- June 12, 1898 - Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims Philippine independence from Spain in Kawit, Cavite.
- August 13, 1898 - The United States and Spain stage mock "Battle and Fall of Manila." US flag raised for first time in the Philippines.
- August 14, 1898 - Gen. Wesley Merritt becomes first US military governor-general of the Philippines.
- September 15, 1898 - The Malolos Congress convenes at the Barasoain Church.
- December 10, 1898 - The United States buys Philippines for $20 million from Spain in the Treaty of Paris.
- January 23, 1899 - The First Philippine Republic is inaugurated in Malolos; Aguinaldo takes oath as President.
- February 4, 1899 - Filipino-American War breaks out.
- June 5, 1899 - Gen. Antonio Luna is assassinated by Aguinaldo's bodyguards in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija.
- December 2, 1899 - Gregorio del Pilar, the youngest Filipino General, is killed by US troops in the Battle of Tirad Pass in Ilocos Sur.
- Clarke's, first ice cream parlor in Philippines, opens in Plaza Moraga, Sta. Cruz, Manila
- March 23, 1901 - Aguinaldo is captured by US troops in Palanan, Isabela.
- July 4, 1901 - William H. Taft is appointed first US civil governor-general of the Philippines.
- August 23, 1901 - Six hundred Thomasites, first US teachers to Filipinos, arrive in Manila.
- September 29, 1901 - Balangiga Massacre carried out by US troops in Samar in retaliation for attack by revolutionaries.
- Cayetano Arellano becomes first Filipino chief justice; Manila-Dagupan Railroad, country's first railway system, inaugurated; first automobile in the Philippines, a "Richard," brought in by La Estrella del Norte.
- February 2, 1902. Union Obrera Democratica, first labor union in the Philippines, established in Manila by Isabelo de los Reyes.
- July 1, 1902 - US Congress passes Philippine Bill of 1902 providing, among others, for the creation of an elective Philippine Assembly as the lower house of the legislature.
- July 4, 1902 - US President Theodore Roosevelt declares Philippine "insurrection" over and offers amnesty to those who surrender. Resistance continues in many areas.
- October 17, 1902 - Religious schism: Gregorio Aglipay establishes Philippine Independence Church with him as supreme bishop.
- March 2, 1902 - First Philippine census under US regime conducted.
- 1905 - Electric streetcars (tranvias) are set up in Manila; basketball is introduced by American PE teacher Elwood Brown at YMCA in Manila; US telephone system is installed in Manila.
- October 16, 1907 - The first Philippine Assembly convenes at Grand Opera House on Plaza Cervantes in Manila. Sergio Osmeña is elected speaker; Manuel L. Quezon majority floor leader.
- June 18, 1908 - University of the Philippines is established in Manila.
- Juan de la Cruz, cartoon symbol of Pinoy, is introduced in the weekly Philippines Free Press.
- "Zarzuela" star Maria Carpena becomes the first Filipino recording artist.
- January 30, 1911 - Taal Volcano erupts, killing 1,300.
- First electric frying pan brought in by Westinghouse.
- 1912 - "La Vida de Rizal," first locally produced film, released.
- December 30, 1913 - The Rizal Monument is unveiled at Luneta.
- July 27, 1914 - Felix Manalo founds Iglesia ni Cristo.
- August 29, 1916 - US Congress passes Jones Law of 1916, promising to grant the Philippines independence "as soon as stable government is established." The law establishes elective 24-man Senate as upper house; Philippine Assembly, renamed House of Representatives, becomes lower house.
- October 16, 1916 - Manuel L. Quezon is elected Senate president, Sergio Osmeña speaker of the House.
- 1919 - “Dalagang Bukid,” first full-length Filipino film, is produced by Jose Nepomuceno.
- August 8, 1920 - The Philippines Herald, first Filipino daily newspaper in English, founded in Manila. It becomes Quezon's mouthpiece.
- 1922 - The first radio station in the Philippines is set up by Henry Hermann in Pasay.
- June 18, 1923. Pancho Villa becomes first Filipino and Asian world boxing champion.
- 1924 - The Philippines joins the Olympics for the first time in Paris.
- 1925 - Filipino diva Jovita Fuentes captivates Europe through "Madame Butterfly" in Italy.
- 1928 - Severino Reyes introduces “Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang” in Liwayway magazine.
- 1928 - Teofilo Yldefonso, the "Ilocano Shark," wins first RP Olympic medal (bronze) in swimming at Amsterdam Games.
