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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Oregon Historical Quarterly, a peer-reviewed, public history journal, has been published continuously since 1900 by the Oregon ...
An explosion on the Battleship Maine while it sat in Havana Harbor was blamed on Spain as an act of aggression and triggered the Spanish-American War of 1898. In the late 1800s, Jose Rizal founded the ...
Philippines Independence Day is celebrated every year on June 12. It marks a crucial moment in the country's history. The declaration of independence from Spanish colonial rule in 1898. The historic ...
In the fall of 1896, Filipino nationalists revolted against the Spanish rule that had controlled the Philippines since the sixteenth century. Led by Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the 1896 revolt ...