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I stumbled upon this Knowledgrush website (below link) and noticed that the First Blood Compact did not happen in Bohol.

http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Sultanate_of_Sulu/

Excerpts reads as below:

March 18, 1521 AD - Magellan, including his wife's cousin Duarte Barbosa, cosmographer Andres de San Martin, and Pigafetta landed on an uninhabited island known as Homonhon where friendly natives from neighboring islands brought food and Atuba and together they feasted for one day.

March 24, 1521 - Moving southeast, Magellan weighed anchor for Masawa on Mindanaw Island where Masawa Rajah Kolambu was entertaining his visiting brother, Rajah Siagu of Butuan; The two Rajahs caused the first traditional blood compact of foreign visitors in which the visiting dignitary would drink each other's blood mixed with the native wine, Atuba.

November 21, 1564 - Another Nueva Espana viceroy, Don Luis de Velasco, commissioned 54-year-old Basque adelantado Miguel Lopez deLegaspi, to subjugate Islas Felipinas after five unsuccessful attempts.

1565-1663 Fourth Stage of Moro Wars (Majul)
February 1565 - Legaspi arrived in Samar island on his flagship Capitana piloted by seasoned navigator-priest Andres Urdaneta who was earlier with the 1525 expedition of Fray Garcia Jofre deLoaiza [Crivelli].

As below, Legaspi's blood compact is the second.

April 1565 - Mooring southward to Bohol, Legaspi executed the traditional blood compact with Bohol Rajah Sikatuna and Rajah Sigala to show his sincerity of mission.

May 1565 - Legaspi effected the first Spanish settlement at Cebu with the aid of the two Bohol Rajahs after a brief combat with remnants of the Humabon-Lapulapu warriors that were later incorporated into his mercenary forces.

1568-1648 - The Spanish-Dutch War that started as an internal agitation within the Holy Roman Empire extended to the Far East for the control of the spice trade ending in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; This war despoiled Portugal of all its East India possessions and severely affected the tranquility of Moroland.

The above link contains very interesting facts I never knew from history classes - Please open and read further.

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thanks for the link Mackz! ako ni i bookmark!

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In other readings, I found Rajah Sikatuna's lineage as follows:

The following are some details about the King Luisong Clan:

Rajah Lapulapu - the older brother of Rajah Soliman; he led in Cebu and took the area of Mactan Island.

Cousins of Rajah Soliman and Rajah Lapulapu:
•   Sultan Kiram Sinsuat
•   Sultan Hadji Kiram Misuari
•   Sulu Sulatan Muhammad Badar Un-din

The grandsons of King Luisong :
•   Rajah Sikatuna - ruler of Bohol.
•   Rajah Gat Mauban - the trhird eldest grandson, took eastern part of Quezon, Sampaloc & Lucban.
•   Rajah Enginda - covered the area of Bohol.
•   Rajah Kolambo - ruler of Limasawa.
•   Rajah Lacandula - took over Tondo.
•   Rajah Humabon - the eight grandson, ruler of Limasawa.

MAHARLIKA. Long before the Spaniards came to Philippines shores, the Philippine archipelago consisting of 7,169 islands with an area of 1,049,212,962 nautical square miles, including Guam and Hawaii was known as Maharlika. It was populated by Malays and ruled by the Tagean Tallano clans from the ninth to the fifteenth century. When the Spaniards started ruling the Philippines archipelago, they renamed it Hacienda Filipina.Of the many kingdoms in Asia, Maharlika was one of them under King Luisong Tagean Tallano, the father of Raja Lapu-Lapu and Raja Soliman, the successors of King Marikudo of the Sri Vishayan Empire. Its principal products at that time were peanuts (mani) exported to Mexico and European countries and Herbal plants known as "Nilad" with some medicinal qualities which were exported to Mainland China. With the passage of time, the Chinese traders changed the name Maharlika to Maynilad or Maynila.


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Jan-jan, wala gyud ni gi tudlo sa atong history curriculum. Kung dili ka mag research, dili ka makahibalo sa real nga history. Ang uban ani nga facts integrated gikan sa history sa Malaysia, Indonesia ug Royal Sultanate of Brunei. Ang focus sa atong Educational system kung unsa lang ang available nga facts sa sulod sa Pilipinas, which is usually corrupted infavor of foreign occupation.

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OT (Out of Topic)
Nahinumdom noon ko sa Melrose. Mga old movies nga salin sa Maharlika ug Pilipinas theatre ipasalida sa Melrose unya dobolan ug bold.

