• The Battle of Mactan (Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan; Spanish: Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between...
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  • Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. It hosts two...
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    Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and...
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  • Çilapulapu, was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines. Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated...
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    Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA) (IATA: CEB, ICAO: RPVM) is the main international airport serving Metro Cebu and serves as the main gateway to...
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    crossing of the Pacific, and then reached the Philippines. There, in April 1521, Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan. Under the command of captain...
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  • 1521 (film) (category Cultural depictions of Ferdinand Magellan)
    Buendia. The film is about the battle of Lapu-Lapu and Ferdinand Magellan in Mactan, Cebu and about the love story of a native princess and a Spanish...
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    Lapu-Lapu's victory over Ferdinand Magellan and his forces at the Battle of Mactan. The six oysters represents six generals who led a revolution against...
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    Philippines, the role of the country in the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation, and the victory of Lapulapu in the Battle of Mactan. The Philippine national...
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    of Cebu. Battle of Mactan Lapulapu Timawa Other related List of India-related topics in the Philippines Hinduism in the Philippines History of the Philippines...
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    would bring an armed contingent to Mactan and make them submit under threat of force. Magellan mustered a force of 60 armed men from his crew to oppose...
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  • depicting several of Cebu's involvement in Philippine history including the Battle of Mactan, inauguration of Sergio Osmeña as President of the Philippines...
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    Philippines, a few days after the Battle of Mactan on Cebu Island. Barbosa's father was Diogo Barbosa. Diogo was a servant of Álvaro of Braganza, and in 1501 he...
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    the Battle of Mactan. Forty-four years later, a Spanish expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi left modern Mexico and began the Spanish conquest of the...
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  • pre-colonial era leader Lapu-Lapu as having been beheaded in the Battle of Mactan of 1521. In recorded history, the Visayan and his forces prevailed over...
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  • Rajah Humabon (category Filipino people of Malay descent)
    the Battle of Mactan, as the latter wanted to earn the trust of Humabon by helping him subdue his opponent Lapulapu, one of the chiefs (or datu) of Mactan...
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    Magellan in 1521 in the Battle of Mactan, commemorated at Mactan Shrine in Barangay Mactan, where Magellan led a landing party of 40 men to resupply who...
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    Maynila, where he could use the size of his fleet as leverage against his cousin, the ruler of Tondo. The Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, is celebrated...
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    Cebu (redirect from Province of Cebu)
    On April 27 the Battle of Mactan occurred, where the Spaniards were defeated and Magellan was killed by the natives of Mactan in Mactan Island. According...
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    Banknote, in honor of heroism of Lapulapu. On its obverse, the banknote depicts a young Lapulapu, an image of the Battle of Mactan, the QCP logo, and...
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    Antonio Pigafetta (category Historians of the Philippines)
    they visited. Pigafetta was wounded on Mactan in the Philippines, where Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in April 1521. Nevertheless, he recovered...
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    Expressway (CCLEX), also known as the Cebu–Cordova Bridge and the Third Cebu–Mactan Bridge (or simply, the Third Bridge), is an 8.9-kilometer (5.5 mi) toll...
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    of the indigenous polity of Mactan, Lapu-Lapu, in Cebu organized the first recorded military action against the Spanish colonizers in the Battle of Mactan...
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    Concepción (carrack) (category Age of Discovery ships)
    May 2, 1521, shortly after Ferdinand Magellan himself died in the Battle of Mactan. The Concepción held 90 tonels and cost 228,750 maravedís to construct...
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  • April 27 – Battle of Mactan: Ferdinand Magellan is killed by Lapulapu in the Philippines. List of years in the Philippines Timeline of Philippine History...
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  • Arrow (1950) Only the Valiant (1951) The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) Brave Warrior (1952), fictionalised Battle of Tippecanoe Arrowhead (1953) Seminole (1953)...
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    Kampilan (category Culture of Maguindanao del Norte)
    and warriors for battle and as a headhunting sword. The most famous probable use of kampilan in warfare was in the Battle of Mactan, where Antonio Pigafetta...
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    Spanish East Indies (category History of the Federated States of Micronesia)
    and ally with Rajah Humabon, the Rajah of Cebu at that time, but died shortly thereafter in the Battle of Mactan while trying to shore up Humabon's control...
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    they returned to Cebu, because Enrique had died on Mactan along with Magellan during the Battle of Mactan in 1521. However, Enrique was very much alive on...
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    Paoay Church (category Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag)
    Iloilo, the Site of the Battle of Mactan on Mactan Island, Cebu, the San Sebastian Church in Quiapo, Manila, and the Church and Convent of Santo Niño in...
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