MARCH 21
1568
Rajah Tupas of Cebu is baptized a Catholic by Father Diego Herrera and receives the name Felipe in honor of King Philip II.
1825
Dominican Francisco Genoves is appointed as 14th Bishop of Cebu.
1899
The Cebu revolutionary council under Arcadio Maxilom is convened for a meeting in Pardo, which had been set up as headquarters of the Republic after Cebu City was occupied by the Americans. Discussed by the council is the problem of local leadership and the plan of resistance against the Americans.
Category: Today in the History of Cebu