Timeline of Philippine history
Year Date Event
1521 March 16 Discovery of the Philippines : Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan lands on Homonhon with three small ships , named the Concepcion , Trinidad and Victoria . Magellan calls the place the Archipelago de San Lazaro since March 16 is the feast day of Saint Lazarus . He also lands on Samar island
1521 March 28 Magellan reaches the Philippines
1521 March 29 Blood Compact between Magellan and Rajah Kulambo of Limasawa
1521 March 31 The first mass on Philippine soil is celebrated
1521 April 7 Magellan lands on Cebu ; meets Rajah Humabon of Cebu and enters into another Blood Compact
1521 April 14 The first Mass in Cebu province is celebrated , with about 500 natives , including Rajah Humabon and his wife , baptized into the Catholic Church
1521 April 27 Magellan is killed by Lapu-Lapu in the battle of Mactan ; Spaniards defeated
1525 Spain sends an expedition under Juan Garcia Jofre de Loaysa to the Philippines . The Loaysa Expedition failed
1526 Spain sends another expedition under Juan Cabot to the Philippines . The Cabot Expedition also failed
1527 Spain sends a fourth expedition under Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón to the Philippines
1529 Saavedra 's expedition returns to Spain without Saavedra who died on the way home
16th century -- 1520s
This is a timeline of Philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Philippines and their predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of the Philippines. See also the list of Presidents of the Philippines.