List of conflicts in the Philippines

This list of conflicts in the Philippines is a timeline of events that includes pre-colonial wars, Spanish–Moro conflict, Philippine revolts against Spain, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the Philippines' geographical area.[1]

List

conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Ancient times
Highlander clans and tribes against low-land warlords (500 BCE) Clans and tribes of Ifugao (highlanders) Warlords of Kalinga (low-landers)
  • Head hunting warriors
Unification of the clans and tribes makes the entire society of Cordillera.
Classical period (Precolonial era)
First Visayan Raid -(Formosa, East China Sea -c. 1174 AD)[2] Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Puti
    • Visayan sea-faring peoples.
Song Dynasty Successful raiding expedition[3]
Second Visayan Raid -(Formosa, East China Sea -c.1190 AD)[2] Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Suakwel
    • Visayan Sea Fairing peoples.
Song Dynasty Successful raiding expedition[3]
Expedition (c. 1200 CE) Ma-i
  • Gat Sa Li-han
Tagalog people of Lusung
  • King Timamanukum
Regime changed, foundation of Tondo
Expedition- Expansion of Tondo Kingdom c. 1220 (High Middle Ages)
A Kawal holding Sibat.
Tondo Kumintang (chiefdom in Batangas). Fall of Batangas Province to the Tundun Regime
Expedition-Expansion of Tondo Kingdom c. 1221 (High Middle Ages)
Tagalog couple from the Maharlika nobility.
Kingdom of Tondo Chiefdoms tribes and clans of Ilocos, Pampanga The Provinces of Ilocos Region, Pampanga become part of the Tondun Regime.
Expedition- Expansion of Tondo Kingdom c. 1225 (High Middle Ages)
A Warrior armed with a gun.
Kingdom of Tondo Chiefdoms tribes and clans of Bicol The Bicol Peninsula becomes part of the Tundun Empire.
Rebellion (1300 CE.)
Visayan Nobles
Singhapala (Cebu) Chola dynasty Establishment of the Rajahnate of Cebu[4]
Battle of Manila (1365) Majapahit-Luzon conflict Kingdom of Tondo Majapahit
  • Majapahit Naval forces
Decisive victory
Unspecified and disputed battle

[5] according to the text Nagarakretagama.

Moro raid - Po-ni provine (modern day Brunei-1369 AD) Sultanate of Sulu
  • Buranun People
Majapahit Empire
  • Majapahit Fleet
Majapahit succeeded in driving away the Sulu[6]
Moro raid: Invasion of Palawan - Expansion of Bruneian Empire (Ca. 1477 CE.)
Moro Pirates.
Clans and tribes in Palawan
  • Natives from Palawan
    • Tagbanwa people
    • Molbong tribes
    • Taww't Bato
    • Negritos (Aetas)
    • Mangyans
    • Buhid tribes
Bruneian Empire
    • Forces from Brunei

Sultanate of Sulu

The Island of Palawan was annexed by the Brunei.[7]
Moro raid: Fall of Huangdom - Expansion of Bruneian Empire
Mindoro c. 1500 C.E.
Huangdom of Mai Bruneian Empire Fall of Huangdom.
Moro raid:Brunei invasion of Tondo -Expansion of Bruneian Empire c.(1500 CE.)
A Malay warrior armed with gun and a sword.
Tondo Brunei Fall of Tondo.
Foundation of Kota Selurong (Maynila), a vassal state of Kingdom of Brunei.[9][10]
Expeditions (ca. 1400 CE.) Kingdom of Butuan Confederation of Madja-as fall of the Butuan Rajanate
Expeditions (ca. 1440 CE.)
A Karakowa ancient Battleship with Lantaka Cannons.
Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Padojinog
Sultanate of Sulu[7] Madja-as victory[lower-alpha 1]
  • withdrawal of Sultanates forces
Expeditions (ca. 1450 CE.) Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Padojinog
Sultanate of Maguindanao Madja-as victory[lower-alpha 1]
Expeditions (ca. 1457 CE.) Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Padojinog
Chinese pirates Madja-as victory[lower-alpha 1]
  • Withdrawal of Pirate forces.
Muslim expansion of mindanao- Battle of Malabang, Lanao del Sur , 1475 AD. Sultanate of Maguindanao
  • SultanMohammed Kabungsuwan
    • Samal Warriors
Non-Muslim natives Sultanates victory[11]
Coalition (1500 CE.)[12]
A Visayan Royal couple.
Confederation of Madja-as
Kedatuan of Visayas:
    • Datu Padojinog (Iloilo)
    • Datu Balengkaka (Aklan)
    • Datu Kabnayag (Kalibo)
    • Datu Lubay (San Joaquin)
  • Madyas forces
  • Visayan people
Alliance of the Kota Selurong (Maynila)
Sultanate of Sulu
Kingdom of Namayan
Sponsored by : Brunei.
Madja-as victory
  • failure to conquer the Visayan confederation .
  • Escape of the hotstaged Visayan villagers and Slaves.
Battle of Mactan (1521)
Lapu Lapu King of Mactan, slaying Ferdinand Magellan.
Chiefdom of Mactan Island
King Lapu Lapu of Cebu
Spanish conquistadors
Filipino tribal allies
Ferdinand Magellan
Victory

