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The Battle of Mactan (Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan; Spanish: Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on the early morning hours of April 27, 1521. Magellan ...
Lapulapu [2] [3] [4] (fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, [5] was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines.Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his native allies Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula.
Ferdinand Magellan [a] (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan , allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean and perform the first European ...
April 1521 April 6, 2021 13 Ticobon San Francisco (Pacijan Island), Cebu: April 1521 April 6, 2021 14 Cebu Plaza Sugbo, Brgy. Central, Cebu City, Cebu: April 7 – May 1, 1521 April 7, 2021 [11] 15 Mactan Mactan Shrine, Mactan Island, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu: April 27, 1521 April 27, 2021 16 Bohol Brgy. Punta Cruz, Maribojoc, Bohol: May 2, 1521 ...
April 7 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. April 14 – Rajah Humabon and his queen Hara Humamay are christened Carlos and Juana respectively. April 27: Battle of Mactan: Ferdinand Magellan is killed by Lapulapu in the Philippines. [2] [3] Rajah Tupas succeeds Rajah Humabon as the Rajah of Cebu.
The Magellan expedition (10 August or 20 September 1519 – 6 September 1522) was the first voyage around the world in human history. It was a Spanish expedition that sailed from Seville in 1519 under the initial command of Ferdinand Magellan , a Portuguese sailor, and completed in 1522 by Spanish Basque navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano .
Hollywood actor Danny Trejo (“Machete,” “Con Air,” “Heat”) has been cast for the role of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in “1521,” an upcoming historical epic that charts ...
The Battle of Mactan was fought on 27 April 1521 between forces of Rajah Humabon which included the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and Lapulapu, which resulted in the death of the former himself.