Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
OCTOBER 28, 1701
Simon de Anda y Salazar (October 28, 1701 – October 30, 1776), the Spanish governor of the Philippines from 1770 to 1776, was born in Subijana de Alava, Basque Country, Spain.
An Oidor of the Royal Audience of Manila, he was appointed as Lt. Governor by Archbishop Manuel Rojo, the acting Governor and Capitan-General and the Audiencia during the 1762 British occupation of Manila.
After Rojo was captured, the Audencia ceded the islands to the invaders. Anda set up a new base in Bacolor, Pampanga and organized a resistance movement against the British.
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