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  • @MasterofRoflness
    @MasterofRoflness  Рік тому +139

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    • @death-istic9586
      @death-istic9586 Рік тому +2

      Hi.

    • @FF-ds9xw
      @FF-ds9xw Рік тому +2

      I hope you make a video about a Spaniard become a Khmer king. It would be interesting

    • @danbolamu7207
      @danbolamu7207 Рік тому +1

      Can you do African world war also called second Congo war

  • @wariodude128
    @wariodude128 Рік тому +3511

    Gotta give respect to a historical figure who has "and was never seen again" as the last thing they did.

    • @elduquecaradura1468
      @elduquecaradura1468 Рік тому +315

      well, he probably changed his name to be harder to pursue, or dyied trying to get to Siam and India, and this not being recorded

    • @bastobasto4866
      @bastobasto4866 Рік тому +298

      this mean either they died in a ditch somewhere or they lived "in the background of history" for the rest of their life.

    • @nairda55555
      @nairda55555 Рік тому +139

      @@bastobasto4866 Some of the most epic tales and great deeds of mankind have no doubt been lost "to the background" of time. Perhaps even some of which had even been recorded in the libraries of Alexandria or Baghdad.

    • @عليياسر-ذ5ب
      @عليياسر-ذ5ب Рік тому +18

      ​@@nairda55555The Spaniards were the heroes of anything old they used to burn 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Lightscribe225
      @Lightscribe225 Рік тому +1

      @@elduquecaradura1468 Around the same time as the surprisingly skilled captain Himalong

  • @iOnlySignIn
    @iOnlySignIn Рік тому +1397

    Limahong was born in 1499, making him 75 years old during his attack on Manila.
    You are never too old to do what you love/dreamed about doing.

    • @mrtrollnator123
      @mrtrollnator123 Рік тому

      ​@muslimsagainstdegeneration9544indeed

    • @reluctantcrusader8455
      @reluctantcrusader8455 Рік тому +121

      ​@muslimsagainstdegeneration9544 It's still within normal range since the average life expectancy was lowered by lots of kids dying.

    • @willfakaroni5808
      @willfakaroni5808 Рік тому +30

      @@reluctantcrusader8455even discounting infant mortality somebody from 500 years ago lived less, even in 1840’s England the average life expectancy was 57

    • @adamantobserver8655
      @adamantobserver8655 Рік тому +4

      @@willfakaroni5808 that's quite strange for England to have lower life expectancy during industrial revolution era.

    • @Pokesus
      @Pokesus Рік тому +16

      ​@@adamantobserver8655a lot of mortal accidents.
      If nowadays in England and occidental world people has gloves, helmets, etc. is for a reason.
      The same with protection boots and a lot of security standards.

  • @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658
    @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Рік тому +2832

    Fun fact: The Spanish leadership in the Philippines seriously considered a major invasion of China in 1586 with 20-25,000 men, half of whom would be fresh Spanish troops and the rest split half and half between Filipinos and Japanese mercenaries. But King Philip II showed little interest in that idea and it was scrapped.

    • @radarouton
      @radarouton Рік тому +542

      that would basically be suicide

    • @cpp3221
      @cpp3221 Рік тому +483

      Would have been funny to see the overconfidence of the spanish crushed by still relevant chinese

    • @gwarfanatik
      @gwarfanatik Рік тому +665

      @@radarouton Not really.
      1586 would have been in the latter part of the Ming dynasty when it was weakening and Spain was extremely dominant militarily during that same period known as the Spanish Golden Age.
      The British would later go on to defeat China in the opium wars showing that it was possible for European power to bring China to it's knees.

    • @gregrenox9644
      @gregrenox9644 Рік тому +263

      I mean seriously that idea is kinda stupid from the start to be honest. Ming at the time is still a powerfull Nation, even if Spanish manage to score a major Victory with their superior Technology. It wouldn't be too profitable and besides Ming has very large manpower and reserve and can play a long game while Spanish has to send their troops with ships from accros a continent beside they have too many Colonist too handle too begin with including Philippines, I can understand why Philip II decide not too do that.

    • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
      @WelcomeToDERPLAND Рік тому +94

      Man, I wonder how insane that war would have been, lol- tech levels weren't as lopsided as they were during the opium war, but I imagine it would have still been very successful if supplied right, would have changed history by a large margin I'd bet.

  • @HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV
    @HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV Рік тому +1457

    To add even more crazyness - around the same time, on the opposite end of the Philippine archipelago, the Spaniards (and Amerindians and mixed-raced people they brought with them, as well as local allies) were fighting against local islamic states, such as Sulu and Brunei, which were supported by the Ottomans and other Indian Ocean muslim states.
    So there's a non-zero chance that jannissaries were fighting descendants of Aztecs in the Philippines.

    • @abcdef27669
      @abcdef27669 Рік тому +483

      Age of Empires Skirmish map moment.

