History and Social Sciences

• President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, placing the Philippines under Martial Law. 
• 1521 - The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain by Ferdinand Magellan.
• The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period. It was a period of time where the Spanish colonized the Philippines.
• June 12, 1898 - The Philippine Declaration of Independence
• December 10, 1898 - Treaty of Paris
• The Treaty of Paris officially ended the period of Spanish colonization in the Philippines and granted possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. 
• July 4, 1946 - The U.S. government granted independence to the Philippines
• 9 August 1945 Hiroshima

  6 August 1945 Nagasaki

  Bombing
• The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi)
• The 1987 Philippine Constitution prohibits Filipino citizens from owning more than 5 hectares of agricultural land.