Timeline of Philippine history
Year Date Event
1860 The country 's first Masonic lodge is founded in Cavite
1860 January 12 Ramón María Solano y Llanderal appointed Governor-General ( 1860 )
1860 August 29 Juan Herrera Davila appointed Governor-General ( 1860-1861 )
1861 February 2 José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y González appointed Governor-General ( 1861-1862 )
1861 June 19 Birth of Jose Rizal , one of the country ' national heroes
1861 Escuela de Artes Y Oficios de Bacolor established as Asia 's oldest vocational school
1862 El Pasig is published , a bilingual fortnightly paper , one of the first native newspapers
1862 July 7 Salvador Valdés appointed Governor-General ( 1862 )
1862 July 9 Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham appointed Governor-General ( 1862-1865 )
1863 June 3 An earthquake leaves Manila in ruins
1863 November 30 Andres Bonifacio , founder of the Katipunan , was born
1864 July 23 Apolinario Mabini , the Brains of the Revolution , was born
1865 University of Santo Tomas made the center for public instruction throughout the Philippines by royal decree of Queen Isabella II of Spain
1865 Observatorio Meteorológico del Ateneo Municipal de Manila ( Manila Observatory ) established by the Jesuits
1865 March 24 Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General ( 1862-1865 )
1865 April 25 Juan de Lara e Irigoyen appointed Governor-General ( 1862-1865 )
1866 July 13 José Laureano de Sanz y Posse appointed Governor-General ( 1866 )
1866 September 21 Juan Antonio Osorio appointed Governor-General ( 1866 )
1866 September 27 Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez appointed Governor-General ( 1866 )
1866 October 26 José de la Gándara y Navarro appointed Governor-General ( 1866-1869 )
19th century -- 1860s
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.