    • @qwopiretyu
      @qwopiretyu Рік тому +86

      ​@@abcdef27669 you beat me by an hour

    • @hugolxxx
      @hugolxxx Рік тому +114

      Not descendants of Aztecs but tlaxcalans

    • @manuelamavizcanavarro9011
      @manuelamavizcanavarro9011 Рік тому +82

      Not Aztecs, Tlaxcalans.

    • @Eis_
      @Eis_ Рік тому +94

      Another fun fact: This specific war went on up until the Spaniards got kicked off the islands; and they're nowhere close to subjugating the Moro locals even though they were fighting for more or less 300 years. In fact, when the Americans came, the Moros fought them too; as well as the Japanese during the WW2.
      TLDR: These guys don't want foreigners fucking with their land.

  • @alexandrosproko9589
    @alexandrosproko9589 Рік тому +619

    South east Asia has some of the biggest historical crossovers, especially around this time

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 Рік тому +69

      Dutch Vs China Portuguese alliance and Iberian Union were the most epic

    • @alexandrosproko9589
      @alexandrosproko9589 Рік тому +57

      @@ChevyChase301 Also when the ottomans fought Spaniards & Aztecs, that was indeed something

    • @then00brathalos
      @then00brathalos Рік тому +73

      SEA is basically a big battle royale arena. I speak as a south east asian myself.

    • @blackrx89
      @blackrx89 Рік тому +27

      3 prong wars between dutch, acheh sultanate and johor sultanate, each allied in one way another and then backstab each other

    • @DanielLee_2304
      @DanielLee_2304 Рік тому +36

      That's why Southeast Asia is probably the most dynamic yet underrated part of the world with an interesting history.

  • @DanielLee_2304
    @DanielLee_2304 Рік тому +1028

    Also, quite interesting how multi-ethnic both sides of this battle were. The Spaniards had native allies such as the Tagalog, Kapampangan, Ilocano, and Visayan peoples. While Limahomg had both Chinese or probably some Japanese pirates, so they are Wokou Pirates.

    • @RexAresius
      @RexAresius Рік тому +179

      Yeah, it's often thought that the Spanish expansion was a monochrome invasion of hordes of conquistadors when, in fact, Spaniards made up only the heavy infantry and cavalry elite, and were always supported by hundreds or thousands of natives of many different tribes who had sworn allegiance to the Spanish king for their own gain. It was mostly Tlaxcalans that defeated the Aztecs, and Andean rebels who defeated the Incas

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 Рік тому +92

      ​@@RexAresiusTo say nothing of the Aztecs being an oppressive empire themselves. In fact, I beleive a major rebellion / civil war had already broken out when down plopped these palefaces in gleaming armour with magical death wands.

    • @Dracon7601
      @Dracon7601 Рік тому +88

      ​@@worldcomicsreview354Precisely, turns out that regularly performing mass human sacrifice for pretty much any reason made the Aztecs unpopular

    • @MaylocBrittinorum
      @MaylocBrittinorum Рік тому

      ​@@worldcomicsreview354No. There was an uprising by Ixtlilxochitl II, a claimant to the throne of Texcoco, who rose up against his nephew Cacamatzin, who was supported by Moctezuma II upon the death of his father, the previous tlatoani of Texcoco. Ixtlilxochitl claimed that Cacamatzin was a puppet of Tenochtitlan and part of Moctezuma's plan to further centralize the Triple Alliance around himself and Tenochtitlan, but given that he had a personal stake on the issue it's a muddy situation.
      Upon the arrival of Cortés, he was only joined by newly established tributaries (like the coastal Totonacs that the Spaniards met first) or long time enemies of the Mexica (like the Tlaxcaltecs, and only after seeing the prowess of the Spaniards and their Totonac allies in several battles). Later allies were obtained either through military conquest (ex.: Cholula), political manouvering (like the aforementioned Ixtlilxochitl, who would come to rule Texcoco as a pro-Spanish tlatoani) or the simple realization that the Spanish-Tlaxcaltec coalition was the new rising power in Mesoamerica after the death of Moctezuma and the battle of Otumba. Just like they had done when the Triple Alliance had defeated the old Tepanec Empire in the 1420s, most city-states of the region opted to side with the new arrivals and get into good graces with them than stick with what increasingly seemed as the losing side.

    • @lamelime1
      @lamelime1 Рік тому +19

      In times of war it doesn't matter if you're black, brown, yellow or white, as long as you can hold a gun and a sword

  • @xirb-4007
    @xirb-4007 Рік тому +574

    If you think about it, 16th century Philippines was the weirdest timeline.
    On one hand, you have the Aztec warriors allied with Spain dueling Japanese ronin (rogue samurai), and on the other, see Spain and the Ottoman Empire blasting each other in the Southern Philippines.
    It's not even that, the Ming Dynasty intervened as a negotiator between Spaniards, the native populace, against their own pirates. At the same time, Spain made plans to invade the Ming Dynasty while the islands were being constantly raided by Dutch and Portuguese sailors.

