List of conflicts in the Philippines

This list of conflicts in the Philippines is a timeline of events that includes pre-colonial wars, Spanish–Moro conflict, Philippine revolts against Spain, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the Philippines' geographical area.

List Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Precolonial periodBattle of Maynila (1365)Majapahit–Luzon conflict MaynilaMajapahit Majapahit naval forcesInconclusive Unspecified and disputed battle according to the Nagarakretagama.Moro raid of Po-ni (1369)Sulu Sulu forcesMajapahit Empire Majapahit fleet Decisive Majapahit victory Po-ni was left weaker Majapahit succeeded in driving away the SuluTamil rebellion ()Sri LumaySri AlhoSri UkobChola Empire Forces from Sumatra Tamil victory Establishment of the Rajahnate of Cebu Successful escape of Sri Lumay Bruneian invasion of Palawan ()Bruneian expansion Natives of Palawan Tagbanwa Molbog Taww't Bato Aetas Mangyans Buhid tribes Bruneian EmpireSultanate of SuluBruneian–Sulu victory Southern and central Palawan were annexed by Brunei.Bruneian invasion of Mindoro () Ma-i Bruneian Empire Bruneian victory Fall of Ma-i The Islamization of Mindoro Island and coastal parts of Kumintang from the Buddhist Faith.Bruneian-Tundun War ()Tundun Bruneian EmpireBruneian victory Foundation of Kota Selurong (Maynila), a vassal state of Brunei.* Islamization of Tagalog people, especially in Tondo, from the Hindu–Buddhism faith.Battle of Malabang and Lanao del Sur ()Maguindanao expansion Sultanate of Maguindanao Sultan Mohammed Kabungsuwan Samal warriors LumadsMaguindanao victoryVisayan Coalition (1500 CE.)Confederation of Madja-as Madja-as forces Kedatuan of Visayas: Datu Padojinog (Iloilo) Datu Balengkaka (Aklan) Datu Kabnayag (Kalibo) Datu Lubay (San Joaquin) Visayan forcesMadja-as victory Failure to conquer the Visayan confederation. Escape of the hostaged Visayan villagers and slaves.Battle of Mactan (1521) Kedatuan of Mactan Datu Lapulapu Spanish Empire Ferdinand Magellan Rajahnate of Cebu Rajah Humabon Datu ZulaMactan victory Death of Ferdinand Magellan Departure of the Spanish expeditionBohol-Ternatean War (1563)Kingdom of Bohol Datu Pagbuaya Datu Sikatuna Datu Sigala Datu DailisanSultanate of Ternate Hairun Jamilu Portuguese mercenariesTernatean victory Death of Datu Dailisan 10,000 Bohol people flee to Dapitan. Spanish colonial periodSpanish Conquest of Luzon and the Visayas(1565-1571) Conquest of Madja-as Battle of Manila (1570) Battle of Bangkusay Siege of Cainta (August 1571)MaynilaNamayanTondoCaintaMadja-as Spanish Empire New Spain Fall of the Luzon and Visayan Kingdoms. Establishment of Spanish colonial territories in Luzon and islands of Visayas. Establishment of Spanish East Indies and Manila as its capitalBattle of Manila (1574) Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Juan de Salcedo Guido de Lavezaris Martín de Goiti Gaspar Ramírez GaloChinese piratesWokou Limahong SiocoSpanish victory Limahong retreated and abandoned his plans to invade Manila and instead settled in Pangasinan.1582 Cagayan battles Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Juan Pablo de Carrión Pedro Lucas Wokou Tay FusaGeneral Archive of the Indies, Philippines, file 6, bunch 2, number 59. Letter from Gonzalo Ronquillo, Governor of the Philippines to the Viceroy of Mexico, June 1, 1582Spanish victory Pirate activity became sparse Establishment of the city of Nueva Segovia (now Lal-lo)Battles of Playa Honda (1610-1624) Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Juan Ronquillo del Castillo Dutch Republic Joris van SpilbergenSpanish victoryBattles of La Naval de Manila (1646) Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Diego Fajardo Chacón Lorenzo Ugalde de Orellana Sebastián López Agustín de Cepeda Cristobal Marquéz de Valenzuela Francisco de Esteyvar Dutch Republic Cornelis van der Lijn Maarten Gerritsz Vries Antonio CambSpanish victoryBattle of Puerto de Cavite (1647) Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Dutch RepublicSpanish victorySpanish campaigns in Lanao (1637–1639 CE)Sultanates of Lanao Sultans of Lanao Datus of Lanao 6,000 Maranao warriors Spanish Empire Spanish Conquistadors Hurtado-de Curcuera Captain Francesco Atienza Captain Pedro Bermudez de Castr Pedro Fernandez del Rio 500 Visayan soldiers Failure of the conquest and Christianize the Maranao people.Battle of Manila (1762)(part of Seven Years' War) Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Spanish garrison of Manila British fleet East India Company William DraperSpanish defeat Manila and Cavite was occupied by the British until 1764 when a treaty concluded the war.Spanish Conquest of Mindanao Sulu Sultanate Maguindanao Sultanate Sultanates of Lanao Captaincy General of the Philippines Maguindanao is confined into the interior of Mindanao. Spain conquers portions of Mindanao and Jolo and imposes protectorate status over the Moros of Sulu. Spain failed to completely subjugate Moros. Philippine revolts against SpainDagami Revolt(1565)Rajahnate of Cebu Datu Dagami Rajah Tupas Spanish Conquistadors Miguel López de Legazpi Pedro de AranaCeasefire Treaty of Cebu (1565) Execution of Datu Dagami on 1567.Tondo Conspiracy(1587)TondoMaynilaBulacanPampangaPalawan Maginoos Agustin de Legazpi, Lakan of Tondo Martin Pangan, datu of Tondo Magat Salamat, datu of Tondo Pitonggatan, datu of Tondo Luis Amanicalao, datu of Tondo Calao, datu of Tondo Geronimo Bassi, datu of Tondo Gabriel Tuambacar, datu of Tondo Francisco Acta, datu of Tondo Amarlangagui, datu of Tondo Joan Banal, datu of Tondo Alonso Lea, datu of Tondo Esteban Taes, datu of Bulacan Pedro Balinguit, datu of Pandacan Agustín Manuguit, datu of Maysilo Felipe Salalila, datu of Maysilo Felipe Salonga, datu of Polo Felipe Amarlangagui, datu of Catangalan Omaghicon, datu of Navotas Juan Basi, datu of Taguig Daulat, datu of Castilla Luis Balaya, datu of Bañgos Dionisio Capolo (Kapulong), datu of Candaba Amaghicon, datu of Cuyo Dionisio Fernandez, Japanese Interpreter Supported by: Japanese Captain Juan Gayo Sultanate of Brunei Spanish Empire Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi Governor-General De Vera Spanish EncomenderosConspiracy failed The uprising failed when they were betrayed to the Spanish authorities by Spanish Encomendero Pedro Sarmiento that pretended cooperation but turned traitor and Antonio Surabao (Susabau), datu of Calamianes. The rebels were arrested, tried and found guilty of treason. Executed and their properties wholly or partly confiscated are Agustín de Legazpi, Martín Pangan, Dionisio Fernandez, Omaghicon, Gerónimo Bassi, Felipe Salalila, Esteban Taes, and Magát Salamat. Five leading members were exiled to Mexico: Pedro Balinguit, Pitonggatan, Felipe Salonga, Calao, and Agustín Manuguit. They were the very first natives of the Philippines to settle in New Spain (Mexico). Exiled from their respective villages and fined were Felipe Amarlangagui, Daulat, Juan Basi, Dionisio Capolon, Luis Balaya, Luis Amanicalao, and five other Tondo chiefs namely Francisco Acta, Gabriel Tuambacar, Calao, Amarlangagui, and Joan Banál. Alonso Lea was acquitted. Still to be sentenced was Amaghicon.Cagayan and Dingras Revolts Against the Tribute(1589)Ilocanos and Ibanag Spanish conquistadors Santiago de VeraCeasefire Rebels pardoned. The tax system was reformed.Magalat Revolt (1596)Datu Magalat of Cagayan People of Cagayan Valley Spanish and Filipino colonial troops Pedro de ChavesRevolutionary defeat Death of Datu MagalatIgorot Revolt (Cordillera 1601)Igorot clans and tribes Igorot people Bontoc Ibaloi Ifugao Ibilao Spanish conquistadors Francisco de Tello de Guzmán Captain Aranda Spanish colonial troops Pangasinan soldiers Kapampangan soldiersCeasefire The Spaniards were only able to gain nominal political and military control over them.Sangley Rebellion (1603)Sangleys Spanish EmpireSangley defeatCaquenga's Revolt (1607)Babaylan Caquenga Spanish EmpireRebellion failedBankaw revolt (1621-1622) Bankaw or Bancao, datu of Limasawa, Carigara, Abuyog, Sogod Babaylan Pagali Spanish Empire Governor-General Alonso Fajardo de Entenza Juan de Alcarazo, Alcalde mayor of Cebu Spanish and Filipino colonial soldiers in forty shipsRebels defeatedSumuroy Revolt (1649-1650)Agustin Sumuroy Don Juan Ponce Don Pedro Caamug David Dula y Goiti Spanish Empire Spanish and Filipino colonial troopsRevolutionary defeat Agustin Sumuroy was killed by his own men.Silang Revolt (1762–1763)Diego Silang Gabriela Silang Ilocanos Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines Spanish and Filipino colonial troopsSpanish victory Defeat of the Ilocanos. Gabriela Silang was executed by Spanish authorities in Vigan on September 10, 1763.Palmero Conspiracy (1828)Palmero brothers Spanish EmpireSpanish victory Conspiracy was discovered Main conspirators exiledCavite Mutiny (1872)Filipino mutineers Fernando La Madrid Spanish Empire Governor General Rafael Izquierdo Sgt. Ferdinand La MadridMutineer defeat Aftermath of the mutiny, all Filipino soldiers were disarmed and later sent into exile in Mindanao. Execution of Gomburza and other 44 mutineers. Philippine RevolutionPhilippine Revolution (1896-1898)1896-97 Sovereign Tagalog Nation Katipunan 1897 Republic of Biak-na-Bato 1898 Filipino Revolutionaries Supported by: Spanish Philippines Spanish Cuba Spanish Puerto Rico Peace treaty (1897) Signing of Pact of Biak-na-Bato. Victory (1898) Resumption of hostilities during Spanish–American War. Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government. Establishment of First Philippine Republic with Emilio Aguinaldo as the first President (1899) Official establishment of the Philippine Republican Army (1899) Outbreak of the Philippine–American War (1899).Cry of Pugad Lawin (August 23, 1896) Katipunan Andrés Bonifacio Guardia Civil Start of the Philippine Revolution Formation of an insurgent governmentBattle of Pasong Tamo (August 28–29, 1896) Katipunan Andrés Bonifacio Manuel Ros Filipino defeat Katipuneros retreat to Balara Major revolts and uprisings began in other ProvincesBattle of Manila (1896) (Manila, Philippines August 29, 1896) Katipunan Andrés Bonifacio Emilio Jacinto Aguedo del Rosario Vicente Fernandez Ramón Blanco Camilo de Polavieja Filipino defeatBattle of San Juan del Monte (August 30, 1896) Katipunan Andrés Bonifacio Emilio Jacinto Ramon Bernardo Ramón Blanco Camilo Rambaud Bernardo Echaluce Spanish victory Start of the revolution in LuzonBattle of Noveleta (August 30, 1896) Katipunan Magdiwang Santiago Alvarez Pascual Alvarez Guardia Civil Ramón Blanco Diego de los Ríos Filipino victoryBattle of San Francisco de Malabon (August 31, 1896) Katipunan Magdiwang Diego Mojica Artemio Ricarte Nicolas Portilla Guardia Civil Ramón Blanco Filipino victory Katipuneros capture San Francisco De MalabonKawit revolt (August 31, 1896) Katipunan Magdalo Emilio Aguinaldo Guardia Civil Ramón Blanco Filipino victoryBattle of Imus (Imus, Cavite September 1–3, 1896) Katipunan Magdalo Emilio Aguinaldo Baldomero Aguinaldo Candido Tirona Jose Tagle Guillermo Samoy Guardia Civil Ramón Blanco Ernesto de Aguirre Jose Togores Filipino victoryCry of Nueva Ecija (September 2–5, 1896) Katipunan Mariano Llanera Pantaleon Valmonte Manuel Tinio Guardia Civil Joaquin Machorro Lopez Arteaga Tactical Filipino victoryStrategic Spanish victory Start of the Philippine Revolution in Central LuzonBattles of Batangas (October 23, 1896) Katipunan Magdiwang Miguel Malvar Guardia Civil Ramón Blanco Tactical Spanish victoryBattle of San Mateo and Montalban (November 7, 1896) Katipunan Andrés Bonifacio Emilio Jacinto Mariano Gutierrez Luis Malinis Macario Sakay Guardia Civil Ramón Blanco Camilo de Polavieja Tactical Spanish victory Start of the revolution in MorongBattle of Binakayan–Dalahican (November 9–11, 1896) Katipunan Magdalo Magdiwang Matagumpay Emilio Aguinaldo Santiago Alvarez