18th Century

• Year 1718

  Rivera Revolt (1718)
• Caragay Revolt (1719)
• Dagohoy Rebellion (1744-1829)
• Dabo and Marayac Revolt (1763)
• Isabela Revolt (1763)
• February 10, 1763

  The Treaty of Paris implicitly returned Manila to Spain.
• May 28, 1763

  Death of Gabriela Silang, the only Filipina to have led a revolt against Spain.
• June 11, 1764

  The last British ships; which sailed to Manila, left the Philippines for India, ending the British occupation.
• July 23, 1769

  Raón expelled the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. The Spanish Colonial Government confiscated the Jesuit properties.
• Year 1780

  Real Sociedad Economica de Los Amigos del Pais de Filipinas (Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Philippines) was introduced to offer Filipinos local and foreign scholarships and professorships. The institution financed trips of scientists from Spain to the Philippines.
• Lagutao Revolt (1785).
• May 20, 1785


  The University of Santo Tomas was granted Royal Title by King Charles III of Spain.
• Ilocos Norte Revolt (1788).
• April 2, 1788

  Birth of the greatest Tagalog poet from Bulacan Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar.