HISTORY YOU SHOULD KNOW by RENZ MARIONE DALMAN MATUTINO

The 1898 INDEPENDENCE

matutinorenz — 2024-02-27 22:03:19 UTC

Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898, between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite at the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite el Viejo (present-day Kawit), Cavite, some 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of Manila.

The Republic day 1946

matutinorenz — 2024-02-27 22:05:02 UTC

The U.S. government granted independence to the Philippines on July 4, 1946. In accordance with the Philippine Independence Act (more popularly known as the "Tydings–McDuffie Act"), President Harry S. Truman issued Proclamation 2695 of July 4, 1946 officially recognizing the independence of the Philippines.

The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution

matutinorenz — 2024-02-27 22:09:11 UTC

From February 22 to 25,1986, millions of Filipinos marched along the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue, most commonly known as EDSA , protesting against the two-decade regime of the late dictator, President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Discovery of the Philippine Archipelago 1521

matutinorenz — 2024-02-27 22:11:31 UTC

The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, who named the islands after King Philip II of Spain. They were then called Las Islas Felipinas.