    • @ethangavrilmoreno8479
      @ethangavrilmoreno8479 Рік тому +92

      As a Filipino, it's a shame that very little of this era was taught to us.

    • @justsomehaatonpassingby4488
      @justsomehaatonpassingby4488 Рік тому +2

      Philippines was called the melting pot of cultures for a reason... Spain brought Native Americans, and Europeans to the island as colonist, Indian and Chinese businessmen are flocking the island looking for profits, and Post-Sengoku Japan saw the arrival of Christianized Japanese led by Takayama Dom Justo in mass refuge, while the Moro called for the Ottomans, Egyptian, Persian and Arab warriors as their allies in their jihad against Spain

    • @mitonaarea5856
      @mitonaarea5856 Рік тому +19

      Battle of cagayan was probably fake. It would be very rare to see ronin in SEA when there was pleanty of opportunity for employment back home as Japan was still in a middle of a civil war.

    • @andrefilipe9042
      @andrefilipe9042 Рік тому +79

      So 16th century Philippines is basically a match of Age of Empires 3.
      Gotcha, never knew one of my childhood games was this accurate.

    • @xirb-4007
      @xirb-4007 Рік тому +46

      @@mitonaarea5856 pirates, man. They're technically pirates. Japan was in constant civil war for centuries and there's been known raids by Japanese pirates across Korea, China (as far as modern-day Hong Kong). They're called Wokou, and it's possible there were under ethnicities aside from mainland Japanese at the time.

  • @ElHeraldoHispano
    @ElHeraldoHispano Рік тому +990

    Ah... The Cagayan battles and the battle of Manila... Those epic _crossovers_ in which Spanish soldiers and their Filipino and Tlaxcalan allies fought against Chinese and Japanese pirates. This is the proof that HISTORY IS NOT BORING; in fact it is quite bizarre and entertaining at times.

    • @drxtale9446
      @drxtale9446 Рік тому +26

      Indeed

    • @UncleLumbago1899
      @UncleLumbago1899 Рік тому +108

      Conquistadors vs Samurais

    • @Friedrich1712
      @Friedrich1712 Рік тому +82

      And if im not wrong, Spanish and his Mayan allies once fought Ottoman too

    • @celeridad6972
      @celeridad6972 Рік тому +37

      @@UncleLumbago1899 it sounds like an alternate history lmao

    • @blackback2500
      @blackback2500 Рік тому +73

      pirates and unexpected crossovers go hand in hand, like the US and North Korea teaming up against somali pirates

  • @colminerojoshuab.8155
    @colminerojoshuab.8155 Рік тому +1448

    As a Filipino, this felt like an alternate history moment.

    • @SL4PSH0CK
      @SL4PSH0CK Рік тому +37

      Based from the meme images yea 😂

    • @VladislavDrac
      @VladislavDrac Рік тому +120

      Except it isn't, and they don't even teach this to us at school. Smh

    • @ichiro.g
      @ichiro.g Рік тому +69

      ​@@VladislavDracsad. i think because the school curriculum don't teach anything pre-Diego Silang Spanish era (even pre-cavite mutiny)

    • @generalflowerhead2047
      @generalflowerhead2047 Рік тому +77

      ​@@VladislavDracMy elementary teacher was well versed about this litany of battles. He often cited that the school system was too mediocre, and "dumb" to not teach us about the interesting history of our country, instead we are taught about bland , and oftentimes political (insert any politicians).

    • @oystersaucy
      @oystersaucy Рік тому +3

      ​@@generalflowerhead2047 I agree

  • @jessietricia1609
    @jessietricia1609 Рік тому +396

    In all seriousness, I do appreciate this channel for bringing attention to lesser-known yet batshit-crazy historical events/anecdotes, educating yet presenting it in an entertaining way. As they say, reality is always better than the best fiction.

    • @ErikPT
      @ErikPT Рік тому

      History is stranger than fiction just the other day two Chinese companies both funded in part by the CCP are in a legal lawsuit in an American court system... like what the hell is this timeline?

    • @Kjrov
      @Kjrov Рік тому +5

      Based Cytus enjoyer

  • @Borme22
    @Borme22 Рік тому +347

    The wildest part of this to me is that, conceivably, during one of these battles former Aztec/Mayan warriors fought against pseudo-Samurai from Japan.

    • @juang1574
      @juang1574 Рік тому +47

      Jojo type shit

    • @jairoandreslopezperez8855
      @jairoandreslopezperez8855 Рік тому +35

      Many wukou were ronin so more like jobless samurai

    • @genghiskhan6809
      @genghiskhan6809 Рік тому +6

      @@jairoandreslopezperez8855And even then, due to their comparative rarity they likely have served higher roles such as ship captains and first mates. Not as elite infantry.

    • @Bluglojo
      @Bluglojo Рік тому +5

      @@jairoandreslopezperez8855 They were probably just random guys who took up piracy and not even apart of the samurai.

