first book printed in the philippines published in manila by dominican friars
First book of the Spanish Philippines The first known printed book in Spanish Philippines was a Chinese language catechism using the Chinese method of printing, produced by the non-Christian Chinese printer Keng Yong in Manila under commission from the Spanish branch of the Order of Preachers.[1] The Spanish historian Carlos Sanz believes that this catechism, Doctrina Christiana en letra y lengua China, compuesta por los madres ministros de los Sangleyes, de la Orden de Sancto Domingo. Con licencia, por Keng Young, China, en el Parian de Manila ("Christian Doctrine in the Chinese Letter and Tongue, Constituted for the Mother Ministries of the Sangleys, by the Order of Saint Dominic. With Licence, by Keng Yong, Chinese, in the Parian of Manila") was printed between 1590 and 1592.
History of the Philippines (1898–1946) The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 covers the period of American rule in the Philippines and began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still part of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognised the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946.