January 1 - a holiday in the Philippines; revelry starts on the night of December 31.
January 20, 2001 - Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo replaced President Joseph Estrada via a military-backed people's revolt.
January 23, 1899 - The First Philippine Republic was inaugurated in Malolos.
February 5, 1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic, declared war against the United States.
February 17, 1872- Three Filipino priests - Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora - were executed in Bagumbayan.
February 18, 1565 - Miguel Lopez de Legazpi landed in Samar; took possession of the island.
February 22-26, 1986 - Filipinos launched the so-called People Power revolution that led to the ouster of Ferdinand Marcos.
March 11, 1942 - General Douglas MacArthur fled from the Philippines; vowed to return.
March 16, 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines; landed in Samar.
March 23, 1901 - President Emilio Aguinaldo surrendered to American forces in Palanan, Isabela; later took an allegiance to the Americans.
March 29, 1942 - Luis Taruk organized the Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon (Hukbalahap), an underground guerilla movement.
March 31, 1521 - The first mass was held in Limasawa Island.
April 9, 1942 - Bataan fell to Japanese forces.
April 11, 1899 - By virtue of Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the Philippines to the US; sold for US$20 million.
April 26, 1898 - The United States and Spain declared war against each other over the Philippines, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico.
April 27, 1521 - Battle of Mactan; Magellan was killed by men of Lapu-Lapu.
April 30, 1937 - Filipino women won the right to vote during a plebiscite.
May 1, 1913 - The first Labor Day was celebrated in the country.
May 1, 2001 - Some 20,000 supporters of deposed President Joseph Estrada attacked Malacanang Palace in what is now known as the mob rebellion.
May 6, 1899 - The first municipal election was held in Baliuag, Bulacan under American supervision.
May 6, 1942 - American and Filipino forces in Corregidor Island surrendered to Japanese forces.
May 10, 1897 - Andres Bonifacio was executed at Mount Buntis in Maragondon, Cavite by men of Emilio Aguinaldo.
May 14, 1935 - Filipinos ratified the 1935 Constitution.
May 19, 1571 - Miguel Lopez de Legazpi defeated Raha Sulayman; claimed Manila for Spain.
June 10, 1647 - Dutch fleet attacked Cavite; later lost to Spaniards.
June 12, 1898 - Emilio Aguinaldo declared the Philippines' independence from Spain, its colonial master for 333 years.
June 19, 1861 - Jose Rizal was born in Calamba, Laguna.
July 4, 1901 - William Howard Taft became the first American civil governor in the country.
July 4, 1946 - The United States declared the independence of the Philippines.
August 8, 1967 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was established, with the Philippines as a founding member.
August 21, 1971 - A bomb explosion disrupted a meeting of Liberal Party politicians at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila.
August 21, 1983 - Benigno Aquino on his return from exile in the US was shot dead at the airport.
August 23, 1896 - The Katipuneros led by Andres Bonifacio met at Pugad Lawin in Balintawak and tore their cedulas, in defiance to Spanish authority.
August 23, 1901 - The US Ship Thomas, with 600 American teachers on board, arrived in Manila. These teachers were later called Thomasites.
August 25 - National Heroes Day
August 30, 1951 - The RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty was approved under the Quirino administration.
September 21, 1972 - President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law; lifted it on January 17, 1981.
September 29, 1901 - A US general ordered his troops to "shoot anything that moves" in what is now known as Balangiga massacre in Samar.
October 4, 1762 - British forces sieged Intramuros; Spaniard later reclaimed the walled city.
October 20, 1944 - General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines via Palo, Leyte.
November 1 - a holiday; All Saint's Day
November 1, 1542 - Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the archipelago Felipinas after King Felipe II of Spain.
November 1, 1897 - Emilio Aguinaldo and his supporters established the Biak na Bato Republic.
November 30, 1863 - Andres Bonifacio was born in Manila.
December 10, 1898 - The US and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris; the former acquired the Philippines from the latter for US$20 million.
December 10, 1941 - Japanese forces attacked Manila; occupied the city on January 2, 1942.
December 14, 1897 - The revolutionary government led by Emilio Aguinaldo signed a peace pact with the Spanish government. Aguinaldo went to Hong Kong.
December 25 - Christmas day
December 30, 1896 - Jose Rizal was executed in Bagumbayan.
December 30, 1937 - President Manuel L. Quezon declared Tagalog as the basis of the national language.