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Jun 25, 2023 · The Governor-General of the Philippines (Spanish: Gobernador y Capitán General de Filipinas; Filipino: Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas/Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas; Japanese: フィリピン総督 (Firipin sōtoku?)) was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed by Mexico City and Madrid (1565–1898) and the United States (1898–1946), and ...
Dec 21, 2011 · At head of title, 1919: Annual report, War Department, fiscal year ended June 30, 1920
Aug 18, 2023 · The first American governor-general, William Howard Taft, began his term in 1901. he would continue until the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935.
(Governor-General Dwight Filley Davis) On July 8, 1929, Dwight Filley Davis arrived in Manila to assume the post of Governor-General of the Philippines. He was appointed by U.S. President Herbert Hoover to succeed Henry L. Stimson. He was accompanied by his daughter, Alice, in the place of her mother who was unable to accompany him for reasons of health.
He arrived in the Philippines on 28 August 1793 and assumed office on 1 September. His administration was driven by the reforms initiated by the Enlightenment in Spain, which has become the distinguishing aspect of his long service as governor. Aguilar was the longest serving Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines (12 years, 11 months).
Aug. 20, 1572, Manila, Phil. Founder: Manila. Miguel López de Legazpi (born c. 1510, Zumárraga, Spain—died Aug. 20, 1572, Manila, Phil.) was a Spanish explorer who established Spain’s dominion over the Philippines that lasted until the Spanish-American War of 1898. Legazpi went to New Spain (Mexico) in 1545, serving for a time as clerk in ...
the penultimate Spanish Governor, Agustin de Cepeda, brought most of the Christians to the Philippines, where these "Mardicas" were eventually settled in the present Ternate of Cavite. Let's have a look at some entries in the aforementioned *4Daily Register". Four months after Salcedo had taken office, the following was noted down: 1 January 1664:
