Location: Magalang–Arayat Road, Magalang, Pampanga
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1954
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
MAGALANG
ESTABLISHED BY THE AUGUSTINIANS AT MACAPSA IN 1605. SCENE OF THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE FOLLOWERS OF ANDRES MALONG LED BY MELCHOR DE VERA AND THE SPANISH TROOPS IN 1660. MOVED TO SAN BARTOLOME IN 1734. SWEPT BY THE PARUA RIVER IN THE FLOOD OF 1863. RE-ESTABLISHED IN BARRIO SAN PEDRO ON 13 DECEMBER 1863 BY GOBERNADORCILLO PABLO M. LUCIANO. THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT TOOK OVER, 12 JUNE 1898 UNTIL 5 NOVEMBER 1899 WHEN THE AMERICANS SUCCEEDED. OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE, 3 JANUARY 1942. LIBERATED BY THE AMERICANS, 24 JANUARY 1945. TURNED OVER TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, 4 JULY 1946.
