Note 46 — EVENTS IN FILIPINAS, 1764–1800

The Spanish régime in Filipinas lasted 333 years, from Legazpi’s first settlement until the acquisition of the islands by the United States. During that time, there were 97 governors—not counting some twenty who served for less than one year each, mostly ad interim—and the average length of their terms of office was a little less than three and one-half years, a fact which is an important element in the administrative history of the islands. ↑