Major conflict1565 – 1571 · 6 years

Spanish colonization of the Philippines

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Cebu · Manila · Visayas

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Legazpi's expedition seized Cebu and Manila, founding Spanish rule.

Belligerents3

Spanish Empire
Manila
various datus

ON THE MAPSpanish Empire (Americas)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Spanish colonization of the Philippines (1565 – 1571). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/spanish-colonization-of-the-philippines · Sources & methodology