1900 in the Philippines

1900 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1900.

Incumbents

February 2 – The Daily Bulletin is established as the second oldest existing English language newspaper.

April 7 – Resistance fighters led by Gen. Nicolas Capistrano launch a failed surprise attack against the U.S. troops, under Col. Edward Godwin, in Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao;
April 15–19 – Several Filipino nationalists attack an American garrison in Catubig, Samar; some 150 of them die while 12 of 31 volunteers in the burned barracks are later rescued.

May 14 – Five hundred revolutionaries under Capt. Vicente Roa attack U.S. Capt. Walter Elliot and 80 men at the hill of barrio Agusan, Cagayan de Misamis; ending with Roa and 34 to 38 of his men killed, along with two Americans.

June 4 – Revolutionary forces under Col. Apolinar Velez launch an assault on Americans in Makahambus Hill in Cagayan de Misamis, with American company under Capt. Thomas Millar retreats; a Filipino and nine Americans are killed in the Americans' first loss in the Philippine–American War.
June 21 – Military governor Gen. MacArthur issues a proclamation providing amnesty to those who fought against the United States since the previous year, giving a 90-day period for them to swear an allegiance to the colonial government.

July 1 – Gen. Artemio Ricarte and his companion are arrested by the civil guards in Manila following reports of his planned insurgency. Ricarte would be deported to Guam the following year.

September 13 – Col. Maximo Abad and his 250 nationalists ambush Capt. Devereux Shields, who would later wounded, and 54 U.S. troops, in Marinduque. The latter surrenders with four casualties.
September 17 – Troops under Gen. Juan Cailles successfully resist an assault by Col. Benjamin Cheatham and his 300 men in Mabitac, with the deaths of 21 American soldiers.

December 12 – About a thousand Pulahan extremists attack the American contingent of Lt. Stephen Hayt and 38 constables during the latter's patrol through Cebu. A large number of attackers and all constables, except Hayt, are killed.

As a former colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic country, the following were considered holidays: