First Philippine Republic

First Philippine Republic was a state in Borneo and the Philippines (Southeast Asia) that lasted from 1899 to 1901 CE, about 2 years. Its people spoke Austronesian languages (Malay, Javanese, Cham, Tagalog, Malagasy, Polynesian, Maori).

Emilio Aguinaldo's revolutionary government declared independence in 1898 and set up the Malolos Republic in 1899. It fell in the Philippine-American War, and Aguinaldo was captured in 1901.

See First Philippine Republic on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1899 to 1901 CE

Duration

2 years

Type

State

Region

Borneo and the Philippines, Southeast Asia

Language family

Austronesian

Capital

Malolos

Came from

• Spanish Philippines 1565 to 1898 CE

Became

• American Philippines 1898 to 1946 CE

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Sultanate of Sulu c. 1405 to 1915 CE
• Aceh Sultanate 1496 to 1903 CE
• Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) 1782 to 1932 CE
• Nguyen dynasty 1802 to 1945 CE
• British Burma 1826 to 1948 CE
• British Malaya 1874 to 1948 CE
• French Indochina 1887 to 1954 CE
• American Philippines 1898 to 1946 CE
• Shan States c. 1250 to 1959 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe

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