Padre Francisco Barajas, made efforts to separate this town from Paete, and Don Diego Jorge became the first Capitan Municipal or Gobernadorcillo on May 12, 1676.

[citation needed] The invasion of the Philippines started on 8 December 1941, ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

At Pearl Harbor, American aircraft were severely damaged in the initial Japanese attack.

Lacking air cover, the American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines withdrew to Java on 12 December 1941.

General Douglas MacArthur was ordered out, leaving his men at Corregidor on the night of 11 March 1942 for Australia, 4,000 km (2,500 mi) away.

A highly effective guerilla campaign by Philippine resistance forces controlled sixty percent of the islands, mostly in the jungle and mountain areas.

[8] Pakil's land area consists of two non-contiguous parts, separated by Laguna de Bay.

These students started as church choir members and were taught how to make musical instruments out of locally available materials like bamboo, cans, wood and coconut shells.

The Adonay family influenced the spread of musical interest and helped form the first brass band in Pakil.

The elderly Tacio Celis helped train children to read musical notes and play instruments.

Liceo de Pakil is a private sectarian Catholic high school originally established by the Maryknoll Fathers in 1956.

In 1982, the school's name was changed to Liceo De Pakil by the Diocese of San Pablo.