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Battle of Mactan, the Glossary

The Battle of Mactan (Labanan sa Mactan; Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on the early morning hours of April 27, 1521.^[1]

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1521 in the Philippines
Battles involving the Philippines
Civil wars of the Middle Ages
Conflicts in 1521
History of Cebu
Lapu-Lapu City
Magellan expedition
Visayan history

Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta (– c. 1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer. Battle of Mactan and Antonio Pigafetta are Magellan expedition.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cebu

Cebu (Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu (Lalawigan sa Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets.

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Cebu (historical polity)

The Rajahnate of Cebu or Cebu also called as Sugbu, was an Hindu monarchy mandala (polity) of Tamil Chola origin on the island of Cebu in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. Battle of Mactan and Cebu (historical polity) are history of Cebu.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon).

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Doubleday (publisher)

Doubleday is an American publishing company.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. Battle of Mactan and Ferdinand Magellan are Magellan expedition.

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Folk hero

A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.

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Grouper

Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes.

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History of the Philippines (1565–1898)

The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.

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Homonhon

Homonhon Island is an island in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines, on the east side of Leyte Gulf.

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IUniverse

iUniverse, founded in October 1999, is an American self-publishing company based in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Joanna of Castile

Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad (Juana la Loca), was the nominal queen of Castile from 1504 and queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555.

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Juan Sebastián Elcano

Juan Sebastián Elcano (Elkano in modern Basque; sometimes given as del Cano; 1486/1487 – 4 August 1526) was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer of Basque origin from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands.

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Julian calendar

The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).

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Kampilan

The kampilan (Baybayin) is a type of single-edged sword, traditionally used by various ethnic groups in the Philippine archipelago. Battle of Mactan and kampilan are Visayan history.

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Kapampangan people

The Kapampangan people (Taung Kapampangan), Pampangueños or Pampangos, are the sixth largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines, numbering about 2,784,526 in 2010.

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Lapulapu

Lapulapu (fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines. Battle of Mactan and Lapulapu are Magellan expedition.

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Limasawa

Limasawa, officially the Municipality of Limasawa (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Limasawa; Filipino: Bayan ng Limasawa), is an island municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines.

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Lito Lapid

Manuel "Lito" Mercado Lapid (born August 21, 1955) is a Filipino actor and politician serving as a Senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016.

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Mactan

Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. Battle of Mactan and Mactan are Lapu-Lapu City.

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Mactan Shrine

Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. Battle of Mactan and Mactan Shrine are Lapu-Lapu City.

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Magellan expedition

The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the MagellanElcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Battle of Mactan and Magellan expedition are 1521 in the Philippines.

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Magellan's Cross Pavilion

Magellan's Cross Pavilion is a stone kiosk in Cebu City, Philippines. Battle of Mactan and Magellan's Cross Pavilion are history of the Philippines (1565–1898).

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Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia.

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Manila Bulletin

The Manila Bulletin (also known as the Bulletin and previously known as the Manila Daily Bulletin from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the Bulletin Today from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by circulation.

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Mass in the Catholic Church

The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ.

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Miguel López de Legazpi

Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in the mid-16th century.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Northwestern University Press

Northwestern University Press is an American publishing house affiliated with Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

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Novelty song

A novelty song is a type of song built upon some form of novel concept, such as a gimmick, a piece of humor, or a sample of popular culture.

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), or simply the Inquirer, is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Portuguese Empire

The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas or the Portuguese Colonial Empire, was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal.

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Rajah Humabon

Rajah Humabon (also Hamabao or Hamabar in other editions of the "First Voyage Around the World") later baptized as Don Carlos Valderrama, was one of the recorded chiefs in Cebu who encountered Ferdinand Magellan in the 16th century. Battle of Mactan and Rajah Humabon are Magellan expedition.

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Ranged weapon

A ranged weapon is any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance, i.e. at distances greater than the physical reach of the user holding the weapon itself.

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Rattan

Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay: rotan), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae.

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Rodrigo Duterte

Rodrigo Roa Duterte (born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.

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Sama-Bajau

The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia.

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Samar

Samar is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census.

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Santo Niño de Cebú

The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is a Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics.

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Sibat

Sibat is the Filipino word for spear, used as a weapon or tool by natives of the Philippines.

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Sinulog

The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival (as known as Sinug and Sulog) is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, with the center of the activities being in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Christian celebrations in the Philippines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan

Also known as The Battle Of Mactan.

Battle of Mactan, the Glossary

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See also

1521 in the Philippines

Battles involving the Philippines

Civil wars of the Middle Ages

Conflicts in 1521

History of Cebu

Lapu-Lapu City

Magellan expedition

Visayan history

References