Events Tagged: "Magellan"

Ferdinand Magellan arrives in the Philippines, landing at Homonhon Island and later at Cebu - first documented European contact with the Philippines

Ferdinand Magellan killed in the Battle of Mactan by Lapu-Lapu's warriors, who resisted Spanish colonization

Magellan expedition's cloves pay for entire voyage - 26 tons of cloves from one surviving ship covers all costs plus profit