death of Magellan, departure of the Spanish expedition

Burmese–Siamese War (1547–49)
Toungoo Dynasty (Burma) Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)

Tondo[lower-alpha 2]

* Siamese defensive victory
Burma claims to regain Upper Tenasserim down to Tavoy (Dawei).
* At the same time, Lusung warriors fought alongside the Siamese king.[lower-alpha 2]

Also,Lucoes warriors aided the Burmese king in his invasion of Siam in 1547 AD.[14]

Colonial Period
Spanish Conquest
(1571)
Kingdom of Namayan
Empire of Tondo
Kingdom of Maynila
Confederation of Madja-as
Spanish East Indies
Spanish conquistadors
Fall of the Luzon and Visayan Kingdoms. Establishment of Spanish colonial territories in Luzon and islands of Visayas.[15]
Philippine revolts against Spain
Dagami Revolt
(1565)
Chief Dagami of Gabi
Rajah Tupas
Spanish Conquistadors Ceasefire
Spanish campaigns in Lanao (1637–1639 CE) Sultanate of Lanao Spanish Empire
  • Spanish conquistadors
  • Hurtado-de Curcuera
  • Captain Francesco Atienza
  • Captain Pedro Bermudez de Castr
  • Pedro Fernandez del Rio
    • 500 Visayans
Spanish defeat
  • Failure of the conquest and Christianize the Maranao people.
Conspiracy of the Maharlikas
(1568)
Tondo

Sponsored by

Spanish Empire The uprising failed when they were betrayed to the Spanish authorities by Antonio Surabao (Susabau) of Calamianes.

The rebels were arrested, tried and found guilty of treason. Five leading members were exiled to Mexico: Pedro Balinguit (lord of Pandacan), Pitongatan (a prince of Tondo), Felipe Salonga (lord of Polo), Calao (a commander-in-chief of Tondo), and Agustín Manuguit (Minister of Tondo). They were the very first natives of the Philippines to settle in Mexico.

Cagayan Revolt
(1565)
Ilocanos, Ibanag tribes Spanish conquistadors Ceasefire
Tax system reformed
Magalat Revolt (Cagayan Valley – 1596) Chief Magalat of Cagayan Spanish and Filipino colonial troops
  • Pedro de Chaves
defeat of rebellion
Death of Magalat
Bruneian Civil war (1600-1673) Brunei Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin's Forces
  • In 1658, the Sultan of Brunei ceded the northern and eastern portion of Borneo to the Sultan of Sulu in compensation for the latter's help in settling the Brunei Civil War in the Brunei Sultanate. Both the Sultanate of Brunei and Sulu later continued to loosely govern the western and eastern part of Sabah respectively as both territories fall into the hand of the British under a series of agreements.
Igorot Revolt (Cordillera 1601) Ifugao Clans and tribes Spanish conquistadors Ceasefire
  • The Spaniards were only able to gain nominal political and military control over them.
Sumuroi Revolt (1649-1650) Agustin Sumuroy Spanish conquistadors
    • Spanish colonial troops
defeat
  • Agustin Sumuroy was killed by his own men.
Battle of Manila (1762)
(part of Seven Years' War)
Spanish garrison of Manila British fleet and army with troops from East India Company
(William Draper)
Manila and Cavite occupied by British until 1764 when treaty concludes war
Cavite Mutiny (1872) Filipino workers
Felipe Ginoves
Colonial government
  • Governor General Rafael Izquierdo
    • Sgt. Ferdinand La Madrid
defeat
  • aftermath of the mutiny, all Filipino soldiers were disarmed and later sent into exile in Mindanao.
  • Execution of Gomburza and other 44 mutineers.
Spanish Conquest of Mindanao (1888)
The Moros on their proas.
Sultanate of Maguindanao Spanish Empire Maguindanao become part of the Spanish East indies
Philippine Revolution
Philippine Revolution
(1896-1898)
Regular soldiers of the Philippine army stand at attention for the inspection.

