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PH to Host International Conference on the First Circumnavigation of the World
25 August 2021The National Quincentennial Committee is pleased to announce that between 20 October and 17 December 2021, the country will host the Philippine Inte…
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Inspiration Behind the Quincentennial Motif
19 August 2021You have probably noticed this motif we have in our collaterals and designs across the country and Philippine embassies and consulates abroad. We call…
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Muzones: Champion of Pre-Colonial Imagination
17 August 2021He taught the Filipino people that there is wealth in our history, especially the pre-colonial one, and wisdom in our vernaculars and indigenous geniu…
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August 8 is ASEAN Day
8 August 2021Boxer Codex is a late 16th-century manuscript in Spanish about the customs and ways of life of various peoples in the present-day Southeast and East A…
4 August 2021
2021 is the Year of Filipino...
By virtue of Proclamation No. 1128, s. 2021, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared the year 2021 as the Year...
4 August 2021
Legarda, NHCP Launch New Online Program
The Office of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines launched Kasaysayang Lokal (KASALO)...
3 August 2021
Philippine History for Free
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) vowed to upload online its rare Filipiniana collection, including its rich...
1 August 2021
NQC Mourns the Passing John Alan...
The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) joins the academics in the discipline of History in mourning the demise of Philippine...
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The Historical Sins of Carlos Quirino
Much of the myth and misinformation about Enrique can be laid at the door of eminent historian Carlos Quirino,...
Gold of Our Ancestors
On 29 March 1521, Ferdinand Magellan, the captain-general of the Armada de Maluco, was surprised by the gold in...
Muslim History and the Quincentennial
After the Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, the remaining crew of the Magellan-Elcano expedition had a realization:...
Victory and Humanity
2021 National Heritage Month, History Month, and National Heroes Day have something in common–they all bear the words “Victory...
