
Philippines
Founded 1492 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
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Philippines on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Philippines's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. Wikidata records more than one founding date; the earliest is shown. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 20 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1492 CE to 2026 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Polity · East Asia
China
Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CELandmark · East Asia
House of Taga
900 CE – 1700 CETrade route · East Asia
Maritime Silk Road
200 BCE – 1500 CEConflict · East Asia
Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)
1467 CE – 1615 CEPolity · East Asia
Manchu Empire
Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CELandmark · East Asia
Ayutthaya
1351 CE – 1767 CETrade route · East Asia
Tea Horse Road
700 CE – 1950 CEConflict · East Asia
Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty
1618 CE – 1683 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1492 CE and 2026 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Flag of the PhilippinesThe design was taken from [1] and the colors were also taken from a Government website CO… · Public domain
- Flag of the People's Republic of ChinaZeng Liansong · Public domain
- House of TagaCT Snow from Hsinchu, Taiwan · CC BY 2.0
- Maritime Silk RoadObsidian Soul · CC0
- Flag of China (1889–1912)Original: zh:清朝政府 Vector: Sodacan · Public domain
- Flag of Thailand (Ayutthaya period)Xiengyod · Public domain
- Tea Horse RoadRedgeographics · CC BY-SA 4.0