The Shadow of Pinatubo - A Philippine Timeline

Sapa
In this time on 1560’s, Japan had been united by Oda and Toyotomi, the Japanese would continue to trade in Sapa and Selurong now ruled by a single ruler.

In this time Joseon and the Confederacy of Sapa became allies due to common interests due to the threat of Japan.

In this time, the Sapa Kingdom became the Kingdom of Sapa and Selurong, the Spanish would call the new kingdom as Cipangu y Luçon, because Sapa is the Cipangu kingdom mentioned by Marco Polo.
 
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Notes

Sapa = Regions 1-3, Northern part of Calabarzon, anything north of Pasig River.

Selurong/Luzon = Regions 4-5 minus Rizal and Northern Quezon

Manila does not exist in this timeline and Tondo remains intact as a city and the premier city is Lihan/Malolos..

Ysapan/Sapanians = The people of Sapa, in OTL they are the Speakers of the Northern Philippine languages.

Visayans = Called as The Speakers of Central Philippine Languages in OTL
 
Revision of the 1st chapter

Recovery from discovery and defeat of the invaders

In the end of the 15th Century or the beginning of 16th century, Volcano of Pinatubo erupted and destroyed the lives of the people in the plains of the Pampanga river, the ashes and lahar ravaged the lands, around this time a large earthquake also happened in the Island of Selurong.

On the end of the 15th Century or the beginning of 16th century a part of population of Pampanga River plains migrated to the Tondo and Burakan area as well as the Southern Sambal area after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo due to the destruction it has caused to the area[1].

The destruction of the area of the Pampanga river enabled the area of Burakan, Tondo and Sambal area to flourish while the actual core area is just recovering, the ashes that fertilized the land helped the recovery of the area.


Calatagan was sacked and razed to the ground by the armies of Sultan Nakhoda Ragam of Brunei, the Bruneians proceeded to try to burn Tondo and Namayan and the people clearly defeated the powerful Nakhoda Ragam, the clans Gatsalihan of Lihan and the Rulers of Namayan, one of the junior lineages of the Majapahit clan in Selurong led the armies of Namayan, Tondo was the most powerful city in Sapa in the Island of Selurong and for this reason, Tondo absorbed Namayan due to the ruler of Namayan now ruling Tondo as well.

In the following decades the Pampanga river basin would recover and restore its previous population in the 1530’s after the defeat of Bolkiah, however Islam was became a popular religion in Tondo and in the Pampanga river basins, the missionaries also has reached the Bannag river area.

1.so basically, in this point the downtown of the OTL Metro Manila which is empty before is settled by Kapampangan settlers instead of OTL where it is settled by the people of Calatagan.
 
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Revision of the 1st chapter

Recovery from discovery and defeat of the invaders

In the end of the 15th Century or the beginning of 16th century, Volcano of Pinatubo erupted and destroyed the lives of the people in the plains of the Pampanga river, the ashes and lahar ravaged the lands, around this time a large earthquake also happened in the Island of Selurong.

On the end of the 15th Century or the beginning of 16th century a part of population of Pampanga River plains migrated to the Tondo and Burakan area as well as the Southern Sambal area after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo due to the destruction it has caused to the area.

The destruction of the area of the Pampanga river enabled the area of Burakan, Tondo and Sambal area to flourish while the actual core area is just recovering, the ashes that fertilized the land helped the recovery of the area.

(so basically, in this point the downtown of the OTL Metro Manila which is empty before is settled by Kapampangan settlers instead of OTL where it is settled by the people of Calatagan)

Calatagan was sacked and razed to the ground by the armies of Sultan Nakhoda Ragam of Brunei, the Bruneians proceeded to try to burn Tondo and Namayan and the people clearly defeated the powerful Nakhoda Ragam, the clans Gatsalihan of Lihan and the Rulers of Tondo itself, one of the junior lineages of the Majapahit clan in Selurong led the armies of Tondo, Tondo was the most powerful city in Sapa in the Island of Selurong.

