MAY 8
Fiesta of Mandaue City
1565
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi establishes the Spanish settlement of Cebu as “Villa de San Miguel.” Ground is broken for a triangular fort and sites marked off for Spanish quarters and a church.
1878
Birth in Dumanjug, Cebu, of Dionisio Jakosalem (1878-1931), lawyer, journalist, Cebu governor, and Secretary of Commerce and Communications.
1945
A new Cebu municipal board assumes office. Members are Honorato Hermosisima, Cecilio dela Victoria, Florencio Urot, Numeriano Estanzo, Eugenio Corro, Canuto Borromeo, Alfonso Frias, and Miguel Sanson.
Category: Today in the History of Cebu