List of wars involving the Philippines

This is a list of wars involving the Philippines.[1]

Before the Western contact, the Philippine archipelago had its own rulers and kingdoms, which were Malayan, Sinified , Indianized or Islamic.

List

conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Proto-history
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
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[4]
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 (cheifdom 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.)
the Timagua were the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines.
 Singhapala (Cebu) Chola dynasty Establishment of the Rajahnate of Cebu[5]
Battle of Manila (1365) Majapahit-Luzon conflict Kingdom of Tondo Majapahit
  • Majapahit Naval forces
 Decisive victory
Unspecified and disputed battle

[6] 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 [7]
Moro raid - Expansion of Bruneian Empire (Ca. 1477 CE.)
Moro Pirates.
 Clans and tribes in Palawan Bruneian Empire
    • Forces from Brunei

Sultanate of Sulu

 The Island of Palawan and Mindoro was annexed by the Brunei.[8]
Brunei invasion of Tondo (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
(Late) Classical Period
Expeditions (ca. 1440 CE.)
A Karakowa ancient Battleship with Lantaka Cannons.
 Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Padojinog
 Sultanate of Sulu[8] Madja-as victory[11]
  • withdrawal of Sultanates forces
Expeditions (ca. 1450 CE.) Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Padojinog
 Sultanate of Maguindanao Madja-as victory[11]
Expeditions (ca. 1457 CE.) Confederation of Madja-as
  • Datu Padojinog
 Chinese pirates Madja-as victory[11]
  • Withdrawal of Pirate forces.
Coalition (1500 CE.)
A Visayan Royal couple.
[12]		 Confederation of Madja-as
Kedatuan of Visayas: 		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,slayed 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

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.[13]
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 Philippines Spanish Empire Maguindanao become part of the Spanish East indies
Philippine Revolution
Battle of Imus (Imus Cavite September 1–3, 1896)
  First Philippine Republic Philippines Spanish Empire Victory
  • death of General Ernesto de Aguirre
Battle of Alapan (ImusCavite - 1898)  First Philippine Republic Philippines Spanish Empire Victory
Battle of Barrio Yoting (Pilar Capiz, Visayas - December 3, 1898)
the Katipuneros.
 Katipunan Philippines Spanish Empire victory
Battle of Zapote Bridge (February 17, 1897)
The Zapote Bridge (1899) two years after the battle. .
 Katipunan Philippines Spanish Empire Filipino victory
Philippine War of Independence
(1895-1896)
Regular soldiers of the Philippine army stand at attention for the inspection.
  First Philippine Republic
 Sulu Sultanate		 Philippines Spanish Colonial Government Signing of Pact of Biak-na-Bato. (1895)
Establishment of First Philippine Republic with Emilio Aguinaldo as the first President


Official establishment of the Philippine Revolutionary Army (1898)

First Republic-Commonwealth Periods
Siege of Baler (Baler, Aurora July 1, 1898 – June 2, 1899)  First Philippine Republic Philippines Spanish Empire
 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
Battle of Balantang
(Balantang, Jaro, Iloilo March 10, 1899)		  First Philippine Republic  United States Filipino Victory
  • Filipino troops retaking Jaro from the Americans.
Battle of Paye
(December 19, 1899)		  First Philippine Republic  United States Initial Filipino Victory
Battle of Pulang Lupa
(1900)
  First Philippine Republic  United States Filipino Victory
Battle of Mabitac
(1900)
Gen.Juan Cailles.
  First Philippine Republic  United States Filipino Victory
Siege of Catubig
April 15–April 19, 1900
  First Philippine Republic  United States Filipino guerillas force US from town after 4 days but at high cost
Battle of Makahambus Hill
June 4, 1900		  First Philippine Republic  United States Filipino victory
Battle of Tirad Pass[15]
(December 2, 1899)
Gen.Gregorio del Pilar and his troops, around 1898.
  First Philippine Republic  United States Defeat
  • Fall of the defence line
  • death of General Gregorio del Pilar
Philippine–American War
1900-1901		  First Philippine Republic
 Sulu Sultanate		  United States Fall of the First Republic
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.
  Philippine Commonwealth
 United States

Hukbalahap (Co-belligerent)

  Empire of Japan
 Second Philippine Republic		 Defeat
  • Fall of Bataan and Corregidor.
  • Around the Japanese Invasion.
  • Surrender of Filipino-American forces from the Japanese.

