19 NOVEMBER
1595 - King Philip II declares through a royal cedula that Manila is the capital of the Philippine archipelago, several decades after colonial Spanish settlements began to be built in the Southeast Asian islands; the Philippine islands were first "discovered" by Spain through the 1521 expedition of explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who would be killed by Lapu-Lapu, early Filipino patriot and Mactan island chieftain; Philip II ordered other expeditions--in 1542 under Ruly Lopez de Villalobos and in 1559 as the king became convinced that the Philippine Islands are part of the Spanish zone and not of Portugal under the Treaty of Tordesillas' demarcation.
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Isabelo Artacho |
1859 - Future Filipino revolutionary and lawyer Isabelo Artacho is born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, northern Philippines; Artacho would take part in the Philippine Revolution against Spain and would help draft the Constitution of the Biak-na-Bato, made for the retreating government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo; on October 1, 1899 in Hong Kong, Artacho would later pen the "Declaration Letter and Proclamation" wherein he attacks the crimes and abuses allowed, or perpetrated, by Aguinaldo's government, including the rape of "girls and faithful wives, murders, and robberies.
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