Events/Artifacts (north to south) Events/Artifacts Artifacts This list of conflicts in the Philippines is a timeline of events that includes pre-colonial wars, Spanish–Moro conflict, Philippine revolts against Spain, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the Philippines' geographical area.
[1] Southern and central Palawan were annexed by Brunei.
[5] Samal warriors Portuguese mercenaries Maguindanao Sultanate Sultanates of Lanao Supported by: Sovereign Tagalog Nation Katipunan 1897 Republic of Biak-na-Bato 1898 Filipino Revolutionaries Supported by: United States Victory (1898) Filipino Revolutionaries 1899 República Filipina United States Limited Foreign Support: Empire of Japan 1902-1906 Tagalog Republic 1899-1913 Sultanates of Lanao Maguindanao Sultanate Sulu Sultanate 1902-1913 United States 2nd Phase: Filipino defeat Thomas W. Connell † Japanese occupation (1942-1945) Allied victory (1944-1945) Army: Douglas MacArthur Walter Krueger Franklin C. Sibert John R. HodgeNavy: Thomas C. KinkaidArmy Air Force: George C. KenneyCivilian Government: Sergio OsmeñaGuerrillas: Ruperto Kangleón Army: Tomoyuki Yamashita Sōsaku Suzuki Shiro Makino †[38] Tsunehiro Shirai †[39] Yoshimi Adachi †[40] Kyoji Tominaga[41] 1946–1954: Republic of the Philippines Supported by: United States 1946–1954: Communist Party Alleged support: Soviet Union Second Phase: Government victory Supported by: United States Supported by: Moro Islamic Liberation Front
"Raising the American flag over Fort Santiago, Manila, on the evening of August 13, 1898." drawing from
Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain.
General Lawton campaigning in the Philippines, 1899
Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua
1st Nebraska Volunteers advancing during the Battle of Santo Tomas
The reconnected
Zapote Bridge
in 1899 being guarded by an American soldier after the battle on June 13, 1899. One span of the bridge was removed by the locals, substituted with a wooden span, which was burned down before the fighting.
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The
escort carrier
Gambier Bay
, burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese
cruiser
(faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.