- Constancio de Guzman composes “Bayan Ko,” with lyrics by Jose Corazon de Jesus.
- 1929 - "Kenkoy," first Filipino comics character, is born in Liwayway magazine.
- March 24, 1934 - The US Congress passes Tydings-McDuffie Law, providing 10-year transition period from a Commonwealth government to an independent one, prior to which the Filipinos must draft a constitution to be approved by the US president.
- July 10, 1934 - 202 delegates are elected to the Constitutional Convention.
- May 14, 1935 - Despite Sakdalista uprising the Philippine Constitution is ratified by the Filipinos in a plebiscite.
- November 15, 1935 - Quezon and Osmeña are sworn in as president and vice president of the Commonwealth government.
- November 25, 1935 - PanAm China Clipper, first trans-Pacific plane, lands in Manila.
- 1936 - RP basketball team places fifth in Berlin Olympics; the Philippines issues world's first basketball stamp.
- April 30, 1937 - In a plebiscite, Filipino women win right to vote under the Commonwealth.
- December 30, 1937 - Quezon proclaims Tagalog as the basis of the national language.
- August 1938 -
- May 5, 1939 - National Assembly decides to transfer main UP campus from Manila to Diliman in what would eventually be Quezon City.
- July 15, 1939 - KZRH-AM, the commercial radio station owned by H. E. Heacock Company, a department store company based in Escolta, Binondo, Manila. DZRH, which was then broadcasting on the frequency of 650 kilocycles, became the fourth commercial radio station in the Philippines.
- December 8, 1941 - Japanese planes attack Manila,
Baguio, Davao and Clark Field in Pampanga following the bombing of Pearl Harbor
in Hawaii.
- December 22, 1941 - Main Japanese imperial force lands in Lingayen Gulf, Pangasinan.
- December 24, 1941 - Quezon, Osmeña and Gen. Douglas MacArthur abandon Manila and leave for Corregidor.
- December 26, 1941 - MacArthur declares Manila open city to Japanese troops.
- March 17, 1942 - MacArthur makes "I shall
return" promise as he escapes to Australia.
- March 29, 1942 - Hukbalahap movement established by Luis
Taruc in Central Luzon.
- April 9, 1942 - Following fall of Bataan,
Filipino-American prisoners begin Death March to San Fernando, Pampanga; Sgt.
Jose Calugas becomes 1st Filipino to win US Congressional Medal of Honor.
- May 6, 1942 - Fall of Corregidor.
- Jose Garcia Villa's "Have Come Am Here" poem
collection published in United States.
- Carlos P. Romulo wins Pulitzer Prize for reporting on events
in Asia leading to World War II.
- October 14, 1943 - Jose P. Laurel becomes president of
Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic.
- November 15, 1943 - While in exile in the United States,
Quezon takes oath for extended term as Commonwealth president.
- August 1, 1944 - Quezon dies in New York, of
tuberculosis. Osmeña assumes presidency of Commonwealth government-in-exile.
- October 20, 1944 - MacArthur redeems promise to return
after victorious Battle of Leyte Gulf, considered the greatest naval battle in
world history.
February 3, 1945 - MacArthur forces enter Manila and battle
Japanese forces in street fighting that rages for three weeks.
June 26, 1945 - The Philippines becomes founding member of the
United Nations.
August 15, 1945 - Japan surrenders to the United States, ending war in Pacific.
September 3, 1945 - General Tomoyuki Yamashita comes down from his mountain in the Cordilleras and signs document of surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines.
February 26, 1946 - Yamashita is hanged in Los Baños, Laguna,
for war crimes.
May 28, 1946 - Manuel A. Roxas becomes first president of 3rd
Philippine Republic.
June 1, 1946 - The Elizalde family established the new network as “Manila Broadcasting Company”.
July 4, 1946 - Philippine independence from United States is proclaimed.
March 14, 1947 - RP-US Military Bases Agreement signed
granting the United States right to retain military facilities for 99 years.
April 15, 1948 - Roxas dies of heart attack; Vice President
Elpidio Quirino succeeds him.
November 8, 1949 - Elpidio Quirino re-elected president.
September 1, 1950 - Quirino appoints Congressman Ramon
Magsaysay secretary of national defense to stop Huk rebellion.
October 23, 1953 - DZAQ-TV Channel 3 starts regular broadcasts.
December 30, 1953 - Magsaysay becomes seventh Philippine president.
September 8, 1954 - Southeast Asia Treaty Organization born in
Manila.
December 15, 1954 - Laurel-Langley Agreement signed.
