The old town of Alcoy, located in the current barangay of Daanlungsod, known as Mambaje, becomes one of the visitas of Carcar in 1690.

A year after, the first formal school opened in Alcoy, according to the Spanish Organic Law of 1863.

In 1890, the town of Alcoy ranks first in production of coffee and sixth in cotton in the province of Cebu.

During World War II, Hilario de los Santos organizes and heads the local guerilla resistance against the Japanese in Alcoy.

The Civil Affairs unit is formed at Nug-as with former Mayor Herminigildo Mosqueda as president.

On November 11, 1947, Pedro Romanos is the first elected mayor of Alcoy in the post-war era.

In 1971, Catalino de los Santos is elected mayor and remained in office during the Martial Law period until the EDSA Revolution in 1986.

Mabad-on is listed as Mambahi Reef in the Philippine maritime and navigation map.

Guiwang celebrates 13 June the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua.

The watchtowers are the oldest-surviving structures in Alcoy and they are reminders of the Spanish occupation of Cebu Island.

In 1869, via a royal decree, Mambaje became a municipality and was renamed to Alcoy, after a city in Spain.

The festival is a project meant to promote awareness of the Black Shama and its endangered nature and to help preserve Cebu's endemic Shama species of birds, as well to help save Mother Earth.

However, qualified voters in Mandaue are allowed to vote in elections for Cebu provincial officials by virtue of Republic Act No.