The recorded history of the Philippines between 900 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 900 and ends with the beginning...

The types of sovereign state leaders in the Philippines have varied throughout the country's history, from heads of ancient chiefdoms, kingdoms and sultanates...

The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy...

The cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines include those covered by the prehistory and the early history (900–1521) of the Philippine archipelago's...

The Sultanate of Buayan (Maguindanaon: Kasultanan nu Buayan, Jawi: كسولتانن نو بواين; Filipino: Sultanato ng Buayan), alternatively the Rajahnate of Buayan...

have approached the question of how, when and why humans first came to the Philippines. The current scientific consensus favors the "Out of Taiwan" model...

pre-colonial Philippines included a variety of faiths, of which the dominant faiths were polytheist indigenous religions practiced by the more than one...

The Boxer Codex is a late-16th-century Spanish manuscript produced in the Philippines. It contains 75 colored illustrations of the peoples of China, the...

missionaries, arrived in the Philippines on 13 February 1565, they encountered a complex linguistic landscape. On the island of Luzon alone, six major languages...

plate in the Shaka year 822 (Gregorian A.D. 900). It is the earliest-known, extant, calendar-dated document found within the Philippines. The plate was...

basis as the 1987 Constitution explicitly reaffirms the abolition of royal and noble titles in the republic. In the Spanish era, Filipinos often used...

(October 24, 2006). "First Filipino martyr for freedom". Sun Star Pampanga. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. History of Manila; accessed September...

Filipina princess of the Tondo polity in the island of Luzon during the 16th century Spanish conquest of the Philippines, and the wife of the Spanish conquistador...

the first legal code in the Philippines, known as the Code of Kalantiaw in 1433. He gained national prominence in the 20th century in the Philippines...

Juan A. Foronda History of the Philippines (Before 1521) Paramount rulers in early Philippine history (The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide...

The Sultanate of Maguindanao (Maguindanaon: Kasultanan nu Magindanaw, Jawi: كسولتانن نو مڬیندنو; Filipino: Kasultanan ng Mangindánaw) was a Sunni Muslim...

pre-colonial Philippines refers to the military history of the Philippines prior to Spanish colonization. In the pre-colonial era, the Filipinos had their...

the Philippines History of the Philippines (before 1521) Rajahnate of Maynila Namayan Tondo (historical polity) Malay styles and titles Rajahnate of Butuan...

The Confederation of Madja-as was a legendary pre-colonial supra-baranganic polity on the island of Panay in the Philippines. It was mentioned in Pedro...

most cited documents by historians who wished to study the precolonial Philippines. As one of the earliest written accounts, Pigafetta was seen as a credible...

those with the rank of Dayang ("Lady") and Lakambini ("Queen")—are listed. Prior to the Archaic epoch (c. 900–1565), the consorts of the Filipino monarchs...

was a native of the southern islands of the Philippines. He migrated to Manila in 1508 and established a foundry on the northern bank of the Pasig River...

director of the National Library of the Philippines from 1910 to 1916. The original 55-volume set was published from 1903 through 1909 by the Arthur H...

Sulayman Rajah Matanda Rajahnate of Maynila Rajah Sultan Datu Lakan History of the Philippines History of the Philippines (900–1521) Philippine revolts against...

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The Sultanate of Sulu (Tausug: Kasultanan sin Sūg; Malay: Kesultanan Suluk; Filipino: Kasultanan ng Sulu) was a Sunni Muslim state that ruled the Sulu...

Chinese Gazetteer of Foreign Lands A new translation of Part 1 of the Zhufan zhi 諸蕃志 (1225) By Shao-yun Yang (Department of History, Denison University)...

pre-colonial Philippines. Among the Visayans, the tumao were further distinguished from the immediate royal families, the kadatuan. The Pilipino had a...

Battle of Bangkusay Channel Lacandola Documents Tondo Conspiracy of 1587–1588 History of the Philippines (900–1521) History of Luzon Hinduism in the Philippines...

type of lashed-lug boat built by joining planks edge-to-edge using pins, dowels, and fiber lashings. They are found throughout the Philippines and were...