Barato lang tag piso lang ang entrace. Ang kataw-anan kay ang ilang gi butang tuldok (.) sa sign nga P1.00 is putot sa lubi. Grabeng daginot ug makatawa ko ug kalit kung mahinumdom ko ani.

Grabe pod nakong katawa kung mahinumdom ko nga bisan sa kabarato sa price nga P1.00 lang for 3 movies, naa pa gyud mo pago ug dili mo bayad. Kasagaran mga bugoy sa Bol-hi.

Diha bitaw kas-a nga mi pago ang mga bugoy unya ila pa nga gi gulat ang tiketera. Unya ang salida sentimental kaayo, mao nga pag gawas sa mga bugoy nang hubag ang mga mata kay nang hilak diay to sa sulod. Hahahaha.

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Nahinumdon ko , diha sa Melrose me motan-aw ug seni niadtong 1965, P0.50 pa ang ticket.

Naa pa ba ang Melrose karon?

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Tungod kay Sandugo month man karon, atong hisgotan ang mga different topics nga related sa Sandugo ug Rajah Sikatuna.

What is the Order of Sikatuna

Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Order of Sikatuna is the national order of diplomatic merit of the Republic of the Philippines. It is conferred upon individuals who have rendered exceptional and meritorious services to the Republic of the Philippines, upon diplomats, officials and nationals of foreign states who have rendered conspicuous services in fostering, developing and strengthening relations between their country and the Philippines, or upon personnel of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), both in the Home Office and in the Foreign Service.

The Order of Sikatuna may be awarded by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the name and by authority of the President.

History

In the Quirino order, the Order of Sikatuna commemorates the pacto de sangre or blood compact, more popularly known as sandugo. This was, according to the Executive Order, the first international treaty of friendship between Bohol native chieftain, Datu Sikatuna and Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, between a Filipino and Spaniard. [1] Lately, however, the Executive Order's premise has been put to question. The event was not the first blood compact since this happened 44 years before between Ferdinand Magellan, representing the Spanish crown, and raia Siaiu, king of the island-port of Mazaua. Magellan called the ceremony "casi casi", a Malayan term meaning "to be one and the same thing" or to be blood brothers. See http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=philamer;cc=philamer;q1=casi%20casi;rgn=full%20text;idno=ATD7328.0033.001;didno=ATD7328.0033.001;view=image;seq=00000119. Eyewitness Ginés de Mafra described the exact way the blood compact between Magellan and Raia Siaiu was conducted, "On another day, which was the Friday of the cross [Good Friday], the chief of that island came to the ship and convinced Magellan and everybody else and made peace with them according to the custom of the land which is to draw blood from the chests of both men, to toss it into a glass so that the blood unites, to mix it with wine, then for both to drink a half." See http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Talk:Gines_de_Mafra. At the same time the first recorded Treaty of Peace was entered into on Tuesday, April 9, 1521 by datu Humabon of Cebu and Magellan. See Antonio Pigafetta's account in the English translation by James Alexander Robertson, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=philamer&cc=philamer&idno=afk2830.0001.033&q1=Laghan&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=153.

The Order of Sikatuna was established by President Elpidio Quirino as the "Order of Sikatuna" through Executive Order No. 571 dated February 27, 1953.[2] Its original four-class composition was expanded by Presidents Diosdado Macapagal and Ferdinand E. Marcos. In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reformed the Philippine system of orders, medals, and decorations, through Executive Order No. 236, known as the Honors Code of the Philippines which codified the civilian orders, decorations and medals of the Republic of the Philippines. [3] Among its provisions was one renaming the order as simply, "The Order of Sikatuna," and clarifying its protocular standing.

Ranks

    * Grand Collar (Raja) – Conferred upon a former or incumbent head of State and/or of government
    * Grand Cross (Datu) – The Grand Cross shall have two (2) distinctions: (i) Gold (Katangiang Ginto) and (ii) Silver (Katangiang Pilak). The Grand Cross may be conferred upon a Crown Prince, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice or the equivalent, foreign minister or other official of cabinet rank, Ambassador, Undersecretary, Assistant Secretary, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
    * Grand Officer (Maringal na Lakan) – Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires, e.p., Minister, Minister Counselor, Consul General heading a consular post, Executive Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
    * Commander (Lakan) – Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires a.i., Counselor, First Secretary, Consul General in the consular section of an Embassy, Consular officer with a personal rank higher than Second Secretary, Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
    * Officer (Maginoo) – Conferred upon a Second Secretary, Consul, Assistant Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
    * Member (Maharlika) – Conferred upon a Third Secretary, Vice Consul, Attaché, Principal Assistant, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing

