1901 in the Philippines
1901 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1901
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Incumbents
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U.S. Military Government
- Governor: Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (until July), Adna Chaffee, Jr. (starting July)
Events
- March 2 – The Army Appropriation Act, also known as the Spooner Amendment, is passed by the US Senate.
- March 12 – The province of Tayabas is founded.
- March 23 – General Emilio Aguinaldo is captured by US authorities.
- April 1 – Aguinaldo takes an oath of allegiance to the US.
- June 17 – El Colegio de San Beda established.
- July 4
- Adna Chaffee appointed as the last US Military Governor (1901–1902).
- A civil government is established in the Philippines with William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor (1901–1904).
- July 18 – The US organizes the Philippine Constabulary.
- July 31 – Manila becomes a city through the enactment of United States Philippine Commission Act 183.
- August 28 – Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines
- September 27 – Guerillas, headed by the Filipino Captain Daza, attack the US military barracks in Balangiga, Samar
- September 28 – Balangiga massacre occurs
- October 20 – A U.S. Marine battalion arrives on Samar to conduct the March across Samar operation
- November 4 – The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Law
- December 14 – An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena, Tayabas (now Quezon province when re-established in 1946).
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