    • @mitonaarea5856
      @mitonaarea5856 Рік тому

      From what we know there isn't sufficient proof that there were ronin in the battle...

  • @Zeldaytal
    @Zeldaytal Рік тому +212

    Tlaxcalans being key on the conquest and development of the Philipines was one of the most curious crossovers ever.
    Some of em even served as knights given how much they were respected by the spaniards.

    • @Xo-3130
      @Xo-3130 Рік тому +17

      I mean some of the native tribes were made effectively vessels to the Spainish crown directly and not the Governors of New Spain which granted them some freedoms which they used to willingly attempt to integrate into Spainish society.

    • @wilder7516
      @wilder7516 Рік тому +27

      @@Xo-3130 They weren't tribes they were Kingdoms. They had a large population and lived in huge cities(bigger than Europe at the time)

    • @celeridad6972
      @celeridad6972 Рік тому +7

      ​@@wilder7516yes, it's a common misconception, the natives in Mesoamérica and the Andes were full fledged kingdoms/empires they just had been isolated in a single continent therefore couldn't benefit from technology advances in the rest of the planet

  • @charlemagnethegreat2916
    @charlemagnethegreat2916 Рік тому +401

    Imagine if everyone found out that one time Filipinos and Spaniards are scared shit of a Dutch invasion of Manila they prayed to a statue of Mary and suddenly the Dutch failed to invade Manila 5 times lmao

    • @visayanmissnanny2.076
      @visayanmissnanny2.076 Рік тому +131

      Thus, Nuestra Señora de Naval de Manila became one of the patrons of Manila, and the patron of the Philippine Navy

    • @ChevyChase301
      @ChevyChase301 Рік тому +74

      Actually more likely the Dutch were so obsessed with the plunder they just pussied out when faced with actual combat

    • @kevin8712
      @kevin8712 Рік тому +38

      Haha LOL XD. I remember reading about it in my Grade 5 Araling Panlipunan textbook. Plus, the Dutch actually failed seven times, ROTF!

    • @justarandomcommenter570
      @justarandomcommenter570 Рік тому +26

      LOL ive never heard of this thats awesome Dutch got beat by divine intervention? xD

    • @RexAresius
      @RexAresius Рік тому +73

      ​@@justarandomcommenter570 it happened in Flanders too! In Empel the Dutch flooded the area around a besieged Spanish position and they found a buried painted tableau of St Mary - that night the water froze and the Spaniards charged out to murder the icelocked ship crews surrounding them

  • @crypticcynic7827
    @crypticcynic7827 Рік тому +92

    Chinese immigration to the Philippines commonly have their names westernized but not anglicized. That's how you get people running around here as Francisco Yu or Crisostomo Uy or something like that.

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Рік тому +7

      lol americanized names are also common these days among chinese filipinos ever since american colonial era. its mostly elderlies and boomers and some gen X carrying long hispanic names. millennial and zoomer filchi these days are mostly carrying americanized given names with hokkien surnames spelled in the spanish style before

  • @jensenthegreen6780
    @jensenthegreen6780 Рік тому +91

    Dude escaped on a single ship, Went on to the other side of the world, And just disappeared from any form of historical record, Best ending achieved by anyone in this channel so far (ratio by what they just dealt with.)
    Who knows someone nowadays is a descendant of this chap.

  • @unowno123
    @unowno123 Рік тому +101

    It takes quite a feat to antagonize so many people
    Hes a real pirate

  • @REEEPROGRAM
    @REEEPROGRAM Рік тому +167

    Interestingly: There was once a war between Ottomans VS Aztecs.... And they also fought in South east asia

    • @whiteevropean
      @whiteevropean Рік тому +17

      Earth: Endgame

    • @MNomicoN
      @MNomicoN Рік тому +32

      ​@muslimsagainstdegeneration9544sounds like an Age of Empires II match

    • @gamechanger8908
      @gamechanger8908 Рік тому +6

      South East Asia being an average game of Age of Empires.

    • @PitunghereTNOschizo100
      @PitunghereTNOschizo100 Рік тому

      ​​​​​@muslimsagainstdegeneration9544 To be fair context is back from 1500 when they want to find spices land because y know Ottomans has control of all of the Byzantine territories. And the new policy Ottoman for higher tax trade was because of some sh*ttery war between HRE and the Ottoman itself. So the rest like Dutch, Spain, even Britain like f*ck it I find on the sea by myself.
      First, they are teammates but after that, they start hating each other because Trade company rivals and backstab by sabotaging or handling over side by side. All just because of a f*ken Mercantile doctrine and 3G thoughts. So not a big surprise how many involve the wars in SEA between Dutch, China, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Some Jannies from Ottomans random, Aztecians, Persian with their yee yee ass elephant, Arabic & Egypt with their Horses Mamelukes MK 2.0, Chinese with their fleet expedition, and Mongol with their Mangundai boogaloo over just because trade post, tax, and spices.

