Historical Calendar. National Historical Institute, Manila, 1996.
1522
Sebastian del Cano arrives at San Lucar de Barrameda with only 18 men after sailing three years with Magellan.
1626
Death of Blas de la Madre de Dios, a Franciscan father, founder of the town of Morong, Rizal, and author of Flora de Filipinas, a dissertation on the medicinal properties of plants in the Philippines.
1840
Birth of Regino Garcia y Basa, artist, botanist and forester, instructor in printing at the University of Santo Tomas and director of walks and gardens and parks for Manila. Died on July 16, 1916.
1946
President Manuel A. Roxas signs RA. No. 14 which changes the name of Tayabas to Quezon, in honor of the late President Quezon.
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