1900 in the Philippines

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1900 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1900.

Incumbents

Governor:
- Elwell Stephen Otis (until May 5)
- Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (starting May 5)

February 2 – The Daily Bulletin (now Manila Bulletin) is established as the second oldest existing English language newspaper.^[1]

April 7 – Resistance fighters led by Gen. Nicolas Capistrano^[2]^[3] launch a failed surprise attack against the U.S. troops,^[4] under Col. Edward Godwin,^[5] in Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao;^[4]^[2]^[3] 52^[4] to 90 Filipinos^[2]^[3] and four Americans are killed.^[4]
April 15–19 – Several Filipino nationalists attack an American garrison in Catubig, Samar; some 150 of them die while 12 of 31 volunteers in the burned barracks are later rescued.^[4]

May 14 – Five hundred revolutionaries^[4] under Capt. Vicente Roa attack^[2]^[3] U.S. Capt. Walter Elliot and 80 men^[4] at the hill of barrio Agusan, Cagayan de Misamis;^[4]^[2]^[3] ending with Roa and 34^[2]^[3] to 38 of his men killed, along with two Americans.^[4]

June 4 – Revolutionary forces under Col. Apolinar Velez launch an assault on Americans in Makahambus Hill in Cagayan de Misamis,^[4]^[2]^[3] with American company under Capt. Thomas Millar retreats;^[4] a Filipino and nine Americans are killed^[4] in the Americans' first loss in the Philippine–American War.^[3]
June 21 – Military governor Gen. MacArthur issues a proclamation providing amnesty to those who fought against the United States since the previous year, giving a 90-day period for them to swear an allegiance to the colonial government.^[6]

July 1 – Gen. Artemio Ricarte and his companion are arrested by the civil guards in Manila following reports of his planned insurgency. Ricarte would be deported to Guam the following year.^[6]

September 13 – Col. Maximo Abad and his 250 nationalists ambush Capt. Devereux Shields, who would later wounded, and 54 U.S. troops, in Marinduque. The latter surrenders with four casualties.^[4]
September 17 – Troops under Gen. Juan Cailles successfully resist an assault by Col. Benjamin Cheatham and his 300 men in Mabitac, with the deaths of 21 American soldiers.^[4]

December 12 – About a thousand Pulahan extremists attack the American contingent of Lt. Stephen Hayt and 38 constables during the latter's patrol through Cebu. A large number of attackers and all constables, except Hayt, are killed.^[4]

As a former colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic country, the following were considered holidays:

March 10 – Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, one of the three women who seamed together the Flag of the Philippines (b. 1879)

^ "Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation". PSE Edge. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Cagayan de Oro History From Beginning to 1950". cagayandeoro. undernet.org. 1999. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Montalvan, Antonio (January 16, 2002). "History of Cagayan de Oro (Second of two parts)". elizaga.net. Heritage Conservation Advocates. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o American Battles & Campaigns. London: Amber Books. 2016. ISBN 978-1-78274-341-5. Retrieved March 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
^ "History of Cagayan de Oro". About Cagayan de Oro. Archived from the original on 2017-02-09. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Facts about the Filipinos (volume 1, numbers 1–10). Boston, Massachusetts: Philippine Information Society. 1901. Retrieved April 8, 2024.