JANUARY 31
1901
Cebu insurgents ambush American troops near Guinamasan River in Balamban, Cebu. The Americans retreat, with six dead.
On this same day, the Philippine Commission passes Public Act. No. 82, providing for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippines. It was, however, only in April of this year that civil government was organized in Cebu.
Category: Today in the History of Cebu