In the following decades the Pampanga river basin would recover and restore its previous population in the 1530’s after the defeat of Bolkiah, however Islam was became a popular religion in Tondo and in the Pampanga river basins, the missionaries also has reached the Bannag river area.

What can you tell us more about the Sapa Confederacy? Were the Gatsalihans a Chinese-Filipino family before the arrival of the Spanish? I didn't even know the Gatchalians had a lineage dating far back to those years.

BTW I like the premise you are using for this TL. ;)
 
Were the Gatsalihans a Chinese-Filipino family before the arrival of the Spanish? I didn't even know the Gatchalians had a lineage dating far back to those years.

BTW I like the premise you are using for this TL. ;)

Gatchalians are the rulers of Malolos...they are related to the rulers of Tondo and Majapahit itself..

What can you tell us more about the Sapa Confederacy?

Sapa is the Kingdom known as Zabag aka Tondo....Manila is not the same as in OTL.
 
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The Fair Mary
On 1525, After the Pavia, a marriage between the French and the English a marriage between Francis of Brittany and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Eleanor of Austria, instead of the marriage between Eleanor of Austria and Francis I.

When Francis I left the Spanish custody with his son and his daughter in law, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu.

In order to get support for the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII had Mary of England, the younger betrothed to Francis I. Mary of England left England on 1528 and went to marry Francis I on St. Denis Cathedral.

After Mary is married to Francis I, Anne Boleyn came to English court and was presented to Henry VIII as the bride of Henry VIII, a divorce proceeding was asked and Catherine of Aragon was asked to leave the court, when Henry VIII suddenly proclaimed as Catherine of Aragon as divorced with the support of the French and English bishops.

Catherine of Aragon died in 1532 and Anne Boleyn’s marriage was proclaimed to be legal and the marriage of Henry and Anne Boleyn was made the legal marriage of Henry VIII after the death of Catherine of Aragon, the children of Anne Boleyn before the death of Catherine was proclaimed as legitimate.

Henry VIII m. Catherine of Aragon(a) m. Anne Boleyn (b)

1a. Mary, Queen of France b. 1516 m. Francis I of France
2a. Anne of England b. 1529
3a. Edward VI b. 1532
4a. Elizabeth b. 1535
5a. Henry b. d. 1540

Mary of England became known as Marie Tudor, Queen of France after her marriage with Francis I of France.

Mary of England gave birth to three sons, namely Philip(b. 1532), Jacques(b. 1538), John(b. 1542) and two daughters named Isabella(b. 1535) and Catherine(b. 1545).

She was shocked when she found about the divorce of her mother and the later death of her mother, she lost all of her position in government after the death of her husband on 1547, she remarried to Anthony of Bourbon, which produced two sons named Henry(1548) and Charles(1553).


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Bourbon Spain and Bourbon France are both butterflied..
 
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Joan III of Navarre, Queen Consort of Philip II
The Unification of Navarre and Spain

Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu married Francis the Dauphin and bore sons and daughters for her husband and became the Queen of France herself as the wife of Francis II of France, she was as pious as her husband..in the same time, Maria Manuela of Portugal is married to the Duke of Orleans which produced a single surviving daughter.

Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu m. Francis II of France(a)
1a. Louis XIII of France b. 1539
2a. Claude of France b. 1542
3a. Francis, Duke of Anjou b. 1545
4a. Isabella of France b. 1550

Maria Manuela of Portugal m. Charles, Duke of Orleans
1a. Marie of Orleans b. 1544


Jeanne was born in the palace of the royal court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France[3][4] at five o'clock in the afternoon on 16 November 1528, the daughter of Marguerite of Angoulême and King Henry II of Navarre. Her mother, the daughter of Louise of Savoy and Charles, Count of Angoulême, was the sister of King Francis I of France. The birth was officially announced the following 7 January when King Francis gave his permission for the addition of a new master in all cities where there were incorporated guilds "in honour of the birth of Jeanne de Navarre, the king's niece". Since the age of two, as was the will of her uncle King Francis who took over her education, Jeanne was raised in the Château de Plessis-lèz-Tours in the Loire Valley (Touraine), thus living apart from her parents. She received an excellent education under the tutelage of humanist Nicolas Bourbon.

