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  2. History of the Philippines (1565–1898) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Treaty of Cebu (1565) - Wikipedia

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    The treaty effectively created Spanish suzerainty over Cebu and started the Spanish colonization of the Philippines until 1898. Legazpi had sailed from Mexico on November 20, 1564 with a fleet of four ships: San Pedro (the flagship), San Pablo, San Juan de Letran and San Lucas and a force of several hundred conquistadors.

  4. History of the Philippines (900–1565) - Wikipedia

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    It was this expedition that established the first Spanish settlements. It also resulted in the discovery of the tornaviaje return route to Mexico across the Pacific by Andrés de Urdaneta , [ 44 ] heralding the Manila galleon trade, which lasted for two and a half centuries.

  5. Miguel López de Legazpi - Wikipedia

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    In September 1571, Goiti pacified Lubao and Betis, using riverine tributaries of Rio Chico, then he reached the settlements in Calumpit and Malolos on 14 November 1571 and other old villages mostly along Manila Bay. López de Legazpi had established a government on the islands and became the first Spanish governor-general of the Philippines.

  6. Spanish East Indies - Wikipedia

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    Miguel López de Legazpi set out from Mexico, and established the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines in 1565, which became the town of San Miguel in present-day Cebu. That same year, another member of the expedition, Andrés de Urdaneta , discovered a maritime route from the Philippines to Mexico, across the Pacific, leading to the ...

  7. History of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    [19] [20] [21] The Spanish Philippines began with the Pacific expansion of New Spain and the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi's expedition on February 13, 1565, from Mexico. He established the first permanent settlement in Cebu. [22] Much of the archipelago came under Spanish rule, creating the first unified political structure known as the ...

  8. Juan de Salcedo - Wikipedia

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    Salcedo was born in 1549 in the Spanish territory of Mexico on the colony of the viceroyalty of New Spain.He was the son of Pedro de Salcedo and Teresa López de Legazpi. He had one older brother named Felipe de Salcedo, who was also a soldier in the Spanish army, and who accompanied him and his grandfather during their campaigns to the Philippine

  9. Philippines–Spain relations - Wikipedia

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    In 1565, Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi arrived from present-day Mexico and established a European settlement in Cebu. Soon afterwards, the Captaincy General of the Philippines was governed from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City. For the next 300 years, the Philippines was a Spanish province.