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San Mateo was discovered as a town annexed to Pasig. |
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A pitched battle rages between Chinese rebels on one hand, and between Spanish and native troops on the other. The Chinese were defeated and retreated east to the Sierra Madre mountain range. |
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The territory and convent of San Mateo are added to Pasig by the Augustinians. |
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Jesuit priests formally replace the Augustinian priests who have evangelical mission in San Mateo as early as 1637. They have brought the image of the Virgin Mary that comes from the town of Aranzazu, Nueva Vizcaya, Spain. |
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Fr. Juan Echazabal, a Jesuit priest starts the devotion to our Lady of Aranzazu from Spain and changes the patron of the town from St. Matthew to Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu. |
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Donato Sulit is appointed as the first resident Gobernadorcillo of San Mateo. |
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San Mateo initially with its large size is dismembered when Captain General Isquierdo issued a decree separating the barrios of Balite, Burgos, Marang and Calipahan from San Mateo and these are formed into the new municipality of Montalban (Rodriguez). |
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Ismael Amado Jr. presides over San Mateo as its last Governadorcillo. He incidentally continues serving up to 1905 even after the establishment of the Civil Government under the American Regime in 1901 when he was appointed Kapitan Municipal by the Military Governor of the United States Army Department. |
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General Llanera of the Filipino forces make San Mateo his headquarters during the revolution against the Spanish oppressors. |
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San Mateo joins the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. |
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Gen. Licerio Geronimo’s guerilla bands from the foothills of San Mateo and Montalban (Rodriguez) attack the American troops during the Philippine-American War. |
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San Mateo is incorporated into the newly created province of Rizal through the Philippine Commission Act No. 137 during the American Occupation. |
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Act No. 942 of the Philippine Commission enacts the consolidation of the municipalities of San Mateo and Montalban (Rodriguez) with San Mateo serving as the seat of government in line with its policy of fiscal economy and centralized governance. |
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Lucas Santiago serves San Mateo as its first mayor. |
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San Mateo becomes an independent municipality under Executive Order No. 20 which separates San Mateo and Montalban (Rodriguez). |
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The Catholic Church of San Mateo began to be comprised by the newly-established Roman Catholic Diocese of Antipolo. |
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San Mateo rises from being a fourth class municipality in 1993 to a first class municipality under the term (1992–2001) of mayor Crispin "Amo" Santos. |
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San Mateo is awarded the title of "The Cleanest and Greenest Municipality" of Rizal. |
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Construction began on Timberland Heights, a premier mountain resort town, initially offering Mandala Residential Farm Estates 1. It is nestled in the mountains of San Mateo. |
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The Parish of Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu is proclaimed as a Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu by the Vatican, being the only church in the Philippines under the title of Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu and only sister-parish of the Basilica of Aranzazu in Spain. |
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The Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu is canonically erected. |
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San Mateo's population exceeded 150,000. |
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Budgetlane Sulitmarket, a member of Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association Incorporated (PAGASA Inc.), opened to the public. |
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San Mateo achieved the record of "longest parade of kakanin" in its history. |
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Puregold Price Club opened in San Mateo along the intersection of Gen. Luna Avenue and Batasan-San Mateo Road. |
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San Mateo was devastated by Typhoon Ondoy. 80% of San Mateo was submerged in muddy water. |
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Typhoon Pedring dumped heavy rains like Ondoy over Luzon including Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The flood submerged houses in several barangays of Marikina City and San Mateo, including Banaba, Ampid 1, and Ampid 2. In San Mateo, there is one death. On 29 September 2011, the waters subsided in the banks of the Marikina river and the residents started to clean. |
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