Filipino revolutionaries exiled to Hong Kong. Sitting on Emilio Aguinaldo's right is Lt. Col. Miguel Primo de Rivera, nephew and aide-de-camp of Fernando Primo de Rivera and father of José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Standing behind Aguinaldo is Col. Gregorio del Pilar. Miguel was held hostage until Aguinaldo's indemnity was paid. Standing behind Miguel and to his right is Pedro Paterno.
1896-97

Sovereign Tagalog Nation

1897
 Republic of Biak-na-Bato
1898
Filipino Revolutionaries
Supported by:
 United States


 Sulu Sultanate

 Spain Peace Treaty (1897)

Victory (1898)

Battle of Manila of 1896 (Manila, Philippines August 29 1896) Katipunan  Spain Defeat
Battle of Imus (Imus, Cavite September 1–3, 1896)
Katipunan  Spain Victory
  • death of General Ernesto de Aguirre
Battle of Zapote Bridge (February 17, 1897)
The Zapote Bridge (1899) two years after the battle
Katipunan  Spain Victory
Battle of Alapan (Imus, Cavite May 28, 1898) Filipino Revolutionaries  Spain Victory
Battle of Manila Bay (near Manila, Philippines May 1, 1898)
Contemporary colored print, showing USS Olympia in the left foreground, leading the U.S. Asiatic Squadron against the Spanish fleet off Cavite. A vignette portrait of Rear Admiral George Dewey is featured in the lower left.
 United States  Spain Victory
Mock Battle of Manila (Manila, Philippines August 13, 1898)
"Raising the American flag over Fort Santiago, Manila, on the evening of August 13, 1898." drawing from Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain.
 United States

Filipino Revolutionaries

 Spain Victory
Battle of Barrio Yoting (Pilar Capiz, Visayas - December 3, 1898)
Katipunan  Spain Victory
Siege of Baler (Baler, Aurora July 1, 1898 – June 2, 1899)
Filipino troops of Colonel Tecson in Baler, May 1899. Tecson is to the right of the cannon, Novicio to the left.
 República Filipina  Spain
 United States
Victory
  • Baler held beyond official cessation of hostilities and cession of Philippine Islands;
  • Failure of American relief efforts;
  • Negotiated armistice June 2, 1899
Philippine-American War
Philippine–American War
February 4, 1899-July 2, 1902
Moro Rebellion: 1899-1913
Filipino soldiers outside Manila in 1899.

Wounded American soldiers at Santa Mesa, Manila in 1899
1899-1902
 República Filipina

Limited Foreign Support:
 Empire of Japan

1902-1906
Tagalog Republic

1899-1913
 Sulu Sultanate

1899-1902
 United States

1902-1913
 United States

Defeat
Battle of Manila
(Manila, Philippines February 4-5, 1899)
U.S. soldiers of the First Nebraska volunteers, company B, near Manila in 1899.
 República Filipina  United States Defeat
  • Start of the Philippine-American War.
Battle of Caloocan
(Caloocan, Philippines February 10, 1899)
Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur observing the battle.
 República Filipina  United States Defeat
Second Battle of Caloocan
(Caloocan, Philippines February 22-24, 1899)
Filipinos attack the barracks of the 13th Minnesota Volunteers.
 República Filipina  United States Defeat
Battle of Balantang
(Balantang, Jaro, Iloilo, Philippines March 10, 1899)
 República Filipina  United States Victory
  • Filipino troops retaking Jaro from the Americans.
Capture of Malolos
(Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines March 31, 1899)
Filipino soldiers in Malolos
 República Filipina  United States Defeat
  • Capture of the capital.
Battle of Quingua
(Quingua - now Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines April 23, 1899)
Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua
 República Filipina  United States 1st Phase: Victory

