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Events in the Philippines Chapter 6 (Adelantado Alvaro de Mendana de Neira)

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"Asia - Philippines / Cebu city - Basilica of Santo Nino in Cebu by Rudi Roels, on Flickr"> Asia - Philippines / Cebu city - Basilica of Santo Nino in Cebu Basilica of Santo Nino in Cebu The Basilica of Santo Niño or Basilica del Santo Niño was originated last 16th century as a church in Cebu City in the Philippines where it was founded by an Augustinian Priest named, Andrés de Urdaneta on April 28, 1565 and this was also the day where Urdaneta voyage attained in the island. Last May 8 of the same year, when Urdaneta and his men planned the development of the city, they had already allocated a place for the church and the monastery of San Agustin, where the Santo Niño image had been found. This was the first church configuration that has built on earth. Friar Diego de Herrera has ordered a nipa and hard wood for it and this was built with a statue or sculpture portraying the Holy Child Jesus, and it was first founded by Spanish voyagers in 1565, and it was cons...

Events in the Philippines Chapter 4

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"Old House in Bulacan by Patti Mallari, on Flickr"> Of the administration of Doctor Sanctiago de Vera, and of the establishment of the Manila Audiencia, and until its suppression; and of events during his term. CHAPTER FOURTH The president and auditors arrived at the Filipinas in the month of May, in the year 1584, while Diego Ronquillo was governing. Doctor Sanctiago de Vera entered upon his office, and immediately established the Audiencia. The royal seal was received and deposited with all possible solemnity and festivity. Then they began to attend to the affairs both of justice and of war and government, to the great profit of the country. At this time new reenforcements were sent to Maluco for the conquests that the chief captain of Tidore intended to make of the island of Terrenate. Captain Pedro Sarmiento [33] went from Manila for this purpose, and on another occasion the captain and sargento-mayor, Juan de Moron; [34] but neither of these expeditions met ...