Crucible of Philippine history

Inquirer.net - PhilippinesEmilio Aguinaldo, on the balcony, that he proclaimed our independence against Spain. Turned into a museum in the 1960s, the mansion has a bowling alley. ...

About The Philippines

By cai(cai) -- His death spurred an armed revolt led by Emilio Aguinaldo, who proclaimed the Philippines an independent republic in 1898. In 1898, the United States invaded the Philippines and ousted the Spanish. However, the Americans colonised the ...

General Douglas MacArthur Defender and Liberator of the Philippines

By Coleccionismo Monedas Las Filipinas (Coleccionismo Monedas Las Filipinas) -- One of the most decorated soldiers in the history of the United States military, MacArthur became famous for both losing and retaking the Philippines During World War II. He was appointed Supreme Allied Commander in the South Pacific ...

Amnesty and state duplicity

Manila Times - Philippines -- How Sakay, who led the Bagong Katipunan (years after the original group, was marginalized after the Tejeros assembly) was arrested and jailed on July 14, ...

The Vivo Revolt in Aklan

News Today Online - Iloilo City,Iloilo,PhilippinesFew months after the outbreak of the Katipunan Revolution in central Luzon, Andres Bonifacio directed Francisco del Castillo and Candido Iban to go to Panay ...

List of Chinese-Filipinos with Fujian Chinese ancestry

Emilio Aguinaldo's army in the short-lived war against the Americans. When Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine independence in Kawit, Cavite and raised the Philippine flag for the first time, Paua cut off his queue (braid). ...

More than just being the site where the Declaration of Philippine ...

By Hitman (Hitman) -- The Aguinaldo mansion in Kawit, Cavite, site of the historic Proclamation of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898 was declared a national shrine in June 1964 shortly after the death of General Emilio Aguinaldo. ...

Emilio Aguinaldo Centennial Birth Celebration

By Coleccionismo Monedas Las Filipinas (Coleccionismo Monedas Las Filipinas) -- Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (March 22, 1869- February 6, 1964) was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. The seventh of eight children of Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy, he was born into a Chinese-mestizo family in ...

Long before the coming of the Spaniards, Kawit was already a ...

By Hitman (Hitman) -- It was in this town where the Spaniards met their first major setback when Filipino insurgents, led by the town's Capitan Municipal by the name of EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY, captured a contingent of Spanish soldiers from Dalahican ...

Since it came up...

By Jürgen Hubert (Jürgen Hubert) -- I guess the best example of repression working is the Philippine-American War, in which the USA reasserted their dominance over the archipelago after a decade of fighting - though apparently the population of the Philippines declined ...

On Foot: Arming the Golden Gate -- when we knew enough to be afraid

Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA -- At the turn of the 19th century, America faced threat from factors in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. Observation posts cropped up to ...