1901 in the Philippines

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Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	List of years in the Philippines

1901 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1901

Events

• March 2 – The Army Appropriation Act, also known as the Spooner Amendment, is passed by the US Senate.
• March 23 – General Emilio Aguinaldo is captured by US authorities.
• April 1 – Aguinaldo takes an oath of allegiance to the US.
• June 17 – El Colegio de San Beda established.
• July 4
  • Adna Chaffee appointed as the last US Military Governor (1901–1902).
  • A civil government is established in the Philippines with William Howard Taft as the first Civil Governor (1901–1904).
• July 18 – The US organizes the Philippine Constabulary.
• August 28 – Silliman Institute, later known as Silliman University, is established as the first American university in the Philippines
• September 27 – Guerillas, headed by the Filipino Captain Daza, attack the US military barracks in Balangiga, Samar
• September 28 – Balangiga massacre occurs
• October 20 – A U.S. Marine battalion arrives on Samar to conduct the March across Samar operation
• November 4 – The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Law
• December 14 – An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City.

Unknown date

• September 1901 - The first Filipino members of the second Philippine Commission are appointed

Death