1521 – the coming of Magellan to Philippine shores November 8, 1521 – the Spanish survivors hurriedly

embarked their voyage to the Moluccas

1441 – Antonio Gonzalvez rounded Cape Blanco
September 6, 1522 – the Victoria crossed the Indian
1445 – Dennis Fernandez discovered Cape Verde Islands
Ocean and finally reached San Lucar, Spain
1487 – Bartolome Dias discovered Cape of Good Hope
November 21, 1564 – Legazpi left Natividad, Mexico
1498 – Vasco de Gama reached Calicut, India
February 13, 1565 – anchored near the island of Cebu
October 12, 1942 – Columbus discovered America
March 16, 1565 – Katuna and Legazpi made a blood
September 25, 1513 – Balboa discovered the Pacific compact at Bo-ol, Baclagon
Ocean calling it the “South Sea”
April 27, 1565 – Legazpi arrived in Cebu
1513 – a Malay slave returned to Lisbon
June 4, 1565 – Legazpi and Tupas concluded a treaty
August 10, 1519 – Magellan and his men sailed from
March 21, 1568 – King Tupas accepted baptism at the
Seville
hands of Father Herrera
September 26, 1519 – he reached the Canaries
May 24, 1570 – Goiti and his men captured Maynilad
December 13, 1519 – he reached Rio de Janeiro; he
May 19, 1571 – Legazpi took possession of Manila in
named it “Santa Lucia”
the name of his monarch
March 31, 1520 – he anchored at Port San Julian
June 3, 1571 – Bambalito’s flotilla of war boats sailed
October 21, 1520 – he discovered “Strait of All Saints” down the Channel of Bankusay

March 6, 1521 – Magellan reached Guam June 24, 1571 – the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist;

March 16, 1521 – rediscovery of the Philippines Legazpi proclaimed Manila as capital of the Philippines

March 25, 1521 – Magellan left Homonhon August 20, 1572 – Legazpi died of heart attack

March 29, 1521 – Kolambu welcomed Magellan; blood 1605 – the first subsidy was sent by Mexico to the PH

compact on Good Friday August 20, 1813 – Gen. Morelos captured Acapulco

March 31, 1521 – a mass was held on Masao’s shore; September 25, 1813 – King Ferdinand VII abolished the
first Catholic mass held in the Philippines government monopoly of the galleon trade

April 7, 1521 – Magellan landed in Cebu June 15, 1534 – first session of Royal Audiencia

April 14, 1521 – a mass was held on the shore of Cebu March 1, 1782 – a gov’t monopoly of tobacco was

April 27, 1521 – Magellan invaded Mactan established by Basco

May 1, 1521 – twenty seven Spaniards were massacred July 12, 1803 – King Charles IV issued a revised charter

by the Cebuanos February 1, 1854 – first Philippine stamp was issued

 CHAPTER 5 Masao – means “bright”; refer to local custom of
celebrating a harvest
Medieval Travelers:

1. Marco Polo
2. Fr. John of Plano Carpini
The evidence for Masao:
3. Fr. William of Rubruck
4. Fr. Odoric of Perdenoni
5. Fr. Giovanni Marignolli 1. The name of the place
2. The route from Humonhon
3. The latitude position
Francisco Serrano – first European discoverer of the
4. The route to Cebu
Philippines 5. The geographical features:
a. the bonfire
Ruy de Faleiro – the only one man who believed in b. the balanghai – a prominent feature of the
Magellan’s idea; eccentric violent-tempered man story of their stay in the first kingdom
c. houses
Diego Barbosa – an old friend of Magellan’s father; d. abundance of gold
e. a developed settlement
married Beatriz
Queen Juana – wife of Raha Humabon
Duarte – son of Diego
Lapu-Lapu – king of Mactan

Companions of Magellan:
Two ships:
1. Enrique of Malacca – interpreter
2. Alvaro de Mezquita – Magellan’s nephew 1. Trinidad
3. Fr. Pedro de Valderrama – fleet chaplain 2. Victoria
4. Antonio Pigafetta – knight and chronicler
5. Duarte Barbosa – Magellan’s brother-in-law

Five other expeditions headed by:

Ringleaders: 1. Loaisa
2. Cabot
1. Quesada – captain of the Concepcion 3. Saavedra
2. Mendoza – captain of the Victoria 4. Villalobos
3. Cartagena – captain of San Antonio 5. Legazpi
4. Juan Sebastian de Elcano – joined the mutiny
Treaty of Tordesillas – agreement of two kingdoms
shifting the demarcation line made by the pope

Unfortunate Islands – two barren and uninhabited islets Spanish Expeditions:

Chamorres – supplied his famished men with fresh 1. Loaisa Expedition

water 2. Cabot Expedition
3. Saavedra Expedition
4. Villalobos Expedition
Kolambu – king of Masao
5. Legazpi Expedition
Raha Siagu – the king of Butuan
Two native kings:

1. Katuna
 2. Gala Fr. Luis de Salinas – first treasurer of the Manila
Cathedral
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi – Spanish-born soldier and
lawyer and former secretary of Mexico City Fr. Agustin de Villegas – first Mexican-born missionary
to preach Christianity in Cebu
Cebu City – the oldest Spanish city in the Philippines
San Pedro – flagship of the Legazpi expedition
Cid Hamal – a Muslim Malay who was in Cebu

