classical music. Facts, history, authors, composers, lyrics and biography.
http://www.geocities.com/philippinemusic/
Sari-Sari
Articles on pre-Hispanic times, ancient baybayin writing, and language. Also with free fonts and celebrity pictures.
http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/
Chinese Revolutionary In Cavite
The story of Ignacio Paua, a Chinese migrant who fought on Emilio Aguinaldo's side in the battle of Binakayan, and was among Aguinaldo's aides to attack and arrest Andres Bonifacio, supremo of the Katipunan. By Teresita Ang See, in Hector Santos' website.
http://www.bibingka.com/phg/paua/default.h...
An American in the Philippines
The online archival collection of George Percival Scriven, witness to the occupation of Bohol during the Philippine-American war, 1899 - 1901. From the Duke University special collections library.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/scriven
Clark Air Base 1959-1960 Memories
Stories of a young man growing up on an airbase near Manila in the Philippines. Includes the first and only World Boy Scout Jamboree to be held in the Philippines. By Terry Ballard.
http://www.terryballard.org/clark.htm
The History Of Aurora
In 1572, the Spanish explorer Juan de Salcedo became the first European to visit Casiguran, Baler and Infanta in the region that would be known as Aurora, Philippines.
http://www.aurora.ph/history.html
The Philippines, 1500 - 1800
From the Encyclopedia of World History, chronicle of events in the first 300 years of the Philippines written history.
http://www.bartleby.com/67/867.html
Moises Salvador
Scion of prominent Manila family, this friend and ally of Jose Rizal defiantly walked to his execution for complicity in the agitation against Spanish rule in the Philippines. The Guipit elementary school was renamed for him in 1936.
http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/salvadorm...
Philippine History in Capsules
Four distinct phases of Philippine history: The pre-Spanish period, The Spanish and American periods, and the years since independence, up to the re-election of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president.
http://www.philippine-history.ph
Andres Bonifacio: A Self-taught Revolutionary
Biography of the unschooled leader of the 1896 revolution who taught himself the ideals of 19th century liberalism and nationalist independence.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Cynthia...
Philippine Technology in History
The Philippines was not far behind other countries of the world when the Spaniards began colonization in the 16th century. by Paul Kenkai Manansala
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/9845...
Evolution Of Filipino as a National Language
3 articles tracing the evolution of the language from pre-history through successive infusion of foreign words.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/essays_...
The Reign of Greed
Complete English version of José Rizal’s Spanish “El Filibusterismo,” translated by Charles Derbyshire and published in Manila by the Philippine Education Company in 1922. From the Project Gutenberg website.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10676/10676...
Creation Myths
Compilation of islandic tales comprising the Philippines prehistoric oral tradition. By Penelope V. Flores.
http://store.escalate.com/store/turoturo/a...
Filipinos in History
Biographies of more than 100 heroes and noted Filipinos.
http://www.geocities.com/sinupan/pinoy.htm
Kenkoy and the history of Filipino Komiks
The birth and development of the graphic art form from the 1920s and its use in government political propaganda in the 1950s and influence on other mass media, including movies and television. By Soledad Reyes.
http://www.geocities.com/icasocot/reyes_ko...
Migration to the USA
Race riots, discrimination, and other events experienced by Filipinos in the United States. Also, articles on the 1896 revolution and the 1899 Philippine-American War.
http://opmanong.ssc.hawaii.edu/filipino/fi...
La Naval of Manila
Our Lady of the Rosary stands alone as a "native virgin," her oriental features reflect the uniqueness of her position as a truly indigenous queen of the Philippines from the 17th century Spanish "Golden Age."
http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/featu...
Philippine Centennial Series
Macario Sakay, July 4 the real independence day, and other historical articles by the Philippine History Group of Los Angeles, edited by Hector Santos
http://www.bibingka.com/phg/menu.htm
Nueva Vizcaya Became Filipino
From prehistory to their assimilation into the Republic, the story of the tribal peoples of northern Luzon, by Micheal Predmore, a former Peace Corp volunteer, 1983-1987
http://members.tripod.com/NewVizcaya/histv...
Spaniards' First 50 Years in the Philippines
Source documents of the early years of Spanish colonization. Also, documents on the church-state stormy relationship during the Spanish era.
http://www.philippinehistory.net
Waray History
Leyte and Samar were natural harbors for ancient seafarers, including Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in 1583 and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1564. From Seasite, Northern Illinois University.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Waray%2...
The Tagalog-Kapampangan Alliance
Excerpts from "The Aquinos of Tarlac" by noted author Nick Joaquin, of the Tagalog and Kapampangan revolution against the Spaniards and their war against the American invasion.
http://maxpages.com/tarlac
Mabini: A Century After His Passing
Detailed biography of the great hero who originally refused to support the revolution but changed his mind when Jose Rizal was executed. By Alexander Martin. On the Bulatlat.com website.
http://www.bulatlat.com/news/3-14/3-14-mab...
Doctrina Christiana
The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. A Facsimile of the copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library, edited by Edwin Wolf 2nd. On the Project Gutenberg website.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16119/16119...
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