1574 - Chinese warlord and pirate Limahong leaves Manila northward for the province of Pangasinan, establishing a kingdom near the mouth of the Agno River in the southeast Asian islands of the Philippines after having been foiled in his plan to establish his own kingdom at Manila; Limahong, who managed to become leader of some two to three thousand pirates and commandeering as much as 95 ships and has been wanted by the Chinese authorities; Limahong invaded the northern Philippines a year earlier to escape the pursuing Chinese authorities, first settling in Ilocos Sur before later attempting to invade the relatively new and unprotected Spanish colonial settlements in Manila.
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