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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
27 JULY
1645 - Native Muslims attack the Spanish garrison with help from a Dutch squadron that arrives at Jolo from Batavia (North Jakarta) during the Spanish colonial rule of the Philippines; the Filipino-Spanish troops under Commander Esteban Ugalde will resist and finally force the withdrawal of the squadron after three days of combat in what would be just one of the few unsuccessful attempts of the Dutch to expel the Spaniards from the Philippines; the contexts are Spain's tenous hold on Mindanao and is the so-called 80 Years War of Netherlands' revolt and, subsequently, assertion of its independence.
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