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1521 Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
1521 Magellan killed in the Philippines.
1564 Spanish founded a colony in the Philippines
1565 Miguel López de Legaspi founds San Miguel, the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1565 Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1600 Spanish galleon San Diego is sunk off the Philippines
1624 The Japanese Shogun expels Spanish from the land and severs trade with the Philippines.
1762 British East India Company seizes the port city of Manila, Philippines from the Spaniards.
1814 Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano.
1896 Jose Rizal, Filipino scholar and poet, executed in the Philippines
1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
1907 First parliamentary elections in the Philippines
1933 US Congress votes favorably for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover.
1934 Pearl of Lao Tzu, 24 x 14 cm, is found in a giant clam off Palawan, Philippines.
1942 World War II: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense of the nation collapses.
1942 World War II: Japanese forces begin an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Bataan fell on April 9 and the Bataan Death March began.
1942 World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
1944 Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines begins (lasts until October 26).
1945 World War II: American forces land on Corregidor island in the Philippines.
1945 World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces.
1945 World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
1946 Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1946 After over 425 years of Western Dominance , the Philippines achieves full independen
1950 Japanese soldier Yuichi Akitsu surrenders in the Philippines
1950 Huk guerrillas attack the town of Hermosa in Bataan, Philippines.
1953 Philippines' DZAQ-TV3 made its initial telecast, becoming Asia's first commercial television broadcaster.
1954 SEATO treaty signed in Manila, Philippines KOVR went on the air.
1965 Taal Volcano in Luzon, Philippines, erupts, killing hundreds.
1965 Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
1966 The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia.
1966 Negotiations about the Vietnam War begin in Manila, Philippines.
1967 The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
1972 Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation No. 1081
1973 Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines.
1974 Japanese World War Two soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines.
1975 The Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation was launched, became the first TV station in the Philippines
1983 Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, is assassinated in Manila just as he returns from exile.
1986 EDSA Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president.
1987 Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 mph winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
1990 Underwater volcano Mount Didicas erupts in the Philippines.
1990 An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills over 1600 in the Philippines.
1991 Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines.
1995 Muntinlupa City, Philippines officially becomes a city.
1996 Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.
1998 Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours, at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
2000 Rizal Day Bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines, within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
2002 December 29 – The Communist New People's Army blows up a bust of Ferdinand Marcos in Benguet, Philippines.
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