1923 “Academia Visaya,” and association of Cebuano-Language enthusiasts led by Elpidio S. Rama and Paulino R. Sanchez, is founded. 1941 Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña are reelected President and Vice-President of the Commonwealth, respectively. 1947 The first post-war elections bring to the Cebu municipal board, Florencio Urot, Florentino Tecson, Jose Briones, Eulogio […]
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NOVEMBER 1
All Saints’ Day 1565 The people of Mactan continue to defy Spain. Legazpi sends an expedition which puts Mactan to the torch. The people of Mactan retaliate by raiding the Spanish settlement in Cebu and burning more than 20 Spanish houses. 1947 Death of Cebuano post-dramatist Jose D. Galicano (1887-19447).
OCTOBER 31
1901 The Cebu District of the U.S. organized Department of the Visayas is abolished following the formal cessation of hostilities against the Americans in Cebu with the surrender of Gen. Arcadio Maxilom.
OCTOBER 30
1857 A Bishop’s decree confirms the establishment of Minglanilla, Cebu as a parish. Its patron is the Purisima Corazon de Maria.
OCTOBER 29
1779 A royal decree creates the Real Seminario de San Carlos to succeed the Colegio de San Ildefonso established by the Jesuits in 1595. 1901 The position of Vice-Governor for each Philippine province is created.
OCTOBER 28
1906 Ang Bandila, a San Nicolas newspaper published by Pantaleon del Rosario, makes its first appearance. 1945 Cebu Post, published and edited by Cornelio Faigao and Greg Mercado, comes off the press.
OCTOBER 27
1901 In what marks the end of organized Cebuano resistance against the Americans, Arcadio Maxilom and Juan Climaco, with 40 men, 30 rifles and 4 cannons, surrender to the Americans in Tuburan. In Guadalupe, Carcar, Mateo Luga—with 38 men, 20 firearms—surrenders to the Americans. In Dumanjug, Nicolas Godines also surrenders with 8 officers and 250 […]
OCTOBER 26
1901 Troadio Galicano, Cebu revolutionary leader, surrenders in Barili to Capt. Frank McIntyre of the 19th U.S. Infantry. With Galicano are six officers and 109 men with ten riffles. 1961 Burial of former President Sergio Osmeña at the North Cemetery in Manila.
OCTOBER 25
1900 In today’s issue (II: 9), El Imparcial announces that the Banda Municipal under the baton of Pedro Espinosa will give a public concert at the Paseo de Maria Cristina (now Plaza Independencia).
OCTOBER 24
Fiesta of Sibonga, Cebu. Fiesta of Aloguinsan, Cebu. 1883 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Rafael M. Gandionco, popular Cebuano composer. 1942 The first issue of the Cebu guerilla paper, The Torch (Official organ of Free Cebu) makes its first appearance. Editor is Paterno Trinidad.
OCTOBER 23
1896 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Hilario Abellana, who served as mayor of Cebu, member of the National Assembly, and war-time Governor of Cebu. 1944 The Commonwealth Government, with Sergio Osmeña as president, is restored in Tacloban in rites presided over by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. 1953 President Elpidio Quirino promulgates Executive Order No. 621 which […]