2nd Phase: Defeat

  • Filipinos retreated to the North.
Battles of Bagbag and Pampanga Rivers
(Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines April 25–27 1899)
 República Filipina  United States Defeat
Battle of Tirad Pass[17]
(Tirad Pass, Ilocos Sur, Philippines December 2, 1899)
Gen.Gregorio del Pilar and his troops, around 1898.
 República Filipina  United States Strategic Victory
Tactical Defeat
  • Death of General Gregorio del Pilar
  • Fall of the defence line
  • Filipino forces successfully delay the American advance
Battle of Paye
(San Mateo, Manila (now Rizal), Philippines December 19, 1899)
Death of Major-General Henry Lawton during the battle.
 República Filipina  United States Initial Victory
  • Death of General Henry Ware Lawton
  • American's 29th Battalion successfully crossed the river at 11 am
  • Filipino forces retreated from San Mateo.
Battle of Pulang Lupa
(Marinduque, Philippines September 13, 1900)
 República Filipina  United States Victory
Battle of Mabitac
(Mabitac, Laguna, Philippines September 17, 1900)
 República Filipina  United States Victory
Siege of Catubig
(Catubig, Philippines April 15–19, 1900)
 República Filipina  United States Victory
  • Filipino guerillas force US from town after 4 days but at high cost
Battle of Makahambus Hill
(Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines June 4, 1900)
 República Filipina  United States Victory
Second World war
Japanese invasion of the Philippines
(1941-1942)
Japanese occupation of the Philippines
(1942-1944)
Allied liberation of the Philippines
(1944-1945)
Japanese Troops surrender to the 40th Infantry Division.
 United States
 Philippines
Hukbalahap (Co-belligerent)
 Japan
Defeat

Occupation

Victory

Battle of Bataan (January 7-April 9, 1942)
Battle of Corregidor (May 5–6, 1942)
 Philippines
 United States
 Japan Defeat
  • Fall of Bataan and Corregidor during the Japanese Invasion.
  • Surrender of Filipino-American forces to the Japanese.
Battle of Manila (February 3-March 3, 1945)
.
 Philippines
 United States
 Japan Allied victory
  • American troops and Filipino resistance liberate Santo Tomas Internment Camp, while the Filipino troops under the Commonwealth Army units are did not send and operated.
  • Liberated Malacanang Palace from the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division and the Filipino guerrillas, while the Filipino troops under the Commonwealth Army units are did not send and operated.
  • Sending of all 48,000 to 85,000 Filipino troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army from the General Headquarters and Military Camp Base in Central and Southern Luzon and become to combat operated for the liberating battles in Manila and aiding guerrillas and Americans was attacking invaded from the Japanese Imperial Marines and Army forces.
  • Fall of Old Spanish Walled City of Intramuros from the joint American and Filipino ground troops aiding resistance force.
  • End for the Battle for the Liberation of Manila was finally cleared, U.S. and Filipino troops liberated around the capital city from the Japanese.
Battle of Bessang Pass (June 14, 1945)  Philippines
 United States
 Japan Victory
  • Notable of First Filipino military victory during the liberation campaign
Cold War-era
Hukbalahap Rebellion
(1942-1954)
 Philippines
 United States
Hukbalahap Victory
  • Huk rebellion ends
Korean War
(1950-1953)
United Nations Command including forces from:
 South Korea
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Turkey
 Australia
 Ethiopia
 Philippines
 New Zealand
 Thailand
 Greece
 France
 Colombia
 Belgium
 South Africa
 Netherlands
 Luxembourg
 North Korea
 Soviet Union
 China
Armistice
Battle of Yultong (Yultong, South Korea 1951) UN Command:
 Philippines
  • 10th Bn Combat Team, PEFTOK
    • Dionisio S. Ojeda
 China Victory

