Philippines

1. 1521: Magellan discovered the Philippines

At the head of an shipping of three ships (he lost two on the way) beating Spanish detached flag, the Portuguese sailor Fernand de Magellan, arrive with the aim of the Philippines.
Left on September 20th, 1519, Magellan managed to reach Asia by the western road. He landed in the Philippines and evangelizes the local population. On April 27th he was killed by natives of the island of Mactan.

2. 1898: First independence of the Philippines

Whereas the United States enter the war against Spain, the Philippines, the archipelago of South-East Asia, proclaim their independence. The Philippines were under Spanish domination since 1565. But, the United States will not recognize this independence and will repress hard the pro-independence revolts led by Emilio Aguinaldo.
The autonomy will be granted in 1934 and the independence will become actual only in 1946.

3. 1946: The independence of the Philippines:

Although benefiting from a certain autonomy since 1935 and the creation of the " Commonwealth of the Philippines", the country remains nevertheless a State vassal of the United States since 1898.
The Japanese occupation of the archipelago from 1941, then its reconquest by the Americans in 1945, will accelerate the vague desires of independence of the Filipinos. The latter will obtain satisfaction on July 4th, 1946 with the declaration of independence of their country, which ends about half a century of American domination.

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