19th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1805 | Nueva Vizcaya Revolt (1805) | |
| 1806 | August 7 | Mariano Fernández de Folgueras appointed Governor-General (1806–1810) |
| 1807 | Ambaristo Revolt (1807) | |
| 1808 | May | French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte installs his brother Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain. |
| 1809 | January 22 | King Joseph Bonaparte gives Filipinos Spanish Citizenship and grants the colony representation in the Spanish Cortes |
| 1810 | March 4 | Manuel Gonzalez de Aguilar appointed Governor-General (1806–1813) |
| 1812 | March 19 | The Spanish Cortes promulgates the Cadiz Constitution |
| September 24 | The first Philippine delegates to the Spanish Cortes, Pedro Perez de Tagle and Jose Manuel Coretto take their oath of office in Madrid, Spain. | |
| 1813 | September 4 | José Gardoqui Jaraveitia appointed Governor-General (1806–1816) |
| March 17 | The Cadiz Constitution implemented in Manila | |
| October 16 | Napoleon is defeated in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig | |
| Octoberr | British General Duke of Wellington drives the Napoleonic forces out of Spain | |
| 1814 | Ferdinand VII proclaimed as King of Spain; Conservatives return to the Spanish Cortes | |
| 1815 | June 18 | Napoleon is defeated in Waterloo |
| October 15 | Napoleon is exiled in St. Helena's Island | |
| 1816 | Cadiz Constitution is rejected by the conservative government and Filipino representation in the Spanish Cortes is abolished | |
| December 10 | Mariano Fernández de Folgueras appointed Governor-General (1816–1822) | |
| 1822 | October 30 | Juan Antonio Martínez appointed Governor-General (1822–1825) |
| 1825 | October 14 | Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca appointed Governor-General (1825–1830) |
| 1828 | Earthquake strikes Manila destroying many of its buildings | |
| 1830 | December 23 | Pascual Enrile y Alcedo appointed Governor-General (1830–1835) |
| Manila is opened to the world market | ||
| 1835 | March 1 | Gabriel de Torres appointed Governor-General (1835) |
| April 23 | Joaquín de Crámer appointed Governor-General (1835) | |
| September 9 | Pedro Antonio Salazar Castillo y Varona appointed Governor-General (1835) | |
| Chamber of Commerce is formed | ||
| 1837 | August 27 | Andrés García Camba appointed Governor-General (1837–1838) |
| Manila is made an open port. | ||
| 1838 | December 29 | Luis Lardizábal appointed Governor-General (1838–1841) |
| Florante at Laura is published. | ||
| 1841 | February 14 | Marcelino de Oraá Lecumberri appointed Governor-General (1841–1843) |
| 1843 | June 17 | Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre appointed Governor-General (1843–1844) |
| 1844 | July 16 | Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa appointed Governor-General (1844–1849) |
| 1849 | December 26 | Antonio María Blanco appointed Governor-General (1849–1850) |
| 1850 | July 29 | Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía appointed Governor-General (1850–1853) |
| 1852 | December 4 | Glowing avalanche from Mt Hibok-Hibok. |
| 1853 | December 20 | Ramón Montero y Blandino appointed Governor-General (1853–1854) |
| 1854 | February 2 | Manuel Pavía y Lacy appointed Governor-General (1854) |
| October 28 | Ramón Montero y Blandino appointed Governor-General (1854) | |
| November 20 | Manuel Crespo y Cebrían appointed Governor-General (1854) | |
| 1856 | December 5 | Ramón Montero y Blandino appointed Governor-General (1856–1857) |
| 1857 | January 12 | Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero appointed Governor-General (1857–1860) |
| 1859 | Jesuits return to the Philippines | |
| Jesuits takes over the Escuela Municipal and establishes the Ateneo Municipal | ||
| 1860 | January 12 | Ramón María Solano y Llanderal appointed Governor-General (1860) |
| August 29 | Juan Herrera Dávila appointed Governor-General (1860–1861) | |
| 1861 | February 2 | José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González appointed Governor-General (1861–1862) |
| June 19 | Jose Rizal, Philippines' National Hero is born. | |
| Escuela de Artes Y Oficios de Bacolor established as Asia's oldest vocational school. | ||
| 1862 | July 7 | Salvador Valdés appointed Governor-General (1862) |
| July 9 | Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham appointed Governor-General (1862–1865) | |
| 1863 | June 3 | An earthquake leaves Manila in ruins |
| 1865 | University of Santo Tomas made the center for public instruction throughout the Philippines by royal decree of Queen Isabella II of Spain. | |
| Observatorio Meteorológico del Ateneo Municipal de Manila (Manila Observatory) established by the Jesuits | ||
