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Filipino-American Friendship Day. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. In 1991, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) board of trustees proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to commence in October 1992. [1]
A provisional government is established by Gen. Francisco Macabulos, with its own constitution signed; lasts about a month. April 24 Aguinaldo meets American Consul, Mr. Pratt, at Singapore. April 26 Aguinaldo goes to Hong Kong. The US declares war on Spain. May 1 Commodore George Dewey attacks Manila May 19
Independence Day (Philippines) Independence Day [1] ( Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day .
In the Field Museum’s archives, about 8,000 miles away from the sprawling tropical islands of the Philippines, sitting on metal shelves and organized in wooden drawers, are more than 13,000 ...
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon at least by 134,000 years ago. The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 years.
The Proclamation of Independence on June 12, 1898, as depicted on the back of the Philippine five peso bill. Proclamation of Philippine Independence Historical Markers at the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite. Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898, between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite at the ancestral home of General Emilio ...
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
Followed by. Colonial era. The recorded history of the Philippines between 900 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 900 and ends with the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date of creation in 822 Saka (900 CE). The discovery of this document marks the end of the ...