Awardees

    * Jaime Cardinal Sin - Archbishop of Manila [4]
    * Manny Pacquiao -Filipino boxer[5]
    * Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. - former United States Ambassador to the Philippines [6][7]
    * Mohammad Mohsin - former Bangladesh Foreign Secretary, Rank of Datu [8]
    * Stanislav Slavicky - former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic [9]
    * Joao Jose Gomes Caetano da Silva - former Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu [10]
    * Iskandar Bin Sarudin - former Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu [11]
    * U San Thein - former Myanmar Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu
    * Wu Hongbo - former Chinese ambassador, Rank of Datu (Grand Cross) [12]
    * Johannes de Kok - European Commission head of delegation, Rank of Grand Cross Datu (Gold Distinction) [13]
    * Rafael E. Seguis - Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Special Concerns, Rank of Datu [14]
    * Tadao Chino - President, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Grand Cross [15]
    * Syed Putra - Yang Di-Pertuan Agong III (Malaysia) [16]
    * Ban Ki Moon - U.N. Secretary General (Korea)

As per my archives, I found another awardee. His name is Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and believe to be God incarnate by the famous Rastafari Movement of Jamaica the same group where Reggae Reggae & Bob Marley originated. His name Haile Selassie literally means "Power of the Trinity" & his lineage is believed to be that of King Solomon & Queen Sheba.

He was honored the highest rank as Raja of the Order of Sikatuna.

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Bolingit,

Luzon was named after King Luisong which was then ruled by most of his Raja grandsons.

Srivijayan history is very broad and mostly unwritten. It dates back during the foundation of the pyramids in Egypt. Proof of this is when archeologists found evidence of indigenous spices found only in Southeast Asia such as cinamon and cloves scattered among the relics. Also there were bones of Southeast Asian chicken found in some Egyptian tomb.

When the Europeans came, we were already civilized with our own writing system and complex form of government which extended from Indonesia to southern part of Thailand, most of it Sea based. Because 70% of Srivijayan Empire consist of Sea, we were known to be masters of navigation.

To answer your question Bolingitboy, Srivijayans were originally Hindus and Animist. After the great war of the Maharlikas which originated in Boneo, there were factions created among the Datus and Rajas. The conflict was all about who shall control the spice trade.

Some of the Datus who were already converted to Islam (due influence of Arab spice Traders) round themselves to form a faction and this group were supported by the Dutch, if I am not mistaken (I have yet to review my ancient history research). From that time, there were inter-island raids from among waring factions.

To learn more about this, just google this tag "Ancient Kingdom Shrivijayan" kay gi kapoy nako og type. Ikaw na pod sulat diri kung unsa imong findings.

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Sad gyud Glace, kung unsa ikaw karon, bunga ka sa mabolokon nga history.

Exiting kaayo ang history labi na kung mag visualize ka kung unsa ang costume sa atong mga kagikan sa pre hispanic era. Unsa ilang gi kaon, unsa ilang kalingawan, unya na obsessed pod ko sa mga ancient weapons like kris, kampilan mga arrow. Gusto ko mag collection ani nga mga butanga pero perting mahala. Sagdi lang kung madato na ko. Ang uban pa ani gihimo pa sa pure silver ug gold. Nakabasa pod ko nga dunay Kris nga gi himo gikan sa meteorite.

Kung mag visualize ko ani, mura ko ug ga tan-aw ug Pirates of the Carribean.


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We should have more scholars among lawmakers. But a cursory check of our lawmakers'  profiles would show that only a handful possess a meaningful humanistic education.

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quote from Macky Ferniz: "To learn more about this, just google this tag "Ancient Kingdom Shrivijayan" kay gi kapoy nako og type. Ikaw na pod sulat diri kung unsa imong findings."

Thanks for the information, mack. that was some interesting reading. i'll try and see what more i can find about our local history... it's good to know that despite the indifference most people show towards history there are some people who are still interested to know where they come from.

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salamat kaajo sano... we are blessed because we can outsource infomation informally outside the four walls of the classroom and the fixed library...  daghan man ganing gitudlo  nga dili mao, lajo ra sa tinuod... pananglitan: i was made to believe that " bamboo is a tree " ; 'banana is a tree' but they are not.. ha ha ha lipay pa ko  ug kanta -kanta anang " yellow birds on top of banana tree ".  pero , sigi lang its a part of our culture. thanks for the info anyway.

