Bangkusay, a Philippines Timeline

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Bangkusay

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Tarik Sulayman

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"Miguel López de Legazpi was searching for a suitable place to establish the Spanish colonial capital after being forced to leave first Cebu and then Iloilo by Portuguese pirates. In 1570, Martin de Goiti and Captain Juan de Salcedo, with food stocks diminishing, discovered a rich kingdom on Luzon and saw its potential. De Goiti anchored at Cavite, and tried to establish his authority peaceably by sending a message of friendship to Maynila. Rajah Sulayman, its ruler, was willing to accept the friendship that the Spaniards were offering, but did not want to submit to its sovereignty. Thus, Sulayman declared war. As a result, De Goiti and his army attacked Maynila in June 1570. After a stout fight, Sulayman and his men were forced to flee uphill. After the Spaniards had left, the natives returned.

In 1571, the Spaniards returned with their entire force consisting of 280 Spaniards and 600 native allies, this time led by Legazpi himself. Seeing the Spanish approaching, the natives set the city on fire and fled to Tondo. The Spaniards occupied the ruins of Maynila and established a settlement there. On May 19, 1571, Legaspi gave the title "city" to the colony of Manila. The title was certified on June 19, 1572.

A Kapampangan leader of the Macabebe tribe, later identified as Tarik Sulayman, refused to submit to the Spaniards and, after failing to gain the support of the chieftains of Maynila and Tondo (Lakandula, Matanda) and nearby old settlements of Hagonoy, Bulacan and nearby towns, gathered a force composed of native warriors.

On June 3, 1571, Tarik Sulayman, supported by Rajah Sulayman, led his troops down the Pampanga River and fought the battle in the bay of Bangkusay, off the port of Tondo.

The Spanish ships, led by Martin de Goiti, were ordered to be fastened two-by-two which created a solid mass formation which seemed to be an easy target. The native warships were lured by this deception and they surrounded the Spanish. The Spanish, surrounded by the native boats, open fire and the native fleet was scattered and destroyed."

The Spanish capture the leaders of the Natives in the Battle of Bangkusay, namely Tarik Sulayman and Rajah Sulayman[1], On 1572 the people of North of Luzon or Saludong would be angry and attack the Spanish led by Kasikis of Kaboloan against Lakandula and the Spanish, the troops from the North led by Kaboloan would make a war against the Spanish which would be a victory in Macabebe and in the other Northern battlefields but it would be a victory in Manila and the people of the North led by Kasikis of Kaboloan and Balagtas, Leaders of Saludong would ransom Tarik Sulayman, the leader of the Macabebeans, however, Rajah Sulayman would remain a prisoner of Lakandula and the Spanish, afterwards the muslims and hindus of the old Majapahit Saludong would reconcile and would be a nuisance to the Spanish, especially on the initial stages of the colony of the Philippines as they would want to regain the old territories of Meycauayan and Bataan.

After the battle Kandarapa who was betrothed to one of the northerners is married to Juan de Salcedo in 1574.