US 3rd Infantry Division successfully withdraws

Vietnam War
(1964–1973)
Masscared villager in hong Nhi and Phong Nut village, Quang Nam Province
 South Vietnam
 United States
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Philippines
Kingdom of Laos
 Cambodia
 North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
Pathet Lao
 North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union
Allied Defeat

Paris Peace Accords lead to withdrawal of American forces from Indochina. Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

Contemporary-era
Moro insurgency
(March 29, 1969 – present)
Operation Enduring Freedom in the Philippines (January 15, 2002 – ongoing)
M101 howitzer was widely use as the artillery in the operation against the Moro insurgencies in Mindanao.
 Philippines

 United States (advisers)

Moro National Liberation Front (until 1996)
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 2014)
Abu Sayyaf
Other Islamist groups
Cessation of armed conflict between the Government and MNLF/MILF
  • Ongoing conflict between the Government and Jihadist groups — Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, and others
CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion (1969 - present)[18]  Philippines Communist Party of the Philippines

New People's Army
National Democratic Front

Indefinite Ceasefire declared
1990 Mindanao crisis
(October 4 – 6, 1990)
 Philippines Federal Republic of Mindanao Victory
  • Arrest of Col. Alexander Noble
  • Disestablishment of the Federal Republic of Mindanao
Capture of UN peacekeepers - Golan Heights, March 6 and May 7, 2013 by Syrian rebel forces

(part of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force)

UN peacekeeping forces - Philippine contingent Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade Filipino peacekeepers released after UN intervention.[19]
Zamboanga City crisis
(September 9–28, 2013)
The Zamboanga City Hall where the MNLF intended to hoist the Bangsamoro Republik flag.
 Philippines Bangsamoro Republik / Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Victory

See also

References

Notes
  1. It was integrated to the Spanish Empire through pacts and treaties (c.1569) by Miguel López de Legazpi and his grandson Juan de Salcedo. During the time of their hispanization, the principalities of the Confederation were already developed settlements with distinct social structure, culture, customs, and religion.
  2. Lucoes warriors aided the Burmese king in his invasion of Siam in 1547 AD. At the same time, Lusung warriors fought alongside the Siamese king and faced the same elephant army of the Burmese king in the defence of the Siamese capital at Ayuthaya.[13]
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  2. Scott, William Henry (1984). Prehispanic Source Materials. p. 74.
  3. Jobers Bersales (June 6, 2013). "Raiding China". Inquirer.net.
  4. Jovito Abellana, Aginid & Bayok sa Atong Tawarik 1952.
  5. Day, Tony & Reynolds, Craig J. (2000). "Cosmologies, Truth Regimes, and the State in Southeast Asia". Modern Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press. 34 (1): 1–55. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00003589. JSTOR 313111.
  6. History for Brunei Darussalam: Sharing our Past. Curriculum Development Department, Ministry of Education. 2009. p. 44. ISBN 978-99917-2-372-3.
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    • Scott, William Henry (1994). Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 971-550-135-4.
  9. del Mundo, Clodualdo (September 20, 1999). "Ako'y Si Ragam (I am Ragam)". Diwang Kayumanggi. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  10. Halili, Christine N. (2004). "The Natural Setting and its People". Philippine History (First ed.). Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store. pp. 52–53. ISBN 9712339343. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  11. "Iloilo History Part 1 - Research Center for Iloilo". Ilongo.weebly.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  12. Ibidem, p. 195.
  13. Pigafetta, Antonio (1969) [1524]. "First voyage round the world". Translated by J.A. Robertson. Manila: Filipiniana Book Guild. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. Gardner, Robert (1995-04-20). "Manila – A History". Philippine Journeys. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  15. Scott 1992, pp. 5053, notes 24 and 25 on pp. 6263.
  16. Jerry Keenan (2001), Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American wars, ABC-CLIO, p. 311, ISBN 978-1-57607-093-2
  17. "The Never Ending War in the Wounded Land: The New People's Army on Samar". University of Calgary. 12 November 2013.
  18. Pinoy peacekeepers will remain in Golan Heights
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