Histroy and Culture of Philippines

History for Philippines

The first settlers appeared in what is now the Philippines has 300,000 years ago. They are likely to profit from the Asian continent. About 25 000 years ago in the Philippines appeared representatives of Negroid ethnic Malay Archipelago, but they were soon superseded by a new wave of immigration, which largely consisted of Malays. Beginning in 1380, after arriving in the Sulu archipelago, Arabian missionary Makhdoom Syed (Makdum) in a country widely spread Islam (Rueschemeyer, 145-152). In 1521 ships landed on the archipelago of Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan), who immediately proclaimed the territory owned by Spain. Outraged by this decision the leaders of local tribes soon dealt with Magellan. In 1543, after Magellan to the shores of the archipelago arrived ships Raya Lopez de Villalobos (Ruy Lopez de Villalobos), it was he who gave the country the name of the Philippines after the Spanish King Philip II (Philip II). In 1565 the Philippines became actively populated by Spaniards, and by 1571 virtually the entire country except for the Sulu archipelago was under Spanish control (Taylor, 102-107).

Historical Dates

1521: Magellan dock at the islands of the Visayas. He was murdered the same year.

1543: Ruy López de Villalobos gave the Philippines land's name in order to honor the future King of Spain, namely Philip II.

1565: establishment of Spanish sovereignty.

1896: shooting death of Jose Rizal, Filipino martyr and patriot.

1896: nationalist insurgency.

1898: Spain surrendered the Philippines to the United States for $ 20,000,000.

1899-1913: starts Filipino-American War during which Americans killed more than 10 million Filipinos, most Hispanic culture.

1941: Japanese invasion.

1944-45: the United States to invade the country again.

1946: proclaimed the Independence and Republic.

1965: Ferdinand Marcos becomes president. Dictatorship, rebellions of minorities, martial law.

1986: Cory Aquino is elected president in an election marked by the murder of her husband Benigno Aquino (still unresolved) to return to the Philippines after a long exile.

1992: Gen. Fidel Ramos is elected president.

1998: Joseph Erap Estrada is elected president.

2001: Overthrow of Joseph Estrada. Vice President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took power.

2004: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is elected President after a hotly contested general election. (Wurfel, 125-132)

2010: Benigno Aquino III (son of the late former President Corazon Aquino in the country) is elected new president of the nation (Wurfel, 85-98).

Traditions and Customs

Filipinos place great importance on family, marriage and clannish. The people in Philipine are courteous ...