Described as a "frivolous and high-spirited princess", she also, at an early age, displayed a tendency to be both stubborn and unyielding. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, offered to have her married to his son and heir, Philip, to settle the status of the Kingdom of Navarre.

Due to what has happened, to the marriage of the Portuguese princesses of the princes du sang, there was nothing they could do to prevent the marriage.

On 1541, Jeanne of Navarre was married to the future King of Spain, Philip, Prince of Asturias.

The marriage would cause future conflicts between France and Spain due to the territories in France that she is ruling in her rights but this will be the first step in the unification on Iberia, on 1555, on the death of her father, Spain and Navarre are united.

Philip II of Spain m. Jeanne III of Navarre

1a.Charles, Prince of Asturias(Carlos) b.1547
2a. Isabella Clara Eugenia(Isabel) b. 1550
3a. Philip I of Navarre and III of Spain(Felipe) b. 1553
4a. Infanta Catherine(Catalina) b. 1559
5a. Infante Henry of Spain(Enrique) b. 1560

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The Migrations from Pampanga to Kaboloan, Kahayan, Burakan, Sambal and Tundun

The population that left the Pampanga floodplain for Burakan and Tondo made the area stronger, the refugees that left to Southern Sambal Area also slightly changed the area the minority of the refugees left for Kagayan and Kaboloan areas.

A major part of the population in the population that left the Pampanga flood plain for Burakan and Tondo went to the empty areas in Tondo in the delta of the river Pasig and its river basin.

The Empty area known as Maynilad was settled by people of Pampanga leaving from the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, and the population doubled, the migration also affected the demographics of the area, the area of Maynilad would be populated by the people from the Pampanga River Basin and became more populated in the 1550’s and influenced the way their neighbors speak.

The area of Maynilad became known as Menila by the people living there, the area remains to be peripheral to the Kingdom of Tondo

The areas of Meysapan and the Mandaluyong area became settled by the people from Pampanga river basin who settled Menila and became the majority in the region for the years to come.

Meanwhile, the People of Calatagan migrated to lowland Minolo due to Maynilad being settled by the people from Pampanga River basin.

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Lopez de Legaspi and the Twin Kingdoms of Luzon and Sapa

In 1564, López de Legazpi was commissioned by the viceroy, Luis de Velasco, to lead an expedition in the Pacific Ocean, to find the Spice Islands where the earlier explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Ruy López de Villalobos had landed in 1521 and 1543, respectively. The expedition was ordered by King Philip II of Spain, after whom the Philippines had earlier been named by Ruy López de Villalobos. The viceroy died in July 1564, but the Audiencia and López de Legazpi completed the preparations for the expedition.

On November 19 or 20, 1564, five ships and 500 soldiers, sailed from the port of Barra de Navidad, New Spain, in what is now Jalisco state, Mexico (other sources give the date as November 1, 1564, and mention 'four ships and 380 men').[citation needed] Members of the expedition included six Augustinian missionaries, in addition to Fr. Andrés de Urdaneta, who served as navigator and spiritual adviser, Melchor de Legazpi (son of Adelanto de Legazpi), Felipe de Salcedo (grandson of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi), and Guido de Lavezarez (a survivor of the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan).

López de Legazpi and his men sailed the Pacific Ocean for 93 days. In 1565, they landed in the Mariana Islands, where they briefly anchored and replenished their supplies. There they fought with Chamorro tribes and burned several huts, they proceeded to go to Cebu then to Mollucas.

