Captaincy General of the Philippines
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Spanish: Capitanía General de las Filipinas Filipino: Kapitanyang Heneral ng Pilipinas |
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| Colony of the Spanish Empire | ||||||||||||
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| Capital | Manila | |||||||||||
| Languages | Spanish, Philippine languages and Micronesian languages | |||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||
| King | ||||||||||||
| • | 1565–1598 | Philip II | ||||||||||
| • | 1886–1898 | Alfonso XIII | ||||||||||
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| • | 1493–1500 | Miguel López de Legazpi | ||||||||||
| • | 1898 | Diego de los Ríos | ||||||||||
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| • | European settlement | April 27, 1565 | ||||||||||
| • | U.S. annexation | December 10, 1898 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Real de a ocho, Peso fuerte | |||||||||||
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The Captaincy General of the Philippines (Spanish: Capitanía General de las Filipinas; Filipino: Kapitanyang Heneral ng Pilipinas) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire. The Captaincy General encompassed the Spanish East Indies, which included the Philippine Islands and the Caroline Islands. It was founded in 1565 with the first permanent Spanish settlements.
For centuries all the political and economic aspects of the Captaincy were administered in Mexico City by the Viceroyalty of New Spain, while the administrative issues had to be consulted with the Spanish Crown or the Council of the Indies through the Royal Audience of Manila. However, in 1821, following the independence of Mexico, all control was transferred to Madrid.
After a long tolling voyage across the Pacific Ocean, Ferdinand Magellan reached the island of Guam on March 6, 1521 and anchored the three ships that were left of his fleet in Umatac Bay, before proceeding to the Philippines, where he met his death during the Battle of Mactan. Antonio Pigafetta, the expedition's chronicler and one of only 18 original crew members to survive Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, recorded all details of the voyage.
Miguel López de Legazpi, arrived in Umatac in 1565 and claimed the island of Guam for Spain, before proceeding to the Philippines, where in a short period of time they successfully incorporated to Spain's Empire Cebu, Samar, Mazaua, Leyte, and Bohol, before conquering Manila.
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