Still, the Spanish were quickly subdued ... the United States paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago. The outraged Filipinos, led by Aguinaldo, prepared for war.

Earlier, beginning in 1350, Islam had been spreading northward from Indonesia into the Philippine archipelago. By the time the Spanish arrived in the 16th century, Islam was firmly established on ...

TODAY is the 126th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris, ceding the Philippines by Spain to the United States, ...

It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms. The Philippines - a Spanish colony for more than three centuries, and named after a 16th Century Spanish king - was taken over by the US in the ...

Historia Mexicana, p. 1103. The Spanish Pacific designates the space Spain colonized or aspired to rule in Asia between 1521--with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan--and 1815--the end of the ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday received the original Murillo Velarde 1734 map, which has been vital in the ...