23 July, 1567
TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, the Spanish conquistador, forged a blood compact with the Filipino natives. Legaspi deceived the natives into thinking that his people were friends, subsequently facilitating Spain’s colonization of the Southeast Asian islands.
Legaspi reports to King Philip II about how Chinese and Japanese come yearly to some islands in the archipelago, such as Luzon and Mindoro, to trade silk, wool bells, iron, tin, porcelains, perfumes, colored cotton cloths and other small wares in exchange for gold and wax.
(Ref: Philippine-island-lemuria.blogspot.co.nz)
