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| Bust of Gen. Simon de Anda on the wall of Santa Cruz Church |
1770 - General Simon de Anda assumes the position of governor-general of the Spanish colony,t he Philippine Islands, replacing Governor Jose Raón; during his administration, he informs the King of Spain of complaints made against the abuses of the friars and officials against the natives; successfully opposes the King's November 9, 1774 decree secularizing curacies held by the regulars; repairs the walls of Manila; shortly embarks on the building of several war vessels; some eight years earlier, Anda was responsible for organizing a new Spanish base in Bacolor, Pampanga during the period of British occupation of Manila; over 200 years earlier, the Spaniards began to colonize the Southeast Asian archipelago following several expeditions sent by the monarch, including the exploration led by Ferdinand Magellan in the 1520s.
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