1. The POD. In OTL Tarik dies, in this TL he is captured.
 
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Limahong
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Born to a poor family in the city Raoping of Chaozhou, Limahong had an early start in criminal activity and progressed to piracy, becoming leader of around 2000 pirates. His activities and attacks on ports and ships throughout South China increased and a warrant was issued by the authorities to capture him alive and send him to the city of Tay Bin. He was married to Nataracy.
He shifted his activities to piracy on the high seas and out of reach of China's power. He was able to accumulate up to 40 ships, whereupon he once again raided cities and ports in South China. Limahong attacked a city occupied by Vintoquián (Lin Daoqian), another Chinese pirate, but Vintoquián was able to escape along with 5 of Limahong's ships. However, Limahong was able to capture 55 of Vintoquián's fleet and thus increased his own to 95 ships. He was now a veritable king of the high seas of South China.
In late 1573, he gathered an army of 3,000 Chinese warriors, renegades and vagabonds and fled to the island of Luzon. There, he and his band of outlaws sought refuge, established their own kingdom and waged war with the Spanish Empire.
By this time, a force of 40,000 soldiers and 135 ships was sent by the Wanli Emperor to kill and capture the pirates. Limahong and his troops first arrived in Samtoy in early 1574 where they quarreled with Kasikis, Tarik Sulayman and Balagtas who would encou.
It was November 29, 1574. The inhabitants of the town of Parañaque, a royal encomienda, was under heavy attack from the forces of this Chinese corsair, who were on their way to Intramuros, the seat of Spanish rule in the Philippines. Folk accounts have it that the inhabitants were at first disorganized, until a man from a barrio, by the name of Galo, came forward and took command. Under his able leadership, and with the arrival of Spanish forces led by Captain Juan de Salcedo, Limahong was repulsed and the occupation of the town was prevented.
The stiff resistance of the barrio residents shocked the Chinese pirate, who thought that capturing Manila would be easy. What Limahong did not expect was that the defenders of the community, that would later be known as Don Galo, despite being ill-equipped, would fight to the end, so much so that the sea in front of the barrio turned red with their blood.
The battle became known as the "Red Sea Incident".
The Parañaqueños not only saved their town, but they contributed decisively to Limahong's abandoning his plans to conquer the area. In appreciation for Galo's leadership and heroic deeds, the Spanish authorities granted him the title of "Don". The barrio later on was named after him. Thus, Don Galo or Dongalo.
Limahong and his ships would end up escaping the Spanish and chased back to Ming China wherein he was incarcerated by the Ming Empire in the early 1575 wherein he would die of old age.
The Hindu factions and the Muslim faction of Saludong would both reconcile gradually, the muslims would form the backbone of the Saludong Sultanate.
Despite the fact that the Spanish would fail to gain control of Saludong proper, the Spanish would be able to control both Meycauayan and Bataan which are ruled by the kin of Lucoes and the Bruneians due to them being subjects of the Spanish, the Saludongese would war against the Spanish in 1580's with the help of Tay Fusa and the the Japanese pirates against the Spanish to gain these lands but the Saludongese would fail to get Bataan and Meycauayan from the Spanish due to the tight control of the Luzones in these lands.
On 1580's The Saludongese muslims would give Tay Fusa and the other Wukou refuge and some control over in muslim cities of Makabebe, Kaboloan and Faru, the leadership of Tarik Sulayman, Balagtas and Kasikis of Kaboloan over the muslims in Saludong would form the backbone of the future Sultanate of Saludong, the state that rules the muslims in the Northern Half of Luzon.
 
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Portrait of a Lady, traditionally identified as Louise of Lorraine
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On October 2, 1576, Louise of Lorraine finally gives birth to a son that she needed to give birth for a long time baptized as Francis which is celebrated by Henry III and his own family, the Holy Roman Emperor would continue his betrothal to the young Isabella Clara Eugenia with the dowry of the Netherlands and Burgundy back to the Empire, however the King was said gay and would only consummate the marriage for succession, the other is the marriage would be to continue the alliance between Spain and Austria which started since the marriage of Juana I of Castile and Aragon and Archduke Philip of Austria.

Queen Louise of France would give birth to two further Children, Catherine of France b. June 2, 1580 and Henry b. November 2, 1584.

Catherine of Navarre is married to the Francis, duke of Anjou on 1580 siring a son named Henry on May 2, 1581 and a daughter on October 29, 1583 named Marguerite.

In 1578, the young king Sebastian of Portugal died at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir without descendants, triggering a succession crisis. His granduncle, the elderly Cardinal Henry, succeeded him as King, but Henry also had no descendants, having taken holy orders. When the Cardinal-King died two years after Sebastian's disappearance, three grandchildren of Manuel I claimed the throne: Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza, António, Prior of Crato, and Philip II of Spain. António was acclaimed King of Portugal in many cities and towns throughout the country, but members of the Council of Governors of Portugal who had supported Philip escaped to Spain and declared him to be the legal successor of Henry. Philip II then marched into Portugal and defeated Prior António's troops in the Battle of Alcântara. The troops commanded by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo the 3rd Duke of Alba imposed subjection to Philip before entering Lisbon, where he seized an immense treasure. Philip II of Spain was crowned Philip I of Portugal in 1581 (recognised as king by the Portuguese Cortes of Tomar). This gave Philip II compete control of Portugal and Brazil. When Philip left for Madrid in 1583, he made his nephew Albert of Austria his viceroy in Lisbon. In Madrid he established a Council of Portugal to advise him on Portuguese affairs, giving prominent positions to Portuguese nobles in the Spanish courts, and allowing Portugal to maintain autonomous law, currency, and government.