    • @PitunghereTNOschizo100
      @PitunghereTNOschizo100 Рік тому +6

      ​@@gamechanger8908 MFW SEA itself being AoE skirmish since the year 1101 the even 1201: 💀

  • @bayunowoadi1042
    @bayunowoadi1042 Рік тому +118

    Disney should invest their hundreds of millions of dollars making this hilariously fun and entertaining history events instead of using it for live actions remakes.

  • @jackhandma1011
    @jackhandma1011 Рік тому +68

    Limahong is truly one of the bing chillings of all time.

  • @jortuspelatus7364
    @jortuspelatus7364 Рік тому +143

    These are the kind of events that gets glossed over in our history books in our primary education. If these were featured it would make our history class a whole lot more interesting.

    • @CMDR-DR-SGT
      @CMDR-DR-SGT Рік тому +2

      tama tama! they tend to focus more on current events rather than the past, you will not learn true filipino history in school, if you want, research it yourself.
      also bias in english history more than our own. kills our culture faster.

    • @DarthFhenix55
      @DarthFhenix55 Рік тому +4

      @@CMDR-DR-SGT Fair enough, although english history isn't the only bias one, it's just the one who makes more sound.

    • @EzekielDeLaCroix
      @EzekielDeLaCroix Рік тому +6

      Because this was inconsequential to the development of the Philippines. History curriculums include all events that had a lasting impact. This was just one of many multinational pirate attacks against Manila.

    • @walalang741
      @walalang741 Рік тому +1

      @@EzekielDeLaCroix its also the reason why nearly nobody talks about events in the Philippines aside from a few before late 19th century, with some had it occurred might result in a different fate for the soon-to-be-born nation

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому +3

      @@EzekielDeLaCroixStill doesn’t make sense to gloss over most of precolonial history. Most Filipinos today think we were savages before Spain when in reality we were similar to South East Asia with our trade, clothing and culture. Like isn’t it counterproductive to not teach that huge part of history? Precolonial history still supports the focus of independence you know? Same with this battle. This battle gives a big picture of how the country was at a time when Spain is just starting out colonizing it. It showed complicated local allegiances and there was a battle at the same time in the south against the Muslims. This would show that some natives rebelled against Spain and won (the Moros) due to allegiances with Brunei, other Muslim nations and some natives in the north supported Spain due to other foreign forces (the pirates, the Dutch, the UK)..Basically current Philippines history taught in school is propaganda. Picking and choosing which one to teach resulting in generational amnesia towards most of our history all to make it seem like our ancestors had no agency of their own when in reality they did.

  • @maronin5215
    @maronin5215 Рік тому +52

    Manilla was such a wild place as a colony, my favorite tidbit is that the first "president" of Ecuador was fighting of a dutch raid and whilst fighting found out his Chinese servant, was not even Chinese, but a japanese Ronin and so he kept him.

    • @math3000
      @math3000 Рік тому +9

      So we now have a black samurai and a ronin "serving" the first President of Ecuador

  • @ChevyChase301
    @ChevyChase301 Рік тому +59

    Iberian and Dutch try not to start 100 wars on every corner of the planet challenge: impossible

    • @zamirroa
      @zamirroa Рік тому +2

      That made you think how strong would have been the spa ish empire of dutch acted with freedom but still being part of the Spanish

  • @J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer
    @J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer Рік тому +46

    does anyone else ever look at the history of the philippines and think about how it all lead to sugary hotdog spaghetti

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 Рік тому +19

      And marshmallow-hotdog hedgehogs on a watermelon.

    • @flyingalien2yearsago442
      @flyingalien2yearsago442 Рік тому

      Nah after american they didn't want us to see Spain as a friend but enemy like propaganda

    • @jhonmaverick9963
      @jhonmaverick9963 Рік тому +4

      @@nunyabiznes33 Also chocolate rice porridge and deep fried sugar-coated bananas on a stick

    • @J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer
      @J_Pawsadas-PTSDEnjoyer Рік тому +3

      @@jhonmaverick9963 and turning the bananas into ketchup

    • @jadeorbigoso5212
      @jadeorbigoso5212 7 місяців тому

      and they taste good

  • @whyareyoureadingmynickname8158
    @whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 Рік тому +19

    As soon as I saw China in the title, I knew that the video is gonna be legendary. You can't go wrong with them.

  • @alomaralsulaiman6501
    @alomaralsulaiman6501 Рік тому +24

    Make one about the Castilian war, when spanish and aztec warriors fought against ottomans, Egyptians, and muslim Malaysians

    • @realemperorkuzco
      @realemperorkuzco Рік тому +10

      Well technically they were muslims under the Bruneian Empire, Sulu, and Maguindanao-two of which are currently part of the Philippines.

  • @nont18411
    @nont18411 Рік тому +53

    As Limahong myself, this video resonates with me deeply.

