1901 in the Philippines

← 1900 1899 1898 1901 in the Philippines → 1902 1903 1904
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	List of years in the Philippines

1901 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1901

Incumbents[]

First Philippine Republic[]

President Emilio Aguinaldo

• President: Emilio Aguinaldo (until March 23)

U.S. Military Government[]

• Governor: Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (until July), Adna Chaffee, Jr. (starting July)

Events[]

March[]

• 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[]

• April 1 – Aguinaldo takes an oath of allegiance to the US.

June[]

• June 17 – El Colegio de San Beda established.

July[]

• 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[]

• August 28 – Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines

September[]

• September 27 – Guerillas, headed by the Filipino Captain Daza, attack the US military barracks in Balangiga, Samar
• September 28 – Balangiga massacre occurs

October[]

• 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).

Unknown date[]

• September – The first Filipino members of the second Philippine Commission are appointed

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