* Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as " Bataan Day " ( Philippines ) – April 9

* 1900 – Philippine – American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U. S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

* 1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage ; over 90 % would vote in the affirmative.

* 1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.

* 1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

* 1878 – Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines ( d. 1944 )

* 1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.

* 1611 – Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.

* 1949 – Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband ; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.

* 1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines.

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

* 1946 – Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

* 2012 – The Municipality of Ilagan becomes a component city in the province of Isabela in the Philippines.

* 1937 – Joseph Estrada, Philippine actor and politician, 13th President of the Philippines

* 1942 – World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.

* 1946 – Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.

* 1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.

* 1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.

* 2012 – The Municipality of Cabuyao becomes a component city in the Province of Laguna in the Philippines

Egypt, the Arabian peninsula, Persia, India, and the Philippines were hit hardest during these epidemics, while other areas, like Germany in 1892 and Naples from 1910 – 1911, experienced severe outbreaks.

* III JUNIOR DELPHIC GAMES 2007 Baguio City, Philippines – November 10 to 15

* Philippines – Rizal Day ( December 30 )

* 1941 – Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies.

* 1896 – Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.

** Our Lady of Good Success of Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines

* 1990: In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines by Stanley Karnow

In July 16, 1935, Pope Pius XI declared Our Lady of Guadalupe to be the Heavenly Patroness of the Philippines and was signed and attested by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli ( later Pope Pius XII ).

* The National Shrine of Our Lady Of Guadalupe in Makati City, Philippines.

* National Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, La Naval de Manila, Santo Domingo Church, Quezon City Philippines

* National Shrine of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag, Manaoag, Pangasinan Philippines

* Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Orani, Bataan Philippines

* Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, Antipolo City Philippines

* National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Philippines

* Our Lady of the Poon Bato, Botolan, Zambales, Philippines

* The Basilica Minore of the Our Lady of Piat, Piat, Cagayan, Philippines

* The Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Caysasay, Taal, Batangas, Philippines

* Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines

* Our Lady of Salambao, Obando, Bulacan, Philippines

* The National Shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga, Nuestra Senora de Covadonga Reina del Rosario Santissimo de La Trinidad, San Jose Parish Church, Poblacion, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines

* Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral, The Philippines

* The Hieronymites, the Sisters of St Rita, the Ursulines, the Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus, an independent society of secular priests, Servants of the Holy Cross, Augustinians of the Assumption ( which includes a Byzantine Rite province, the Alexian Brothers ( located in the USA, Europe, England, Ireland the Philippines and India ), the Brothers of the Assumption ( in the Congo ), the Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation ( Philippines ), the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Wordc. f .< cite > The Rule of Saint Augustine and the Constitutions of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament </ cite > New York: Schwartz, Kirwin, and Fauss, 1893, pp. 33 – 35 .</ ref > ( who established the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas ), and the Sisters of St. Joan of Arc ( in Quebec, United States, and Rome ) are just some of the Augustinian family of orders.

Southern Min is reportedly the native language of up to 98. 5 % of the community of ethnic Chinese in the Philippines, among whom it is also known as Lan-nang or Lán-lâng-oē (" Our people ’ s language ").

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* Our Lady of the Philippines Trappist Monastery, Jordan, Guimaras

* Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico, the Americas, and secondary Patroness of the Philippines