1901 in the Philippines

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See also:	List of years in the Philippines

1901 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1901

Events

• March 2 - The Army Appropriation Act, also known as the Spooner Amendment, is passed by the US Senate.

• March 23 - General Emilio Aguinaldo is captured by US authorities.

• April 1 - Aguinaldo takes an oath of allegiance to the US.

• June 17 - El Colegio de San Beda established

• July 4 - Adna Chaffee appointed as the last US Military Governor (1901–1902)

• July 4 - A civil government is established in the Philippines with William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor (1901–1904)

• July 18 - The US organizes the Philippine Constabulary

• August 28 - Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines

• September 27 - Guerillas, headed by the Filipino Captain Daza, attack the US military barracks in Balangiga, Samar

• September 28 - Balangiga massacre occurs

• October 20 - A U.S. Marine battalion arrives on Samar to conduct the March across Samar operation

• November 4 - The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Law

• December 14 - An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City.

Unknown date

• September 1901 - The first Filipino members of the second Philippine Commission are appointed

Death