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By the 13th or 14th century, the baybayin script was used for the Tagalog language. It spread to Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan, Panay and Leyte, but there is no proof it was used in Mindanao. There were at least three varieties of baybayin in the late 16th century.
Historically documented states/polities (north to south) Pangasinan (historical polity) Caboloan; Cainta; Tondo; Namayan; Maynila; Ibalon; Ma-i; Pulilu; Sandao; Madja-as
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
She is a princess of Sulu who is the spouse of Sultan Bolkiah who invaded and conquered Sulu and Selurong in the 15th century. [13] [12] Unknown: Dayang or Sultana: Mid to late 16th century: 1571: Rajah Sulayman: An unnamed spouse and cousin of Rajah Sulayman of Maynila.
The Philippine archipelago has been part of many empires before the Spanish empire has arrived in the 16th century. The pre-colonial Philippines uses the Abugida writing system that has been widely used in writing and seals on documents though it was for communication and no recorded writings of early literature or history [9] Ancient Filipinos ...
The University of the Philippines Manila was founded. [29] The famous Manila Carnival was held for the first time. 1909 - The Philippine Library was established. [25] 1910 Basketball, volleyball, [30] and boy scouting were started in the Philippines at the Manila YMCA by YMCA Physical Director Elwood Stanley Brown.
Year Date Event Source c.200 AD The Maitum Jars are anthropomorphic jars that were depicting children (head is the lead of the jar with ears and the body was the jar itself with hands and feet as the handle) with perforations in red and black colors, had been used as a secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Pinol, Maitum Sarangani province, each of the jars had a "facial expression".
It is the earliest known written document found in the Philippines, dated to be from the 9th century AD, and was deciphered in 1992 by Dutch anthropologist Antoon Postma. The copperplate inscription suggests economic and cultural links between the Tagalog people of Philippines with the Javanese Medang Kingdom , the Srivijaya empire, and the ...