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1900 1898
1900 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1900.
Incumbents
thumb|120px|President Emilio Aguinaldo c. 1898.
First Philippine Republic
President: Emilio Aguinaldo
U.S. Military Government
Governor:
Elwell Stephen Otis (until May 5)
Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (starting May 5)
Ongoing events
Philippine–American War
Events
February
February 2 – The Daily Bulletin (now Manila Bulletin) is established as the second oldest existing English language newspaper.Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation https://edge.pse.com.ph/companyInformation/form.do?cmpy_id=1 live April 10, 2021 PSE Edge https://web.archive.org/web/20160826100407/http://edge.pse.com.ph:80/companyInformation/form.do?cmpy_id=1 2016-08-26
April
April 7 – Resistance fighters led by Gen. Nicolas Capistranohttps://cagayandeoro.fortunecity.ws/history.html Cagayan de Oro History From Beginning to 1950 1999 cagayandeoro undernet.org March 17, 2024 launch a failed surprise attack against the U.S. troops, under Col. Edward Godwin,History of Cagayan de Oro https://aboutcagayandeoro.com/history-of-cagayan-de-oro/ live April 10, 2021 About Cagayan de Oro https://web.archive.org/web/20170209074802/http://aboutcagayandeoro.com:80/history-of-cagayan-de-oro 2017-02-09 in Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao;2016 American Battles & Campaigns https://books.google.com/books?id=oGXODgAAQBAJ&dq=agusan+hill+1900&pg=PT284 London Amber Books 978-1-78274-341-5 March 16, 2024 Google Books
April 15–19 – Several Filipino nationalists attack an American garrison in Catubig, Samar; some 150 of them die while 12 of 31 volunteers in the burned barracks are later rescued.
May
May 14 – Five hundred revolutionaries under Capt. Vicente Roa attack U.S. Capt. Walter Elliot and 80 men at the hill of barrio Agusan, Cagayan de Misamis; ending with Roa and 34 to 38 of his men killed, along with two Americans.
June
June 4 – Revolutionary forces under Col. Apolinar Velez launch an assault on Americans in Makahambus Hill in Cagayan de Misamis, with American company under Capt. Thomas Millar retreats; a Filipino and nine Americans are killed in the Americans' first loss in the Philippine–American War.https://heritage.elizaga.net/history/page2.html History of Cagayan de Oro (Second of two parts) Montalvan Antonio January 16, 2002 elizaga.net Heritage Conservation Advocates March 17, 2024
June 21 – Military governor Gen. MacArthur issues a proclamation providing amnesty to those who fought against the United States since the previous year, giving a 90-day period for them to swear an allegiance to the colonial government.1901 Facts about the Filipinos (volume 1, numbers 1–10) https://books.google.com/books?id=1MFQAQAAIAAJ Boston, Massachusetts Philippine Information Society April 8, 2024
July
July 1 – Gen. Artemio Ricarte and his companion are arrested by the civil guards in Manila following reports of his planned insurgency. Ricarte would be deported to Guam the following year.
September
September 13 – Col. Maximo Abad and his 250 nationalists ambush Capt. Devereux Shields, who would later wounded, and 54 U.S. troops, in Marinduque. The latter surrenders with four casualties.
September 17 – Troops under Gen. Juan Cailles successfully resist an assault by Col. Benjamin Cheatham and his 300 men in Mabitac, with the deaths of 21 American soldiers.
December
December 12 – About a thousand Pulahan extremists attack the American contingent of Lt. Stephen Hayt and 38 constables during the latter's patrol through Cebu. A large number of attackers and all constables, except Hayt, are killed.
Holidays
As a former colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic country, the following were considered holidays:
January 1 – New Year's Day
April 12 – Maundy Thursday
April 13 – Good Friday
December 25 – Christmas Day
Births
November 11 – Narciso Ramos, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (d. 1986)
Juanita Ángeles, silent film actress (d. unknown)
Death
March 10 – Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, one of the three women who seamed together the Flag of the Philippines (b. 1879)
References
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