  • @shinsenshogun900
    @shinsenshogun900 Рік тому +33

    Truly a The Limahong Piece is Real!!! art hours.
    On the other hand, Palau may have been the furthest destination a Ming navy is said to have sailed to battle.
    Martin de Goiti had once assisted his previous superior the conquistador Miguel de Legazpi to drive a conquest from their first colonial settlements in Cebu to conquering and establishing what would become Manila, consisting of multiple native villages along the riverbanks and a walled coastal city similar to military fortifications in Puerto Rico.

    • @lynnjohnny01
      @lynnjohnny01 Рік тому +1

      Palau certainly was far from Ming's traditional sphere of influence, it is straight up part of Melanesia. But Ming navy went as far as Kenya in 1400s, engaging in battles in Java and other locations in the Indian Ocean, so Palau was not the farthest destination they had sailed to battle. But I was still surprised to learn that they went to Melanesia to hunt down pirates. Seems like Ming had pretty good knowledge of maritime geography at the time, in contrast to extremely inward, land-based orientation of the Qing empire that replaced Ming. China could have become a major player alongside the Iberians and the Dutch...

  • @forickgrimaldus8301
    @forickgrimaldus8301 Рік тому +21

    SEA in general is a a Weird Place, you have the saner places like Tailand, Vietnam practicing Local or Religions from near but the you have.
    Islamic SEA Aka Indonesia, with Latino SEA stuck with a Large Muslim Population with a Ton of Native cultures with a Lot of Japanese, Indonesian, Indian and Chinese influence that so happens to be at the Center of it, thats the Philippines

  • @SuperPepecharlie
    @SuperPepecharlie Рік тому +119

    It is said that one of the reasons of why Mexico decided to defend the Philippines during WWII was because of its cultural ties and shared history 🇲🇽🤝🇵🇭

    • @artken4901
      @artken4901 Рік тому +6

      Really?

    • @SuperPepecharlie
      @SuperPepecharlie Рік тому +5

      @@artken4901 Exactly

    • @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583
      @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Рік тому

      Mexico didn't even serve WW2. Let alone defend the Motherland. Because it's intentions would never be defend Philippines.

    • @life_is_a_myth
      @life_is_a_myth Рік тому

      ​@@SuperPepecharlieNo we do not! And we would have preferred Japs over Latinos any day! (Even if Japanese were bloodthirsty)

    • @visayanmissnanny2.076
      @visayanmissnanny2.076 Рік тому +9

      @@artken4901 Yeah, an air force unit fought in the Philippines during the Liberation campaign of 44-45.
      Mainly consist of P-47s providing air support to the Allies, mostly in Luzon

  • @assaulthetz
    @assaulthetz Рік тому +15

    IT felt more of a Spain vs China than Philippines vs China war.

  • @joshuajoaquin5099
    @joshuajoaquin5099 Рік тому +18

    This battle is one of the most wtf did that really happened on our country type stuff.
    But yeah i recall getting mentioned when i was in the national museum at manila. Lots of people didn't believe it because it so weird and feels like a some sort of a fictional story

    • @luisliscabo
      @luisliscabo Рік тому +1

      Most Filipinos tend to avoid the Hispanic era history because of Hispanophobia, so it’s no surprise if they think it’s fictional.

  • @drekbleh7081
    @drekbleh7081 Рік тому +14

    "You think you can cause massive conflict and get away?!"
    "Wanna see me do it again?"

  • @2Potates
    @2Potates Рік тому +11

    You unlocked some ancient memories with that Avatar Flash game.

  • @jaggnuplays
    @jaggnuplays Рік тому +39

    *raiding my country is like pointing yourself with a gun or throwing a stone at yourself lmao*

    • @jaggnuplays
      @jaggnuplays Рік тому +19

      "You are locked with us forever." - coz every culture religion and trades made this country lmfao

  • @Human-163
    @Human-163 Рік тому +16

    Unironically, one of the coolest battles in history.

  • @lordsiomai
    @lordsiomai Рік тому +13

    The saddest part for me is that these crazily interesting crossovers are the most under-taught in history.

    • @zamirroa
      @zamirroa Рік тому +3

      The problem is that people are taught that this events are not part of their country's history when it reality it is. Your ancestors participated in this events and Filipinos were part of Spain for centuries, so their history are tied and that is not something bad.

  • @OnionIlan
    @OnionIlan Рік тому +16

    Truly one of the battles of all time

  • @Lancynical
    @Lancynical Рік тому +31

    I'm a Filipino and I didn't know this.
    They always talk about how the Spaniards were the baddies and never talked about stuff like this.

    • @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583
      @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Рік тому +1

      Have you realized this types of videos are not relevant to our history?

    • @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583
      @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Рік тому +1

      If you think about it, it's not really relevant, it does not talk about Philippine Independence, or struggles of a post-colonial Philippine government under the various presidents which served after the second world war. All of these you will learn in grade 6.

    • @Lancynical
      @Lancynical Рік тому +16

      @@forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Not relevant, sure. But it is a heavily biased view of the Spaniards as the baddies especially with how teachers teach that history.

