The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indi
Tomb of Miguel López de Legazpi, founder of Manila as the capital city of the Philippine islands, located in Manila at the San Agustin Church inside the historic walled city of Intramuros
Peninsulares, Criollo, Native Filipinos (Indios) and Aetas, detail from Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas (1734)
Qing dynasty depiction of Luzon delegates from the late 1750s, visiting the Qianlong Emperor in the Forbidden city in Beijing.
Paul de la Gironière a Nantais, French immigrant to the Philippines. He established the Jala Jala hacienda in Morong district, modern day Rizal province. He is wearing early 19th century Philippine fashion in the image.
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area o
History of the Philippines (1565–1898)
…the archipelago, during the reign of Philip II of Spain, whose name has since become the eponym of the entire archipelago and the modern state of the Philippines. The Spanish period ended with the Philippine Revolution and the defeat of Spain by the United States during the Spanish–American War. The Treaty of…
The Manunggul burial jar, one of the numerous burial jars found on the cave system
Ilustrados in Madrid around 1890
Filipino General Gregorio del Pilar and his troops in Pampanga around 1898, during the Philippine-American War
General Douglas MacArthur and Sergio Osmeña (left) coming ashore during the Battle of Leyte on October 20, 1944