Timeline of Generations
How did Iligan come to be? Learn more about the humble beginnings and rich history of Iligan City, Philippines
- 1565-1899Spanish Period
Iligan City During Spanish Period by Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen. The earliest Spanish accounts refer to Iligan (or Yligan/Elegin) as the name of the settlement found at the mouth of the river that bears the same name (also Tambacan to many people). Higaonons as one of Mindanao's Lumad ethnic groups believed to be the first settlers of Iligan.
- 1900-1941American Period
Iligan City During American Period by Prof. Patrocenia T. Acut. Despite the defeat of General Pershing and his men, the Maranaos made Pershing an honorary datu when he befriended them. Iligan was already a town of the once undivided Misamis Province in 1832.
- 1942-1945Japanese Period
Iligan City During Japanese Period by Prof. Leonor Buhion Enderes. The Japanese invaded Iligan on May 5, 1942. In occupied Iligan, Leo Garcia, Sr. was appointed Mayor till the end of World War II.
- 1950-1980Modern Period
Iligan City During Modern Times by Prof. Geoffrey G. Salgado
Iligan City During Spanish Period (1565-1899)
By Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen
The earliest Spanish accounts refer to Iligan (or Yligan/Elegin) as the name of the settlement found at the mouth of the river that bears the same name (also Tambacan to many people). Higaonons as one of Mindanao's Lumad ethnic groups believed to be the first settlers of Iligan.
Iligan City During American Period (1900-1941)
By Prof. Patrocenia T. Acut
Despite the defeat of General Pershing and his men, the Maranaos made Pershing an honorary datu when he befriended them. Iligan was already a town of the once undivided Misamis Province in 1832.
Iligan City During Japanese Period (1942-1945)
By Prof. Leonor Buhion Enderes
The Japanese invaded Iligan on May 5, 1942. In occupied Iligan, Leo Garcia, Sr. was appointed Mayor till the end of World War II.
Iligan City During Modern Times (1950-1980)
By Prof. Geoffrey G. Salgado
The earliest Spanish accounts refer to Iligan (or Yligan/Elegin) as the name of the settlement found at the mouth of the river that bears the same name (also Tambacan to many people). Higaonons as one of Mindanao's Lumad ethnic groups believed to be the first settlers of Iligan.
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