From Mollucas, De Legaspi came to Cebu in order to strengthen the Spanish control in Cebu, and due to the scarcity of resources of Cebu, he transferred to Panay, where he was welcomed and they founded a settlement on the bank of the Panay River, Legaspi sent his grandson, Juan de Salcedo to Mindoro.

The Spaniards landed in Batan (in Panay's northeastern territory, which is currently called Province of Aklan), in 1565. The Chief of this place, Datu Kabnayag, relocated his capital to what is now called "Guadalupe". Afterwards, however, the datus were overpowered by the Spaniards. Following the Spanish conquest, the locals became Christians. Father Andres Urdaneta baptized thousands of Aklanis in 1565, and consequently these settlements of the Confederation was renamed Calibo.

In 1570, having heard of the rich resources in Luzon, Legazpi dispatched Martín de Goiti to explore the northern region. Landing in Batangas with a force of 120 Spaniards and 600 Visayans from Cebu and Panay islands, de Goiti explored the Pansipit River, which drains Taal Lake, On May 8, they arrived in Manila Bay. There, they were welcomed by the natives.

Legazpi talked with the ruler of Sapa and discussed trading with them, Tagkan I, the ruler of Sapa and Selurong in Tondo at that time, and discussed that they wanted peace with them, the missionaries tried to gain converts in Luzon but only converted a few, some of his officials discussed the religion of the white men, Christianity to Tagkan I and told Legaspi about his Kingdom.

The ruler of Sapa told Legaspi, that Sapa and Bali are the only two remaining Mandalas of Majapahit, the people got more hostile as days go by.

Later on 1575, Legaspi and De Goiti explored the Two twin kingdoms, Maguindanao and the rest of the archipelago, apparently the rulers of Sulu and Maguindanao also made the same actions as the ruler of Sapa.
 
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Appendix # 1

Sapa = Regions 1-3, Northern part of Calabarzon, anything north of Pasig River.

Selurong/Luzon = Regions 4-5 minus Rizal and Northern Quezon

Manila does not exist in this timeline and Tondo remains intact as a city and the premier city is Lihan/Malolos..

Ysapan/Sapanians = The people of Sapa, in OTL they are the Speakers of the Northern Philippine languages.

Sapanian Languages = OTL Northern Philippine Languages

Visayan Languages = OTL Central Philippine Languages

Kagayan = OTL Cagayan

Bayutundo = Capital of Sapa, OTL Angeles City, Pa

Ikabolo = OTL Pangasinense

Bannappura(Bannag) = The city north north east of Selurong, it is a port to China and Japan, the people and its language are called as Ibanag, it is named after word for river the local name of the Kagayan River.

Maradipura = OTL Mariveles

Irraya/Gaddang = People south of Bannappura, their major center is the town of Tubigarao and Kabagan, they are the majority of the Kahayan Valley.

Itundo = Inhabitants of OTL Rizal and Bulacan province, their center are the Towns of Tundupura, Pulo, OTL Novaliches and Valenzuela and Tanay in Pulilan

Tubigarao = OTL Tuguegarao

Pulilan = Laguna de Bay

Ibataan = Southern Sambals

Visayans = Called as The Speakers of Central Philippine Languages in OTL
 
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Bayuntundo
On 1540, the community of Bayuntundo, was founded the City that where the capital would be shifted, Sapa’s new capital would be Bayuntundo, while the Capital of Selurong would be Calatagan in Kumintang, the people of Bayuntundo would be from Tundo, Pampanga and Kaboloan areas, the base of the language would be the Itundo langauge from Sapa’s old capital as well as Kaboloan’s and Pampanga’s language..

The immigrants from pampanga to the area of Tundun had increased in population and assimilated to the Local populace but it had pushed the linguistic boundary of Sapa and Luzon further South and it is no longer really in Pasig River, the northernmost area near Tundun that is purely Selurong in culture and language would be the town of Muntinlupa, there areas now in the Kingdom of Selurong that are mixed between Sapa and Selurong
 
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