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bitaw, naa pay committee nga iporma  for that purpose. basin nga kanang information will change everything that has been written. ok lang sa ato kay mudawat man ta... pwedi siguro ta  mo request for review.

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which is which?

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Good observation!

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ang nakapahikugang nako kay kung nganong dili hugot nga misuporta ang mga historians aning mga gipakanaug nga mga impormasyon.

tinood kinahanglan og supporta kining maong mga pamahayag bahin sa atong kasaysayan aron mapablisar; apan kung ang usa ka kamatooran, binasi sa usa ka makuting pagtoon, mabutyag gani, daghan ang mohatag og suporta niana. mao kini ang kuwang niining mga giangkong "kamatooran", kay dili piho ang gigikanan. mahog ra jud nig storya ra. nya, naa na poy mosuwat og laing inpormasyon, mao nang maglibog na ta og kinsay tuhuan.



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Philippine history is made up of thousands of events that happened from the earliest period ever documented to the present. This list includes only 100 major events that influenced Philippine history from the 14th century to the end of the 20th century. Interestingly, the events included on this list represent major areas where the life of the nation revolves like trade and commerce, religion, culture, literature and arts, education, various movements, wars and revolutions, laws and government, and military. Moreover, the events mentioned here are crucial in understanding the present and future of the Philippines as a nation.

1. Trading with the Chinese. 10th century. They dominated Philippine commerce from then on.

2. Arrival of Arab traders and missionaries. Mid-14th century. They conducted trade and preached Islam in Sulu that later spread to other parts of the country.

3. Arrival of Ferdinand Magellan. March 1521. It marked the beginning of Spanish interest in the Philippines as several Spanish expeditions followed.

4. First Mass in the Philippines. March 31, 1521. It was held in Limasawa, an island in Southern Leyte. Symbolized the conversion of many Filipinos to Roman Catholicism.

5. Death of Ferdinand Magellan. April 27, 1521.

6. Landing of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in Cebu. 1565. This marked the beginning of Spanish dominion in the Philippines as Legazpi later established the seat of Spanish colonial government in Manila.

7. Blood Compact. March 1565. Spanish Captain General Legazpi and Rajah Sikatuna performed the blood compact in Bohol as a sign of peace agreement between their parties.

and more events follow..... We cannot deny that the first blood compact between Europeans and Pinoy did not happened in Bohol.

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mao jud nay mahitabo kung dili kasaligan o lig-on ang tinubdan sa estorya gumikan kay kuwang ang pag-research ug pagtoon, magkabuang na ta og asa motoo.

kung lugar lang sa Sandugo ang lalisan, mura man og madala ra nag pamolitika. hhehehehe. pero kining ilang gi-claim nga dili diri sa Bohol nahitabo ang unang Blood Compact, pila ka panid sa atong History ang mawala ani. akong pasabot, dako tingali ang implikasyon sa kausaban ang mahimong dangatan ani kung tinood man nga dili sa Bohol. una anang maapektohan ang hulagway sa Sandugo. kini ra ba tingali gimugna luyo sa atong ka-garbo nga dinhi nahitabo sa Bohol ang "unang" panaghigalaay tali sa mga langayaw ug Pinoy.

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wa man jud ko molalis anang giingon sa Historical Commission, sir. ako lang unsay implikasyon ana kaha kung tinood ning gipangmantala sa internet nga naa gibuhagay diri sa TB. mura man pog katoho-an. mao lagi kana, una himoong opisyal kining maong impormasyon sa atong kasaysayan, daghan pa kinig agian nga maoy mopamatood unsa kini kalig-on nga kamatooran.

hinoon, daghan bayang bag-ong nadiskobrahan karon ang syensya ug arkeolohiya. ang uban nakabausab gyud tinood sa kanhiayng impormasyon. posible ba nis Bohol? ngano gong dili.

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anha gyud tingali na kasanko. sa kongreso. apan, diri pa sa ubos gikombate ning mga inpormasyon. mga eksperto ug mga sayantes nga nagtoon ani, mao una ang mobukiki og taman kung unsa gyuy tinoon.

apan kadtong nahitabo sa pagpuno sa bidlisiw sa Atong Flag, dali ra man lagi to. hehehehe

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