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The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
The colonial Captaincy General of the Philippines (1565–1898), an administrative district of the Spanish Empire, was a dependency of/managed by the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in México City. v t
The center of education since the colonial period, Manila — particularly Intramuros — is home to several Philippine universities and colleges as well as its oldest ones. It served as the home of the University of Santo Tomas (1611), Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1620), Ateneo de Manila University (1859), Lyceum of the Philippines ...
2.5 Spanish colonial era. 2.5.1 ... The time period covered by these tales spans the middle of the 1200s to the beginning of the 1600s. ... The Philippines was a ...
Reception of the Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, Boxer Codex (c. 1590). With the Portuguese guarding access to the Indian Ocean around the Cape, a monopoly supported by papal bulls and the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spanish contact with the Far East waited until the success of the 1519–1522 Magellan–Elcano expedition that found a Southwest Passage around South America ...
Legazpi establishes the Spanish Colonial Government in Manila and proclaims it the capital of the colony [18] [25] December 11 Provincehood of Pampanga, first province in Luzon to be inaugurated by the Spaniards. [34] 1572 August 20 Legazpi dies and Guido de Lavezaris succeeds him as Governor-General (1572–1575) [18] [25] [35] 1574 November 7
The oldest universities, colleges, and vocational schools and the first modern public education system in Asia were all created during the Spanish colonial period, and by the time Spain was replaced by the United States as the colonial power, Filipinos were among the most educated subjects in all of Asia. [255]
The Ilustrados "enlightened ones" constituted the Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century. Mostly based outside the Philippines, they helped mold the flame of a united Filipino nationalism and identity in the islands. Almost all previous insurgencies were tribal, provincial and regional in nature.