General Philippine history

What follows are a list of, what we believe are, the better sites on the Internet concerning the general subject of Philippine history.

This site does not validate or guarantee that the information
found at these locations is accurate, although all are believed to be.

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Philippine History 101
Pearl of the Orient Seas
Significant events in Philippine History
Philippine History to the Revolution
Philippine Culture and History

Philippine History 101

This site has some of the best Philippine Historical links I have seen. It is maintained by Kenneth Yerro Ilio, who clearly takes pride in his site. It is unclear if any of the writings are by Kenneth, however, it appears that many are. One Warning: beware, the color selection is clearly a choice of the webmaster.

It has a great range of information about history in the Philippines, and a large number of links to other sites with history.

The site is located at -- http://www.tribo.org/history.html,

===>> Philippine History 101

Pearl of the Orient Seas

This site's name is taken from the name used by Jose Rizal, back in 1896 when he was was first describing the Philippines. The site has a pretty good overview of the history of the Philippines.

The writing style is good, however, it only contains a very short summation of information.

The site is located at -- http://www.ualberta.ca/~vmitchel/

===>> Pearl of the Orient Seas

Significant events in Philippine History

This page has, what appears to be, a very thorough date style chronology of facts on the Philippines. It starts with Magellan's leaving Spain in September, 1519 and goes through the day the remains of Marcos were returned to the Philippines in September, 1993.

It is a very good reference with over 100 events covered. It also has some good pictures, related to these events.

The site can be found at -- http://nyz.com/~ny/Pilipinas!/significant_events-history.html

===>> Significant events in Philippine History

an Introduction to Philippine History

It can be found at -- http://nyz.com/~ny/Pilipinas!/Ph1-Intro.html

---> Intro to Philippine History

Philippine History to the Revolution

This is a site maintained by Jim Zwick. It is basically a link page to several catagories of Philippine history. Although, a link page only, it does offer some excellent pictures as reference material.

This site is located at -- http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/centennial/history.html

===>> Philippine History to the Revolution

Philippine-American War

It can be found at -- http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/centennial/war.html

---> Philippine-American War

Another couple of great sites in the same time period, also by Jim Zwick, concern the writings of Mark Twain and the Philippines, (1898 - 1935). The first paper was written by Jim Zwick and offers some insight using the words of Mark Twain.

It can be found at -- http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/twain_html/amermtph.html

---> Mark Twain, the Philippines, and US involvment

The second is title Mark Twain on the Philippines

It can be found at -- http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/twain_ph.html

---> Mark Twain on the Philippines

Philippine Culture and History

The site has some good links for anyone studying the history of the Philippines from the 1870's - 1940's. It includes links to sites on culture, folksong, and photos of the Philippines.

This is the text from a book by, Murat Halstead, war correspondent and historian of the the Philippines (1898). It discusses the period right after the take over of the Philippines by the Americans, from the Spanish.

It can be found at -- http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/culhist.htm

===>> Philippine Culture and History

It can be found at -- http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/aguinald.htm

---> Murat Halstead interview of Geneal Aguinaldo

Another great link regarding the work of Murat Halstead, concerns the actual Specification of Grievances of the Filipinos to both Spain and the United States on the Treaty of Paris. It discusses points to the refusal of both Spain and the US to honor the freedom of the Philippines as declared in 1898 by General Aguinaldo at his home in Cavite. The reference address is:

It can be found at -- http://www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/halstd3.htm

---> Specification of Grievances of the Filipinos

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