1900 in the Philippines

Incumbents

First Philippine Republic

• President: Emilio Aguinaldo

  U.S. Military Government

• Governor: Elwell Stephen Otis, Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

  Events

• February 2 – The Manila Bulletin established as the second oldest existing English language newspaper.
• April 7 – The Battle of Cagayan de Misamis was fought between the Filipino troops under General Nicolas Capistrano and American troops under Colonel Edward Godwin.
• May 14 – Captain Walter B. Elliott with 80 men proceeded to begin the Battle of Agusan Hill against about 500 guerillas who were entrenched on a hill with 200 rifles and shotguns.
• June 4 – Filipino troops under Colonel Apolinar Velez won a decisive victory against 100 American troops at the Battle of Makahambus Hill.

  Births

• November 11 - Narciso Ramos, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs

  Deaths

• March 10 - Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, one of the three women who seamed together the Flag of the Philippines