LT 2 HISTO DATES FLASHCARDS

1896

Revolt of the masses led by Bonifacio

1906

Banaag at Sikat published

January 1906

Roosevelt’s letter to Wood

1907

Busabos ng Palad published

January 1907

Roosevelt’s letter to Root

June 1907

Roosevelt writes to Gen. Wood directing him to hold the PH in case of a Japanese attack

1911

Nangalunod sa Katihan published

1922

Confederacion de Aparceros y Obreros Agricolas de Filipinas

1924

Katipunang Pambansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Pilipinas

1928

representatives of PH Labor Congress went to communist

1929

stock market crashed; Great Depression

1930

Partido Communista

1932

Japan occupied Manchuria

September 18, 1931

Mukden Incident

1932

Supreme Court declared Communist Party an illegal association

January 30, 1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

March 1933

Japan leaves League of Nations

March 24, 1934

Roosevelt signs Tydings

May 1, 1934

Philippine Senate approves Tydings

November 15, 1935

Commonwealth inauguration

December 21, 1935

National Defense Act

1936

Ang Huling Timawa published

October 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome

November 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti

July 7, 1937

start of 2nd Sino

May 1939

Anti

September 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland; start of WWII

April 1941

Quezon creates the Civilian Emergency Administration (CEA)

May 10

June 22, 1940

July 5, 1940

Export Control Act of 1940

July 10, 1940

Practice Blackout; Battle of Britain

September 27, 1940

Tripartite Pact

August 1, 1941

U.S. places ban on oil exports on “aggressor countries” and Japan

July 24, 1941

Japanese troops invade southern French Indochina

July 26, 1941

Lt. Gen. Douglas MacArthur is designated by Pres. Roosevelt to be commander of the USAFFE; United States freezes Japanese assets; PH reserve & regular forces merged with the U.S. Army

July 27, 1941

USAFFE was created

August 14, 1941

Atlantic Charter

September 6, 1941

Sugiyama, Tojo, and Nagano concluded in the 2nd Imperial Conference that they are seriously waging war

November 3, 1941

Nagano would show the plan for Pearl Harbor so that Japan would finally have a plan of attack

November 5, 1941

Imperial Conference

November 6, 1941

Japanese Southern Army organized

November 10, 1941

Quezon and Osmeña are re

November 20, 1941

Japan offered to withdraw its forces from Southern Indo

November 26, 1941

Hull Note

November 27, 1941

bogeys have been appearing since this date; Japan issued a war warning to MacArthur

November 30, 1941

Quezon prepared to address the U.P. Corps of Cadets

December 5, 1941

Quezon authorized the Emergency Control Administrator to commandeer basic needs

December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor bombing while Nomura was presenting his government’s peace proposal to Sec. of State Cordell Hull

December 8, 1941

Day of Infamy speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt; Japan strikes Philippines (Clark Field); 1st Japanese landing on Batan Island, Bataness

December 9, 1941

Japanese planes began operating from Batan airfield & moved to Luzon after

December 10, 1941

Japanese planes raided U.S. navy base in Cavite; Asiatic Fleet forced to withdraw; submarines remained in PH waters to attack Japanese convoys

December 11, 1941

Quezon called special session with the national assembly; Germany declared war on U.S. & Italy followed (12 MN)

December 12, 1941

Japanese planes raided Olongapo; other Japanese forces landed at Legazpi

December 13, 1941

almost all airfield in Central Luzon were hit again

December 15, 1941

special meeting with national assembly to approve bill declaring a state of total emergency; Quezon got additional powers

December 17, 1941

SS Corregidor sank

December 18, 1941

Quezon urged Filipinos to prepare for the difficulties ahead; Quezon & his daughters visited PH General Hospital & toured Manila

December 20, 1941

Japanese took down Tuguegarao, Laoag, Naga, Davao; major Japanese landings; Visayas began to suffer from air raids

December 22, 1941

The Japanese landed in Lingayen Gulf and in other parts of Luzon

December 23, 1941

WPO

December 24, 1941

Quezon, Osmeña, and MacArthur left Manila for Corregidor; Vargas became representative of the Commonwealth government

December 26, 1941

MacArthur declares Manila as an open city; ordered Laurel & Vargas to stay behind

December 28, 1941

Roosevelt reassuring Filipinos they’ll get American help

December 29, 1941

Roosevelt’s promise that the PH would redeem their freedom

December 30, 1941

Quezon took his oath of office as President of the Commonwealth

January 1, 1942

Declaration by United Nations; Calumpit bridge blown up

January 2, 1942

The Japanese entered Manila with no resistance

January 3, 1942

Homma issued a proclamation ending the sovereignty of the U.S. over the PH

January 6, 1942

ordinary food ration was halved

January 21, 1942

Premier Hideki Tojo’s address before the Japanese Imperial Diet

January 22, 1942

Japanese flanked the Abucay line

January 23, 1942

Homma issued an order toVargas making him Chairman of the Executive Commission

January 28, 1942

same promise delivered by Tojo when he addressed the House of Peers

January 29, 1942

Council of State created as an advisory body

early February 1942

Meeting of peasant leaders

February 8, 1942

Gen. Homma withdrew from Bataan

February 17, 1942

Military Order No. 2

February 18, 1942

Quezon picked up by submarine Swordfish & left for Australia

February 21 & 22, 1942

Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave Corregidor

March 10, 1942

MacArthur leaves Corregidor by PT Bot bound for Mindanao

March 11, 1942

Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave for Australia; Wainwright succeeded MacArthur as commander of the USAFFE

March 20, 1942

Wainwright assumed command to USFIP

March 26, 1942

2 American bombers took Quezon & his party to Australia

March 29, 1942

peasant leaders met

March 31, 1942

Department of Education, Health & Public Welfare authorized re

end of March

Homma gets his reinforcements, prepared to fight for 1 month

April 3, 1942

start of the Japanese final offensive

April 5, 1942

capture of Mt. Samat

April 7, 1942

resistance began to crumble

April 8, 1942

conditions worsened; Bataan defense forces were disintegrating

April 9, 1942

Fall of Bataan; General King surrendered

April 19, 1942

party left for the U.S. on board the ship President Coolidge; Quezon addressed the Senate & House of Representatives in the U.S.; Government of Commonwealth was now in Washington as an exile

May 6, 1942

Fall of Corregidor; Gen. Wainwright addressed to Homma through “Voice of Freedom” offering to surrender

June 9, 1942

General Wainwright’s command ceased to exist

July 1942

Filipino POW’s released from Camp O’Donnell

September 1942

guerilla units formed during and after the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor operations

September 19, 1942

Cushing’s underground activities came to an end

December 30, 1942

KALIBAPI

January 30, 1943

vargas pledged support of the Filipinos in the attainment of independence (Grand Comedy)

February 8, 1943

rigged demonstration of gratitude to Japan for the promise of early independence in Manila