1900 in the Philippines

1900 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1900.

First Philippine Republic

 * President: Emilio Aguinaldo

U.S. Military Government

 * Governor:
 * Elwell Stephen Otis (until May 5)
 * Arthur MacArthur, Jr. (starting May 5)

February

 * February 2 – The Daily Bulletin (now Manila Bulletin) is established as the second oldest existing English language newspaper.

April

 * April 7 – Resistance fighters led by Gen. Nicolas Capistrano launch a failed surprise attack against the U.S. troops, under Col. Edward Godwin, in Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao;  52 to 90 Filipinos  and four Americans are killed.
 * April 15–19 – Several Filipino nationalists attack an American garrison in Catubig, Samar; some 150 of them die while 12 of 31 volunteers in the burned barracks are later rescued.

May

 * May 14 – Five hundred revolutionaries under Capt. Vicente Roa attack U.S. Capt. Walter Elliot and 80 men at the hill of barrio Agusan, Cagayan de Misamis;  ending with Roa and 34  to 38 of his men killed, along with two Americans.

June

 * June 4 – Revolutionary forces under Col. Apolinar Velez launch an assault on Americans in Makahambus Hill in Cagayan de Misamis, with American company under Capt. Thomas Millar retreats; a Filipino and nine Americans are killed in the Americans' first loss in the Philippine–American War.
 * June 21 – Military governor Gen. MacArthur issues a proclamation providing amnesty to those who fought against the United States since the previous year, giving a 90-day period for them to swear an allegiance to the colonial government.

July

 * July 1 – Gen. Artemio Ricarte and his companion are arrested by the civil guards in Manila following reports of his planned insurgency. Ricarte would be deported to Guam the following year.

September

 * September 13 – Col. Maximo Abad and his 250 nationalists ambush Capt. Devereux Shields, who would later wounded, and 54 U.S. troops, in Marinduque. The latter surrenders with four casualties.
 * September 17 – Troops under Gen. Juan Cailles successfully resist an assault by Col. Benjamin Cheatham and his 300 men in Mabitac, with the deaths of 21 American soldiers.

December

 * December 12 – About a thousand Pulahan extremists attack the American contingent of Lt. Stephen Hayt and 38 constables during the latter's patrol through Cebu. A large number of attackers and all constables, except Hayt, are killed.

Holidays
As a former colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic country, the following were considered holidays:
 * January 1 – New Year's Day
 * April 12 – Maundy Thursday
 * April 13 – Good Friday
 * December 25 – Christmas Day

Births

 * November 11 – Narciso Ramos, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs (d. 1986)

Deaths

 * March 10 – Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, one of the three women who seamed together the Flag of the Philippines (b. 1879)