Philippines wins third place in World Basketball Championship in Brazil.
Joseph Estrada makes film debut in "Kandilang
Bakal."
March 17, 1957 - Magsaysay dies in Cebu plane crash; Vice President Carlos Garcia succeeds him.
March 16, 1960 - Gabriel "Flash" Elorde becomes world boxing champion at inauguration of Araneta Coliseum.
December 30, 1961 - Diosdado Macapagal becomes ninth Philippine president.
May 12, 1962 - Macapagal changes Independence Day from July 4 to June 12.
Joseph Estrada becomes box-office action star in "Asiong Salonga."
Mona Sulaiman becomes Asia's fastest woman at Jakarta Asian Games.
August 14, 1964 - Gemma Cruz wins Miss International title in Long Beach, California.
October 23, 1964 - Anthony Villanueva wins boxing silver medal at 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
December 30, 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos becomes 10th Philippine president.
September 28, 1965 - Taal Volcano erupts, kills 2,000.
July 4, 1966 - Beatles perform in Manila.
August 8, 1967 - The Philippines becomes one of the founding members of ASEAN.
December 26, 1968 - Jose Ma. Sison establishes Communist Party of Philippines.
March 18, 1968 - Nur Misuari establishes Moro National Liberation Front following Jabidah Massacre.
March 29, 1969 - Sison and Bernabe Buscayno organize New People's Army.
July 20, 1969 - Gloria Diaz becomes first Filipina to win Miss Universe pageant.
November 11, 1969 - Marcos wins reelection.
January 30, 1970 - First Quarter Storm: 4 students killed in clash with Marcos troops at Malacañang.
November 26, 1970 - Pope Paul VI visits Manila, survives slay try by Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza.
August 21, 1971 - Plaza Miranda bombing at Liberal Party rally; Marcos suspends writ of habeas corpus.
September 21, 1972 - Marcos signs Proclamation 1081 placing entire country under martial law; thousands arrested including opposition leader Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr.
January 17, 1973 - Marcos announces ratification of 1972 Constitution.
July 22, 1973 - Margarita Moran becomes second Filipina to win Miss Universe pageant.
October 29, 1973 - Cecilia Munoz-Palma becomes first female Supreme Court justice.
November 12. 1973 - National gasoline rationing starts due to Mideast crisis.
January 25, 1974 - Msgr. Jaime Sin becomes Manila archbishop.
June 27, 1974 - Eugene Torre becomes Asia's first grandmaster at Chess Olympiad in Nice, France.
April 9, 1975 - Philippine Basketball Association was founded.
October 1, 1975 - Muhammad Ali beats Joe Frazier in "Thrilla in Manila" heavyweight fight at Araneta Coliseum.
December 1, 1975 - Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko premieres on GMA-7.
August 17, 1976 - Earthquake, tidal wave kill 8,000 in Mindanao.
August 26, 1976 - Paeng Nepomuceno wins his first Bowling World Cup in Teheran, Iran.
NPA chief Bernabe Buscayno, alias Kumander Dante, captured.
November 10, 1977 - CPP founder Jose Ma. Sison captured in Pangasinan.
April 8, 1978 - Elections held for Interim Batasang Pambansa; noise barrage held on the eve in support of opposition.
- July 23, 1979 - “Eat Bulaga!” premieres on the air RPN Channel 9.
- May 8, 1980 - Aquino is freed from jail for heart surgery in the United States.
- January 17, 1981 - Marcos lifts martial law; repression continues.
- February 17, 1981 - Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines to beatify Lorenzo Ruiz.
- June 16, 1981 - Marcos wins another six-year term in mock elections against Alejo Santos and Bartolome Cabangbang.
- July 17, 1981 - Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A, killing 118 people and injuring 216.
- July 29, 1981 - A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watched the Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
- November 11, 1982 - Lydia de Vega is crowned Asia's fastest woman at New Delhi Asian Games.
- August 21, 1983 - Former Philippine Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport, sparking massive protests against Marcos dictatorship.
- May 14, 1984 - Elections for Batasang Pambansa; opposition wins 53 of 183 seats.
- August 19, 1984 - Brother Mike Velarde establishes El Shaddai DWXI Prayer Partners Foundation.
- October 24, 1984 - Kolkata Metro opens.
- December 1, 1984 - LRT begins run from Baclaran to Manila City Hall.
- November 3, 1985 - Marcos announces snap presidential election.
- December 3, 1985 - Corazon Aquino declares candidacy for Philippine president.
- December 9, 1985 - Philippine Daily Inquirer is born.
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