    • @flyingalien2yearsago442
      @flyingalien2yearsago442 Рік тому +3

      ​@@forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583because of u.s.a

    • @zamirroa
      @zamirroa Рік тому +2

      @@forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Basically you don't learn anything that is not related to Philippines? Oh my friend I guess you do t know anything about world history then. Such shame of education system

  • @zalseon4746
    @zalseon4746 Рік тому +14

    Southeast Asia is such a chaotic action movie of a place I fucking love it lol

  • @tommykaung5882
    @tommykaung5882 Рік тому +41

    Man, we need more Chinese and Japanese Pirate stories in movies and video games. They might be as wacky and interesting as One Piece.

    • @Emilechen
      @Emilechen Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/-sOuK18dhz4/v-deo.html
      Koxinga story may interest you,

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому +7

      South East Asia at the time was basically real life One Piece.

  • @udomannheim2119
    @udomannheim2119 Рік тому +11

    0:56 that footage unlocked a forgotten memory in my brain

  • @Kwacklet
    @Kwacklet Рік тому +8

    I’m Filipino, but this the first time I heard about this story. It’s amazing!

  • @zealfonso3987
    @zealfonso3987 Рік тому +3

    I'm from Alaminos City, Pangasinan where that famous Hundred Islands National Park is. As a kid, older people had always mentioned Limahong--and that he named our street after some mispronunciation of how a seafood is called--but we didn't fully know his history... Thanks for this!
    Sadly the current mayor regime is just focused on getting money and has totally forgotten about the historical figure.

  • @Juno7900
    @Juno7900 Рік тому +13

    Its canon now that all Chinese rulers throughout history had the voice of the Chinese bulldozer from C&C Generals

  • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
    @WelcomeToDERPLAND Рік тому +9

    Damn this Ligmadong guy was a master at pulling out.

  • @thenasiudk1337
    @thenasiudk1337 Рік тому +6

    This battle feels like it was a random faction skirmish in Age Of Empires online match

  • @drxtale9446
    @drxtale9446 Рік тому +19

    Trying to raid us Filipinos, especially our capital. Is a one way trip of getting kicked in the nuts. Considering that a lot of trade and culture stuff has made us into us.

    • @applesandgrapesfordinner4626
      @applesandgrapesfordinner4626 Рік тому +11

      It was the Stalingrad of Asia in WW2

    • @Mikketamakulo
      @Mikketamakulo Рік тому +1

      no need to invade Manila for what, pagpag?

    • @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583
      @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Рік тому +2

      ​@@applesandgrapesfordinner4626It wasnt a stalingrad because it was declared an open city by Macarthur (bad decision btw) but at the end of the battle, 1000 american dead to a 16000 japanese dead, it wasn't a stalingrad, but its sure safe to say you did not read AP, which it specifically said that Macarthur declared it an open city. Battle of Shanghai was more of a stalingrad of asia, and the term Stalingrad of Asia does not belong to the Battle of Manila.

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому

      ​@@applesandgrapesfordinner4626Manila was technically more of the Asian version of Warsaw of WWII. The 2nd most bombed.. It was nothing like Stalingrad.

    • @isiaharellano3789
      @isiaharellano3789 7 місяців тому

      ​@@bmona7550and it never truly recovered after that. It was the center of trade and a booming city until the Japanese invaded and it got turned to rubble. 😢

  • @TitanJonkler
    @TitanJonkler 7 місяців тому +4

    Tfw this is getting close in the modern ages

  • @tardarsauce1842
    @tardarsauce1842 Рік тому +8

    it would be funny if you also do a video of Raid of Manila of 1798.
    Which was a whacky Royal Navy false flag military operation led by Captain Edward Cooke during the *French Revolutionary Wars* , it was intended to scout the strength of the defences of Manila, at the capital of the Spanish Philippines.

  • @RijaMo
    @RijaMo Рік тому +73

    A Chinese story that didn't end in cannibalism? Seems like a happy one.

    • @VladislavDrac
      @VladislavDrac Рік тому +29

      It's either they all die or they were cannibalized. Just pick between the two

    • @vercot7000
      @vercot7000 Рік тому

      @@VladislavDrac and then magically the population of china grows by 160 million more than before the mass cannibalization

  • @asdfasfsdegrf
    @asdfasfsdegrf Рік тому +7

    Aaah, that part of history that could easly be a random match in age of empires 2.

  • @prussianblue9316
    @prussianblue9316 Рік тому +5

    3:01 Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete

  • @visayanmissnanny2.076
    @visayanmissnanny2.076 Рік тому +17

    Decades later, Spanish-colonial Philippines would have to deal with the Chinese again; this time the Sangley Revolt in Manila.

  • @Kratosfallinmemeiscool
    @Kratosfallinmemeiscool Рік тому +8

    Fact: By Making a Video that includes the philippines, MasterofRolfness has now summoned the entire nation
    Mabuhay!
    Glory be to Albania!

