LABOR DAY 1521 The remnants of the Magellan expedition hurriedly leave Cebu in the wake of the death of Ferdinand Magellan in Mactan and the attempted massacre of Spanish crew members by Cebuanos. 1913 The first issue of Kauswagan (1913-1915), a Cebu newspaper published and edited by J.R. Flynn Anderson, hits the streets.
Tag: 2023 June
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2023 June
“The Biliran Religious Revolt (1765-1774)” Dr. Rolando O. Borrinaga ABSTRACT: Dr. Borrinaga will tackle a Filipino revolt that has yet to find its way into our national history textbooks—the decade-long Biliran Religious Revolt. He reconstructs its possible origin, its communal activities that can be inferred from documents, extant folklore, place-names, and monuments, its impact on […]