This acquisition would cripple the colonial possessions of Portugal as the Dutch would want to conquer the Eastern Possessions of Philip II.
 
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Actually if the Spanish don't convert Northern Luzon after bangkusay, and since the Spanish ignored lands of no value, the Spanish would ignore it, but the Spanish would have Bataan and Meycauayan area in Bulacan..
 
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Isabella Clara Eugenia


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On 1580, the Luzones or Lucoes led by Lakandula since Soliman was imprisoned who were in trouble with the Spanish would have trouble with the people of Saludong due to their problem in land especially Bulacan towns which the Lucoes took, however, the Saludongese including the Hindus would attack the Lucoes and take Bulacan and Bataan, however the Lucoes with the help of the Spanish would be able to retake Meycauayan and Mariveles, the tip of Bataan peninsula which would force the Lucoes to completely ally and be under the Spanish, the war would end with Meycauyan, Coregidor and Mariveles under Spanish rule.
Spain declared war in 1583 after the war with the people of Saludong . In the first quarter of that year, the Spanish fleet, led by De Sande himself, acting as Capitán General, started their journey towards Brunei. The expedition consisted of 400 Spaniards, 1,000 Filipino natives and 300 Borneans. The campaign was one of many, which also included action in Mindanao and Sulu.
Spain succeeded in invading the capital of Brunei at that time, Kota Batu, on April 20 1583, with the help of two disgruntled Brunei noblemen Pengiran Seri Lela and Pengiran Seri Ratna. The former had travelled to Manila to offer Brunei as a tributary of Spain for help to recover the throne usurped by his brother, Saiful Rijal. Spain agreed that if they succeeded in conquering Brunei, Pengiran Seri Lela would indeed become the Sultan, while Pengiran Seri Ratna would be the new Bendahara.
Sultan Saiful Rijal and Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Abdul Kahar were forced to flee to Meragang then to Jerudong, where they made plans to chase the conquering army away from Brunei. In the meantime, Spain suffered heavy losses due to a cholera or dysentery outbreak. They were so weakened by the illness that they decided to abandon Brunei to return to Manila on the latter part of 158, after just 72 days. Before doing so, they burned the mosque, a high structure with a five-tier roof.


Pengiran Seri Lela died January 1584, probably from the same illness that had afflicted his Spanish allies, although there was suspicion he could have been poisoned by the ruling Sultan. Seri Lela's daughter, a princess of Brunei, left with the Spanish group and went on to marry a Christian Tagalog, named Agustín de Legazpi of Tondo and they had children in the Philippines.

The local Brunei accounts differ greatly from the generally accepted view of events. The Castilian War entering the national conscience as a heroic episode, with the Spaniards being driven out by Bendahara Sakam, supposedly a brother of the ruling Sultan, and a thousand native warriors. This version, nevertheless, is disputed by most historians and considered a folk-hero recollection, probably created decades or centuries after.

Isabella Clara Eugenia leaves for Austria with the Austrian Netherlands as her own dowry in 1584, her dowry would be the Spanish Netherlands and Burgundy she would be crowned and married to her groom Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire, she would give birth to a brood of three; namely Maximilian b. May 2, 1585, Frederick April 2, 1587 and Charles of Austria.

On 1590, Philip II of Spain would die leaving behind his thrones to his own son Philip III of Spain with his mother, Anne of Austria as the regent.

During 1591, the Muslims of Saludong would start to organize to form the Sultanate of Saludong(Luzon Sultanate) and establish the sultanate which is initially mainly composed of Lower Cagayan(the Faru and Malaweg area), Pampanga(the Macabebe environs) and the Muslim parts of Pangasinan which are already completely muslim at the time under a certain Mahmoud Sulayman which is said to be either Kasikis of Kaboloan or Tarik Sulayman but it is said to be a different person as well.
 
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