Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
OCTOBER 21, 1568
Cannons of the Portuguese fleet were fired at Cebu’s Spanish settlement after the negotiation between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Captain-General Gonzalo Pereira, the commander of the Portuguese Armada failed.
The Portuguese earlier insisted by virtue of the Treaty of Tordesillas that the Philippines belonged to them.
The ports in Cebu were blocked, preventing the entry of food and weapon supplies to the Spanish settlement.
In the following days, guns and cannons were fired at barangays Gabi, Cotcot, Liloan, Danao and Mandaue, killing the inhabitants.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
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