| March 24 | Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General (1862–1865) | |
| April 25 | Juan de Lara e Irigoyen appointed Governor-General (1862–1865) | |
| 1866 | July 13 | José Laureano de Sanz y Posse appointed Governor-General (1866) |
| September 21 | Juan Antonio Osorio appointed Governor-General (1866) | |
| September 27 | Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General (1866) | |
| October 26 | José de la Gándara y Navarro appointed Governor-General (1866–1869) | |
| 1867 | Colegio de Santa Isabel established in Naga by Bishop Francisco Gainza, OP of Nueva Caceres, through the royal decree of Queen Isabella II of Spain. | |
| 1869 | November 17 | Suez Canal opened |
| Colegio de Santa Isabel inaugurated as the first Normal School in Southeast Asia | ||
| June 7 | Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General (1866) | |
| June 23 | José de la Gándara y Navarro appointed Governor-General (1869–1871) | |
| 1871 | The Gabinete de Fisica of the University of Santo Tomas established as the first Museum in the Philippines. | |
| The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Santo Tomas is established as the first schools of Medicine and Pharmacy in the Philippines. | ||
| April 4 | Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutíerrez appointed Governor-General (1871–1873) | |
| 1872 | 200 Filipino soldiers stage a mutiny in Cavite. | |
| February 17 | Priests Mariano Gomez, José Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (together known as Gomburza) are implicated in the Cavite Mutiny and executed. | |
| 1873 | January 8 | Manuel MacCrohon appointed Governor-General (1873) |
| January 24 | Juan Alaminos y Vivar appointed Governor-General (1873–1874) | |
| 1874 | March 17 | Manuel Blanco Valderrama acting appointed Governor-General (1874) |
| June 18 | José Malcampo y Monje appointed Governor-General (1874–1877) | |
| 1875 | The Colegio de San Jose incorporated into the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Santo Tomas. | |
| 1877 | February 28 | Domingo Moriones y Murillo appointed Governor-General (1877–1880) |
| 1880 | March 20 | Rafael Rodríguez Arias appointed Governor-General (1880) |
| April 15 | Fernando Primo de Riverae appointed Governor-General (1880–1883)(1st Term) | |
| Manila is connected through telegraphic cable Europe by Eastern Telecom. | ||
| July 18 | Two shocks of an earthquake create destruction from Manila to Santa Cruz, Luguna. Tremors continue until Aug 6 | |
| 1882 | March 3 | Jose Rizal leaves for Spain to continue his medical studies |
| June 2 | Jose Rizal begins writing the Noli Me Tangere(novel) | |
| 1883 | March 10 | Emilio Molíns becomes acting Governor-General (1883). (First Term) |
| April 7 | Joaquín Jovellar appointed Governor-General (1883–1885) | |
| 1884 | Required forced labor of 40 days a year is reduced to 15 days by the Spanish Colonial Government. | |
| June 21 | Rizal finishes his medical studies in Spain | |
| 1885 | April 1 | Emilio Molíns becomes acting Governor-General (1885). (First Term) |
| April 4 | Emilio Terrero y Perinat appointed Governor-General (1885–1888) | |
| 1887 | 29 May | Noli Me Tangere published. |
| October | Rizal starts writing the El Filibusterismo | |
| The Manila School of Agriculture is established. | ||
| 1888 | March 10 | Antonio Molto becomes acting Governor-General (1888) |
| Federico Lobaton becomed acting Governor-General (1888) | ||
| Valeriano Wéyler appointed Governor-General (1888–1891) | ||
| December 10 | La Solidaridad established | |
| 1891 | March 28 | Rizal finishes writing El Filibusterismo in Biarritz, France |
| El Filibusterismo published in Ghent, Belgium | ||
| Eulogio Despujol appointed Governor-General (1891–1893) | ||
| 1892 | June 26 | Rizal arrives in the Philippines from Europe via Hong Kong |
| July 3 | Rizal forms the La Liga Filipina | |
| July 7 | Rizal is arrested for establishing the La Liga Filipina | |
| July 17 | Rizal is exiled to Dapitan | |
| 1893 | March 10 | Federico Ochando becomes acting Governor-General (1893) |
| Ramón Blanco appointed Governor-General (1893–1896) | ||
| 1894 | July 8 | Bonifacio forms the Katipunan |
| 1896 | July 1 | Rizal is recruited as a physician for the Spanish Army in Cuba by Governor Ramon Blanco |
| August 6 | Rizal returns to Manila from Cuba | |
| August 19 | The Katipunan discovered by the Spanish Colonial Government. Katipuneros flee to Balintawak | |
| August 23 | Revolution is proclaimed by Bonifacio at the Cry of Balintawak. Katipuneros tear up their cedulas | |
| August 26 | Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto and other Katipuneros board Rizal's ship to Barcelona. They offer his rescue but Rizal refused | |
