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  2. International Date Line - Wikipedia

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    The International Date Line ( IDL) is the line between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180.0° line of longitude and deviating to pass around some territories and island groups. Crossing the date line eastbound decreases the date by ...

  3. History of the Philippines (900–1565) - Wikipedia

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    Prehistory of the Philippines. Followed by. Colonial era. The recorded history of the Philippines between 800 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 800 and ends with the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date of creation Saka (800 CE). The discovery of this document marks ...

  4. Timeline of Philippine history - Wikipedia

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    November 20 – December 2. Cyclones Muifa ( Unding), Merbok ( Violeta ), Winnie and Nanmadol ( Yoyong) hit the country, affecting million people, causing massive fatalities and damages. In November, a tropical depression ( Winnie) kills more than 1,500 people, causes damages of estimated ₱679 million (US$15.8 million).

  5. List of festivals in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The partial calendar list contains several of the oldest and larger religious and/or cultural festivals in the country. Each town, city, and village has a dedicated fiesta, resulting in thousands held throughout the year; a few are national in character. Some fiestas may contain multiple/conflicting dates and/or place entries.

  6. Red letter day - Wikipedia

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    A red letter day (sometimes hyphenated as red-letter day) is any day of special significance or opportunity. Its roots are in classical antiquity; for instance, important days are indicated in red in a calendar dating from the Roman Republic (509–27 BC). [1] 16th century calendar for the month of January, with some entries emphasised in red text.

  7. History of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The history of calendars covers practices with ancient roots as people created and used various methods to keep track of days and larger divisions of time. Calendars commonly serve both cultural and practical purposes and are often connected to astronomy and agriculture . Archeologists have reconstructed methods of timekeeping that go back to ...

  8. Historiography of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Overview. Historiography of the Philippines refers to the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to study the history of the Philippines. The Philippine archipelago has been part of many empires before the Spanish empire has arrived in the 16th century. The pre-colonial Philippines uses the Abugida writing ...

  9. Holy Week in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Ends. Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week ( Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia ...