June 12

| June 12, 2024

Independence Day

Fiesta of Toledo City

1829
The parish of Naga, Cebu, is established and placed under the patronage of San Francisco de Asisi. It is separated from the parish of San Nicolas.

1898
Philippine Independence is proclaimed in Kawit, Cavite.

1948
Republic Act No. 244 is approved, providing for the position of Vice-Mayor of the City of Cebu, to be appointed by the President of the Philippines. First to be appointed to the post is Arsenio Villanueva who takes his oath of office on July 16, 1948.

Category: Today in the History of Cebu