20th Century
Cards (170)
- March 2, 1901The Army Appropriation Act, also known as the Spooner Amendment, was passed by the US Senate.
- March 23, 1901US authorities captured Aguinaldo.
- April 1, 1901Aguinaldo took an oath of allegiance to the US.
- July 4, 1901Adna Chaffee was appointed as the last US Military Governor (1901-1902)
- July 4, 1901A civil government was established in the Philippines with William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor (1901-1904).
- July 18, 1901The US organized the Philippine Constabulary
- August 28, 1901Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, was established as the first American university in the Philippines
- September 1901The first Filipino members of the second Philippine Commission were appointed
- September 27, 1901Guerillas, headed by the Filipino Captain Daza, attacked the US military barracks in Balangiga, Samar
- September 28, 1901Balangiga massacre occurred. Later that year, the Balangiga bells-the three church bells of the Church of San Lorenzo de Martir in Balangiga, Eastern Samar-were taken by the United States Army as war trophies.
- October 20, 1901A U.S. Marine battalion arrived in Samar to conduct the March across Samar operation
- November 4, 1901The Philippine Commission enacted the Sedition Law
- December 14, 1901A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Lucena City.
- January 1902The first labor union of The Country, Union de Litografose Impresores de Filipinas, was organized.
- January 21, 1902The Philippine Commission called for the organization of Public Schools in the Philippines.
- March 30, 1902The US Marines left Balangiga
- April 16, 1902General Miguel Malvar surrendered to the US forces
- May 1902Governor Taft negotiated with Pope Leo XIII the sale of the friar lands in the Philippines
- July 1902Philippine Commission passed the Philippine Organic Act
- July 1, 1902The US Senate passed Cooper Act. Philippine Assembly was established
- July 4, 1902Americans proclaimed the end of the Philippine-American War. However, fighting continued
- August 3, 1902The foundation of Iglesia Filipina Independiente-a formal separation from the Roman Catholic Church-was proclaimed by The Union Obrera Democratica with Gregorio Aglipay as the first Obispo Maximo
- September 17, 1902Pope Leo XIII formally bestowed a Pontifical title on the University of Santo Tomas
- November 12, 1902The Philippine Commission passed Bandolerism Act. All armed resistance against US rule was considered banditry
- Year 1903Governor Taft pronounced the policy of the Philippines for the Filipinos
- February 1, 1904Luke Edward Wright was appointed as Civil Governor (1904-1905)
- October 19, 1904The Manila Business School was renamed the Philippine School of Commerce (later the Polytechnic University of the Philippines).
- June 30, 1907First Congressional Elections held
- June 18, 1908The University of the Philippines was established in Manila.
- January 27, 1911Mt. Taal erupted, killing 1,334 people
- June 16, 1911De La Salle University-Manila was founded as De La Salle College by the Brothers of Christian Schools.
- December 28, 1911Tricentennial of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas
- October 16, 1916The Jones Law was passed, establishing an all-Filipino legislature
- October 16, 1916Manuel Quezon was elected Senate President, while Sergio Osmena was elected as House Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
- January 11, 1917The first cabinet of Filipinos under the US regime was organized.
- March 10, 1917Ambos Camarines dissolved; split into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur.
- November 30, 1930The Communist Party of the Philippines was formally established
- January 9, 1932George C. Butte was appointed as acting Civil Governor (1932)
- February 29, 1932Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was appointed as Civil Governor (1932-1933)
- October 26, 1932The Communist Party of the Philippines was declared illegal by the Supreme Court.