Manila: All Data
Manila is a city in Philippines. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Manila: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1259 AD
Capital of Maynila
1531 AD
Capital of Rajanate of Manila
1570 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Manila (1570)
1571 AD
Capital of Spanish East Indies
1574 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Manila (1574)
1762 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Spanish War (1762-63)
1762 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Manila, part of Anglo-Spanish War (1762-63)
1763 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Paris (1763)
1798 AD
Mentioned in: Raid on Manila, part of War of the Second Coalition
1798 AD
Mentioned in: Raid on Zamboanga, part of War of the Second Coalition
1898 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Manila (1898)
1898 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Phase (Philippine Revolution)
1898 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Manila (1898), part of Battle of Manila (1898)
1898 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Manila Bay, part of Pacific theatre (Spanish-American War)
1898 AD
Capital of First Philippine Republic
1899 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Manila (1899), part of Philippine-American War
1902 AD
Capital of Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
1935 AD
Capital of Commonwealth of the Philippines
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Japanese occupation of Luzon and surrounding islands
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Luzon
1945 AD
Mentioned in: Battle for the Liberation of Manila, part of World War II
1946 AD
Capital of Republic of the Philippines
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Manila, part of Republic of the Philippines