| August 30 | Revolutionary Battle at San Juan del Monte. Governor Ramon Blanco proclaims a state of war in Manila, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. | |
| September 2 | Rizal Boards the ship Isla de Panay for Barcelona | |
| October 3 | Rizal arrives at Barcelona | |
| October 4 | Rizal is imprisoned in Montjuich by order of Capt. Gen. Despujo | |
| October 6 | Rizal returns to Manila as a prisoner | |
| October 31 | A new group of the Katipunan is formed in Cavite headed by Emilio Aguinaldo | |
| November 13 | Rizal arrives in Manila and incarcerated in Fort Santiago | |
| November 20 | Rizal is interrogated for charges against the Spanish Colonial Government | |
| December 13 | Camilo Polavieja becomes acting Governor-General (1896–1897) | |
| December 30 | Rizal is executed at Bagumbayan | |
| 1897 | March 22 | The Katipunan holds its election. Emilio Aguinaldo is elected as president |
| April 15 | José de Lachambre becomes acting Governor-General (1897) | |
| April 23 | Fernando Primo de Rivera appointed Governor-General (1897–1898) | |
| April 29 | Katipuneros arrest Andres Bonifacio and his brothers Procopio and Ciriaco on orders of Aguinaldo with sedition and treason before a military court of the Katipunan. | |
| 8 May | The Katipunan convicts and sentences Bonifacio brothers to death | |
| 10 May | Andres Bonifacio and his brothers are executed at Mt. Buntis, Maragondon, Cavite. | |
| 31 May | Aguinaldo establishes a Philippine republican government in Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel, Bulacan. | |
| August 10 | Aguinaldo begins negotiating with the Spaniards colonial government in Manila with Pedro Paterno as representative. | |
| August 15 | A 7.9 intensity estimated earthquake hits Luzon's northwest coast | |
| November 1 | Constitution of Biak-na-Bato ratified | |
| December 14 | Pact of Biak-na-Bato between Aguinaldo and Governor Primo de Rivera signed | |
| December 27 | Aguinaldo is self-exiled to Hong Kong following the Pact of Biak-na-Bato | |
| 1898 | February 8 | The Katipunan is revived by Emilio Jacinto and Feliciano Jocson |
| April 11 | Basilio Augustín appointed Governor-General (1898) | |
| April 24 | The US government promises support in exchange for his cooperation. Aguinaldo agrees | |
| April 26 | The US declares war on Spain. | |
| 1 May | Commodore George Dewey attacks Manila | |
| 19 May | Aguinaldo and his companions return to the Philippines from exile | |
| 24 May | Aguinaldo proclaims a dictatorial government and issues two decrees which show his trust and reliance in US protection | |
| June 12 | Aguinaldo proclaims Philippine Independence | |
| June 23 | Aguinaldo changes the dictatorial government to revolutionary government. | |
| July 15 | Aguinaldo creates a cabinet | |
| July 15 | The Malolos Congress in established | |
| July 17 | US reinforcements and troops arrive in the Philippines. | |
| July 24 | Fermín Jáudenes becomes acting Governor-General (1898) | |
| August 13 | Francisco Rizzo becomes acting Governor-General (1898) | |
| August 13 | Wesley Merritt appointed Military Governor (1898) | |
| August 14 | The Spanish surrenders to the US after at mock battle of Manila | |
| August 29 | Elwell S. Otis appointed Military Governor (1898–1900) | |
| September | Diego de los Ríos becomes acting Governor-General (1898) | |
| September 15 | The Malolos Congress meets and elects its officers. | |
| December 10 | Spain and the US sign the Treaty of Paris. Article III provides for the cession of the Philippines to the US by Spain and the payment of 20 million dollars to Spain by the US. | |
| December 21 | US President McKinley issues the Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation | |
| 1899 | January 20 | US President McKinley appoints the First Philippine Commission, known as the Schurrman Commission |
| January 21 | The Malolos Constitution is promulgated by Aguinaldo. | |
| January 23 | The Malolos Republic government is inaugurated. Aguinaldo takes his oath of office as President. | |
| February 4 | Hostilities break out between the Filipino and US forces. | |
| February 6 | The US Senate ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Spain | |
| March 4 | The Schurrman Commission arrives in Manila | |
| 6 May | Aguinaldo creates a new cabinet | |
| 20 May | Aguinaldo's moves face opposition from Apolinario Mabini and Antonio Luna | |
| June 5 | Antonio Luna assassinated | |
| 1900 | January 21 | The Schurrman Commission returns to the US. |
| March 16 | US President McKinley appoints the second Philippine Commission, known as the Taft Commission | |
| 5 May | Arthur MacArthur, Jr appointed Military Governor (1900–1901) | |
| June 3 | The Taft Commission arrives in Manila | |
| December 23 | Partido Liberal established |
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