Tag: ancient history
What people get wrong about First Philippine Republic.
The Philippine Republic, retroactively known as the First Philippine Republic or the Malolos Republic, was a state established in Malolos, Bulacan, during the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish…
Philippine–American War still raises strange questions.
The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Filipino–American War, Philippine Insurrection, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged in early 1899 following the United States' annexation of the former Spanish colony...
Commonwealth of the Philippines deserves a closer look.
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth (dependency) of the United States that existed from 1935 to 1946.
People Power Revolution still raises strange questions.
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from…
The facts behind Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
The Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines between 1942 and 1945 during World War II.
Melchora Aquino is not quite what it seems.
Melchora Aquino was a Filipino revolutionary.
The real story behind Apolinario Mabini.
Apolinario Mabini y Maranán was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then…
The sourced background on José Rizal.
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
The facts behind Andrés Bonifacio.
Andrés Bonifacio was a Filipino revolutionary leader.
Sandro Gotal is stranger than it sounds.
Sandro Gotal is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for SV Lochau.