philippines

From what I researched Raden Wijaya took a Princess from Luzon as his first wife who he married while he was trying to take over Singhasari to establish Majapahit only to abandon her and erase her from history and her children would go on and sire noble clans in that island and her lands would...

Despite kickstarting the age of exploration with their Aztec gold and controlling the 4th largest empire in history at its height (then the largest by a huge margin), Spain didn't have much of an Asian empire. The Philippines were good for what they were, plantations and a stop on the way to...

On 1660, the population of the Hindus in Saludong would turn for the better which would change the fate of the colony of the Spanish in Saludong or the Spanish Nueva Castilla, on the 1660s the Hindus would take advantage of the strife and take a few lands from the Christians in the Northern half...

On the latter part of May 1898, Makabulos would ally with Luna and would reject Aguinaldo on June 1898 imprisoning Aguinaldo after his arrival as a traitor, the new government, reestablishing the Tagalog republic which was betrayed by Aguinaldo last year would give the Americans a different...

The Tondo Conspiracy was a revolt planned by Tagalog maharlikas, led by Don Agustin de Legazpi of Tondo and his cousin Martin Pangan, to overthrow the Spanish in the Philippine. It ranged from provinces near Manila all the way to the Calmaianes Islands. It sought out help from a Japanese...

War of Independence In July 1 of 1823, Captain Novales, Lieutenant Ruiz and Sergeant Mateo, 30 sergeants and 1000 soldiers mostly of Mexican or South American origins, declared Novales as Emperor of the Philippines. As Novales marched his men through Manila’s Camino Real, they were all...

If Gustav Overbeck had established a colony in North Borneo with German instead of British support, would the German Empire have acted differently in the Spanish-American-War in regards to the Philippines? Would they be interested in aquiring the Philippines. And would the Concession in Qingdao...

“Madrid Protocol “The Madrid Protocol of 1885 is an agreement between Great Britain, Germany and Spain to recognise the sovereignty of Spain over the Sulu Archipelago and North Borneo as well as the limit of Spanish influence in the region as well as of the fate of Luzon. The British...

Whether its reinforcing the PI early in the war, deploying more B-17s, or at least more USN submarines in the region, How will these prevent the Japanese conquest of the Philippines?

Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was a former Philippine senator and one of the more famous opponents of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. In 1983, after three years in exile, Aquino returned to his home country only to be assassinated mere seconds after setting foot in his homeland's soil. His...

Inspired by this https://lifesomundane.net/2016/05/tagalog.html “That Prince is impressive, I heard that he liberated the northern half of the island already, he is a muslim who was allied with the Wako or pirates in Japan, he would need to contend with my troops.” “He is related to the...

Here is the situation in the scenario I am talking about 1517, the Portuguese-Majapahit alliance wins at Daha with Demak defeated. 1520 The Portuguese-Majapahit alliance expels the Bruneians in Selurong[1], a Majapahit Mandala in the North of Borneo. 1521 Magellan lands in Cebu 1522 Portugal...

This is an expanded version of this https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/british-luzon-tl-1885.488180/ Chapter 1 Freepedia Madrid Treaty On the Treaty Spanish Government renounces, as far as regards the British Government, all claims of sovereignty over the Island of Luzon...

Freepedia The Treaty was signed as the Spanish had been considering selling the whole archipelago for a century since the 7 years war, but the Spanish would now decide that ceding a rebellious part of their colony would be worth it in exchange for something that is more profitable. However...

IOTL Spain did not yield to Britain’s demands to give up its claims to Sabah but instead gave up Luzon to Britain which costed 1 million pounds which was a bargain and Spain would gain rights to Sabah and an alliance with Britain, the consequence of this was Britain allying with Spain and later...

Dois Países – a Tale of the Two countries Sold lands? On the late 15th century the Bruneian fleet embarking to Tondo would sink to the bottom of the oceans never to be found again, that was to the land which is a Mandala of Majapahit and is loyal to the Majapahit, after the death of Bolkiah...

The immediate aftermath of Spanish-American War saw the US at a crossroads in terms of which colony it desired to take over the most. As well all know, it would be Cuba that was selected over the Philippines by virtue of being closer and therefore easy to control. But what if the Philippines...

Terraces and Pagodas Neo – A Philippines Timeline Escape of Kaylangitan On the later part of the 15th century, the Pinatubo Volcano would erupt and the chieftain of Tondo would be defeated in battle by the Sultan of Brunei, the daughter of the chieftain of Tondo would be offered to marry the...

The Eagle and The Phoenix: A Less than Splendid Little War Introduction. (You can skip this if you want to get to the war) The Lead Up to the War Note: I plan to expand this to cover the Cuban revolution in more detail and edit it as needed. The war itself is often regarded to have begun...

I was thinking about how the Philippines is the only Christian-majority nation in Asia. As well as how it contrasts to the number of Christian-majority nations in Africa today. With that in mind, what would it take for another Asian country to get a majority Christian population?