Timeline of Spanish–American War

Timeline of Spanish–American War

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May

* May 1 - First battle of the Spanish-American War: Admiral George Dewey destroys the Spanish fleet at Battle of Manila Bay.

* May 19 - Emilio Aguinaldo returns to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong where he had been since the failure of the Katipunan revolt of 1892-1896.

June

* June 12 - Having defeated most of the Spanish forces on land and having surrounded Manila, General Aguinaldo signs the Philippine Declaration of Independence and becomes first president of the Philippines.

* June 15 - Anti-imperialist league formed to fight U.S. annexation of the Philippines and other insular areas, citing a variety of legal, economic, moral and racist reasons.

* June 20-21 - U.S. takes possession of Guam from Spain

July

* July 3 - Battle of Santiago de Cuba; U.S. destruction of Spanish Pascual Cervera y Topete's fleet

* July 4 - U.S. takes possession of Wake Island from Spain

* July 16 - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba falls to U.S.

* July 25 - U.S. takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain

* July 25 - August 13 - Last battle of Spanish-American War: U.S. and Philippine troops defeat Spanish troops in Battle of Manila

August

* August 12 - Armistice ends Spanish-American War

* August 14 - U.S. sends 10,000 troops to occupy the Philippines

eptember

* - Philippine assembly ratifies Malolos constitution, establishing Philippine Republic as an independent state

October

* October 1 - Paris Peace Conference begins - U.S. President William McKinley instructs William Day to not annex all the Philippines, only Luzon, Guam, Puerto Rico

* October 24 - McKinley comes to a decision during the night. He woke up and received an answer from God - there was " [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War#President_William_McKinley_answer_from_God_to_take_the_Philippines nothing left for us to do but to take them all, to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them. And then I went to bed, and went to sleep, and slept soundly,] "

* October 28 - McKinley cables new instructions to Paris delegation: "the cession must be of the whole archipelago or none"

December

* December 10 - Final Treaty of Paris signed by Spain and U.S; U.S. pays Spain US$20 million for possession of Guam, Puerto Rico and The Philippines.


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