The document provides a summary of key events in Philippine history from the earliest Malayan settlements in the 13th century to modern political crises in the late 20th-early 21st century. It notes that ten Bornean Datus established the first Malayan settlement on Panay in 1250. It then discusses the Spanish colonization beginning in 1565, the brief British occupation from 1762-1764, and the establishment of American colonialism after the Philippine-American War from 1899-1902. It also summarizes the granting of Philippine autonomy under the 1916 Jones Law and the transition to independence after World War 2.