Jandulaman – widowed niece of Tupas

The first Filipinos to live in Mexico:
Master Andres – a Greek member of Legazpi’s
expedition 1. Pedro Balinguit – chief of Pandacan
2. Felipe Salonga – chief of Polo
Pinsuncan – Cebu’s crown prince 3. Pitongatan – chief of Tondo
4. Calao – chief of Tondo
Capt. Luis Enriquez de Guzman – the first white man 5. Agustin Manuguit - chief of Tondo

to see Mount Mayon

Bambalito – a valiant Pampango warlord
The Inquisition – a religious court which tried cases of
King Philip II – named Manila the Insigne y Siempre heresy
Leal Ciudad
Doña Ines Alvarez de Gibraleon – the first person to be
Legazpi – first Spanish governor and adelantado of the tried by the Inquisition of Mexico
Philippines
Magallanes – last government-owned galleon
Capt. Juan de Salcedo – greatest military hero of the
Spanish conquest
Three Manila galleons:
Two chiefs of Panay:
1. Casualidad
1. Datus Macabaog
2. Montañes
2. Madidong
3. San Carlos

Mr. Eulogio B. Rodriquez – former director of the Nat’l

CHAPTER 6 Library of the Philippines

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas – the famous book of Dr. Parian – shopping district in Mexico City
Antonio de Morga

St. Felipe de Jesus – first Mexican to join the Some Filipino folk dances of Mexican origin:
Franciscan Order in Manila
1. Jarabe
2. Kuratsa
Archbishop Manuel Antonio Rojo – acting governor
3. Pandango sa Sambalilo
general of the Philippines
Mangas de Manila – big sweet mangoes
Lakatan – large and delicious bananas

Ilang-ilang de Manila – fragrant flower ylang-ylang Polo – all male Filipinos from 16-60 years of age were
obliged to render forced labor
Golgoreta – earthen jar for sorting drinking water
Polista – a person who rendered the forced labor
Palay – unhusked rice
Falla – a sum of money to be paid to be exempted from
Parian – market
polo
Maluto – cooked rice wrapped in banana leaf
Acaldias – provinces governed by an alcalde mayor
Tik-tik – house lizard
Corregimientos – special districts
Spain – first European country to rise as a great
Teniente mayor – chief lieutenant
colonizing power in modern times
Juez de sementeras – justice of the fields
Leyes de Indias – first code of colonial laws
Juez de ganados – justice of cattle
Fray Garcia Jofre de Loaisa – first president of the
Council of the Indies Juez de policia – justice of policia

Recopilacion de Leyes de las Indias – Laws of the Directorcillo – municipal secretary

Indies
Ayuntamiento – city government
Cumplase – the governor general could veto any royal
Cabildo – city council
decree or law from Spain
Most Rev. Domingo de Salazar – first bishop of Manila
Residencia – a peculiar judicial institution

Visitador – an investigator which the king sent to the

colony Galleon Trade – the Manila-Acapulco trade

Royal Audiencia – supreme court in Spanish times Candido Lopez Diaz – invented a machine for cleaning
hemp fibers
Gov. Santiago de Vera – the first president of the Royal
Audiencia Buen Consejo – the first frigate assigned on the new
Philippine-Spain trade
Autos acordados – laws for the colony
Asuncion – the last frigate used in the direct trade
Gov. Guido de Lavezaris – first Spanish governor
between Manila and Cadiz
general who was subjected to a residencia
Indulto de commercio – higher salaries for alcaldes
mayores
Two kinds of encomiendas:
Two Spanish corvettes:
1. Royal – owned by the king
2. Private – owned by private persons 1. Atrevida
2. Descubierta
Two kinds of schools for girls: La Illustracion Filipina – the first illustrated periodical

1. Colegio – a regular school for girls El Catolico Filipino – the first religious newspaper
2. Beaterio – a combined school and nunnery
La Opinion – the first political newspaper
First steamships:
El Ilokano – the first vernacular newspaper
1. Magallanes
2. Elcano El Hogar – the first women’s magazine
3. Reina de Castilla
Florante at Laura – most popular epic of Tagalog
Early forms of the Philippine drama:
literature
1. Duplo – poetical debate
2. Karagatan – its partakers were amateurs Francisco Baltazar – real name of Balagtas

Obras Pias – earliest banking institutions in the PH Urbana at Feliza – a book on proper behavior for
women
Francisco Rodriguez – first Filipino to engage in the
banking business Pedro Bukaneg – hailed as the “Father of Ilocos
Literature”
Rodriguez Bank – first Filipino bank
Ninay – first Filipino novel
Banco Español-Filipino – first government bank
Comedia – first recorded drama
Monte de Piedad – first savings bank
Three kinds of plays:
Farola – the first lighthouse in the Philippines
1. Cenaculo – life and sufferings of Christ
Rice Port – the port of Sual 2. Moro-moro – wars between Christians and
Muslims
La Granja – a model farm established by Gov. 3. Zarzuela – musical comedy
Valeriano Weyler
Damian Domingo – Father of Filipino Painting
Saya – lower apparel

Camisa – upper apparel

James A. Leroy – attributed the respectable position of

Filipino women

Arte y reglas de la lengua tagala – first published

Tagalog grammar

Tomas Pinpin – first Filipino printer

Escuela Pia – a public school for boys in Manila

Del Superior Govierno – first newspaper in the PH

La Esperanza – the first daily newspaper