Events Tagged: "USA"

10 events with tag "USA"

1880 ID: 1026
Second US foot-and-mouth outbreak
ID: 1026
1884 ID: 1059
Third US foot-and-mouth outbreak
ID: 1059
1897 ID: 1136
After summer 1897, severe smallpox entirely disappeared from United States
ID: 1136
1898 ID: 5630
December 10, 1898
Treaty of Paris signed - Spain cedes the Philippines to the United States for $20 million after the Spanish-American War
ID: 5630
New York
Philippines
Spain
1899 ID: 5631
February 4, 1899
Philippine-American War begins as Filipino forces resist American colonization following independence declaration
ID: 5631
New York
Philippines
Manila
1901 ID: 5632
March 23, 1901
Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine Republic, captured by American forces, effectively ending organized Filipino resistance
ID: 5632
New York
Philippines
1942 ID: 5633
April 9, 1942
Fall of Bataan - largest surrender in American and Filipino military history, followed by the Bataan Death March
ID: 5633
New York
Philippines
Bataan
Japan
1942 ID: 5634
May 6, 1942
Fall of Corregidor - Japanese forces capture the island fortress, completing conquest of the Philippines
ID: 5634
Philippines
Manila
Corregidor
Japan
1944 ID: 5635
October 1944
General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines at Leyte, fulfilling his promise 'I shall return'
ID: 5635
New York
Philippines
Japan
1946 ID: 5636
July 4, 1946
The Philippines gains full independence from the United States, becoming the Republic of the Philippines
ID: 5636
New York
Philippines
Manila