Retreat

  • Ongoing Commonwealth Military and Guerrilla war against Japanese occupation forces

Victory

  • Japanese forces on Philippines surrender by the Allied forces
Battle of Bataan (January 7-April 9, 1942)
Battle of Corregidor (May 5–6, 1942) 		 Philippine Commonwealth
 United States		  Empire of 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)
A Sherman tank at the ruins of the Fort Santiago gate in Intramuros, February 28, 1945.
.		  Philippine Commonwealth
 United States		  Empire of 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)  Philippine Commonwealth
 United States		  Empire of Japan Victory
  • Notable of First Filipino military victory during the liberation campaign
Cold War era
Hukbalahap Rebellion
(1942-1954)		  Philippines
 United States		 Hukbalahap Philippine government 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		 Korean Armistice Agreement leading to division of the Korean peninsula with the establishment of separate North Korea and South Korea nations and the Korean Demilitarized Zone between countries.
Battle of Yultong (Yultong, South Korea 1951) United Nations United Nations Command
Philippines 10th Bn Combat Team Philippine Expeditionary Forces
    • Dionisio S. Ojeda
 China 44th Division PVA (under Xiang Shouzhi) US 3rd Infantry Division successfully withdraws
Vietnam war
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
Laos Pathet Lao
 North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union		 Paris Peace Accords lead to withdrawal of American forces from Indochina. Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
Civil War (Martial law era - Fifth Republic)
Moro insurgency
(March 29, 1969 – ongoing)
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
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 2014)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Sayyaf
Other Moro Islamist groups		 Ongoing
CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion (1970s-present)[16]  Philippines Communist Party of the Philippines

New People's Army
National Democratic Front

 Ongoing
Fifth Republic
1990 Mindanao crisis
(October 4 – 6, 1990)		  Philippines Federal Republic of Mindanao Philippine government 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)

PhilippinesUnited Nations UN peacekeeping forces - Philippine contingent Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade Filipino peacekeepers released after UN intervention.[17]
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) Philippine government victory

Gallery

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Grace Estela C. Mateo. "The Philippines : A Story of a Nation" (PDF). Scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  2. 1 2 Scott, William Henry (1984). Prehispanic Source Materials. p. 74.
  3. ↑ Jobers Bersales (June 6, 2013), Raiding China, Inquirer.net
  4. ↑ Jobers Bersales, Raiding China at Inquirer.net
  5. ↑ Jovito Abellana, Aginid, Bayok sa Atong Tawarik, 1952
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ History for Brunei 2009, p. 44
  8. 1 2 "Historical Timeline Of The Royal Sultanate Of Sulu Including Related Events Of Neighboring Peoplesby Josiah C". Seasite.niu.edu. 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  9. ↑
    • Scott, William Henry (1994). Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 971-550-135-4.
  10. ↑ del Mundo, Clodualdo (September 20, 1999). "Ako'y Si Ragam (I am Ragam)". Diwang Kayumanggi. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  11. 1 2 3 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.
  12. ↑ "Iloilo History Part 1 - Research Center for Iloilo". Ilongo.weebly.com. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  13. 1 2 Gardner, Robert (1995-04-20). "Manila – A History". Philippine Journeys. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  14. ↑ Scott 1992, pp. 50–53, notes 24 and 25 on pp. 62–63.
  15. ↑ Jerry Keenan (2001), Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American wars, ABC-CLIO, p. 311, ISBN 978-1-57607-093-2
  16. ↑ "The Never Ending War in the Wounded Land: The New People’s Army on Samar". University of Calgary. 12 November 2013.
  17. ↑ Pinoy peacekeepers will remain in Golan Heights
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