HISTORY OF BATANGAS - Life So Mundane in Batangas

This is an ongoing project. Installments in chapters are to be compiled in this page. Thanks to Jigger Gilera MD of the History of Batangas Facebook page for his assistance in the development of this project.

16th Century

Chapter I: The 1570 First Spanish Expeditionary Excursion into Batangas
Chapter II: De Goite Brings Peace to Warring Natives from Balayan and Nearby Tulayan
Chapter III: Bonbon in Present Day Batangas the First Colonial Estate in Luzon Rewarded to de Goite
Chapter IV: Glimpses of Bonbon at the Dawn of the Spanish Colonial Era
Chapter V: The Founding of Pueblos or Towns by the Agustinians in 16th Century Batangas
Chapter VI: Deaths of the Early Spanish Conquistadores of Luzon and Batangas
Chapter VII: When Islam was a Widely-Practised Religion in Luzon, Including Batangas
Chapter VIII: The Chiefs of Balayan and Their Role in the 16th Century Spanish Invasion of Borneo
Chapter IX: Miguel de Loarca’s 16th Century “Census” of Batangas
Chapter X: Spanish-Style Corruption Arrives in 16th Century Philippines, Including Batangas
Chapter XI: Gabriel de Ribera, Mariscal de Bombon, Batangas’ Representative to the Royal Audiencia
Chapter XII: Provincia de Bombon y Balayan, as 16th Century Batangas was Known
Chapter XIII: Spanish Governance and Christian Instruction in Batangas in 1591