  • @Megumu_Iizunamaru.
    @Megumu_Iizunamaru. Рік тому +37

    As a Filipino this is epic and hilarious

  • @aglis_
    @aglis_ 4 місяці тому +2

    This is a weird title; it makes it sound like Philippines fought as a nation against whatever Chinese dynasty at that time, when I don't think Philippines were even a single country at this point, so its more like the Spaniards as colonizer of Philippines with whatever mercenaries they had fighting off a somewhat large Asian pirate fleet.

  • @nunyabiznes33
    @nunyabiznes33 Рік тому +7

    Now do the part where the Ottomans fought the Aztecs.

  • @camguy6224
    @camguy6224 Рік тому +20

    OMG HE MENTIONED THE PHILIPPINES 🔥🇵🇭🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES NUMBER 1 MABUHAY 🇵🇭🇵🇭🔥🇵🇭🔥

    • @diprogamer3294
      @diprogamer3294 Рік тому +3

      risitas basado

    • @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583
      @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Рік тому

      Jodido orgulloso pinoy

    • @mhoadievdelapaz3703
      @mhoadievdelapaz3703 Рік тому +4

      #1 Asia's Brothel and cyber sex capital🙄

    • @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583
      @forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583 Рік тому

      @@mhoadievdelapaz3703 a shame to the motherland, execute this man by firing squad! Philippines is not just a cybersex capital and a continental brothel, it is a cesspool of degenerates and hypersexual children who exposed themselves to porn

    • @walalang741
      @walalang741 Рік тому +2

      least sane supernationalistic filipino be like:

  • @mr.fishmanman
    @mr.fishmanman Рік тому +5

    1:50 :Now That's Why Pangasinan Makes So Much Salt,Its From The Tears Of Limahong

  • @trevortrabeaux4
    @trevortrabeaux4 7 місяців тому +1

    The Pirate101 theme fits so well at the beginning, I was rolling lol.

  • @izzatsufian2796
    @izzatsufian2796 Рік тому +10

    Most epic pirate battle in Philippines

  • @holidaytrout5174
    @holidaytrout5174 Рік тому +8

    It's always really interesting to me the relationship between Mexico and Phillipines.

  • @siph700
    @siph700 Рік тому +2

    You gotta do Philippine rebellions, specifically the Pulahanes who were basically cultists fighting the Spanish and the Americans with machetes, amulets, holy oil, and spells. Some of the leaders were weird. One of them, Chris Elofre, not only started a rebellion but claimed magical powers and crossdressed.

  • @aldrinmilespartosa1578
    @aldrinmilespartosa1578 Рік тому +29

    Ottomans, Moro (Brunei), Egyptians, Arabrians, vs Spaniards, Filipinos, Mexicans (former Aztecs and other central American tribes) in the Philippines next would be nice.

    • @عليياسر-ذ5ب
      @عليياسر-ذ5ب Рік тому

      Jesus: Slaves Against My People That's something I have to see

    • @PitunghereTNOschizo100
      @PitunghereTNOschizo100 Рік тому +3

      Meanwhile, Indonesia become a civil war between the sultanate being intervened side by side: 💀

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому +1

      ​​@@PitunghereTNOschizo100The entirety of the history of South East Asia is just wack NGL

    • @irohito622
      @irohito622 Рік тому

      ​@@bmona7550
      Yea, my country had a civil war in the past because the highest ranking vizier went amok and commit regicide and took over the throne because his son was murdered over a cockfight
      Context: The vizier's son won a cockfight against the sultan's son, but was murdered by the losing side of the fight. The vizier demanded the sultan to allow him to execute his son after the whole thing happened but the sultan said no and the vizier went amok and started to go on a killing spree at the sultan's palace which, unsuprisingly, killed the sultan as a result. He took over the throne after that and moved his administration to a fortified island. The murdered sultan's son- in law declared himself as the sultan and started a civil war to avenge his father-in law. He requested the Sulu Sultanate's assistance in return for... Sabah or the eastern side of it. In the end, he won however, the Sulu did got what they had promised. And that caused the ongoing Sabah dispute today and recent years
      You could say that the Sabah dispute was caused by two members of the royal family having a cockfight

  • @waltvonkeisel5610
    @waltvonkeisel5610 Рік тому +19

    You should do Ben L Salomon next, the Dentist who basically held back an entire banzai charge to save his wounded patients so that they could escape. Or perhaps Hans Munch, the Auschwitz Guard who actively tried to save lives in that cursed place.

    • @MrSlug-ki9jl
      @MrSlug-ki9jl Рік тому

      I saw the Simple History video on Ben Salomen, man was channeling some Sage of the Six Paths power.

  • @buwanbuwaya6927
    @buwanbuwaya6927 Рік тому +7

    Now I know why pinoys are always ranting about them being latino, asian, and pacific islanders. This is what 3 centuries does to a mf archipelago.

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому +1

      The only ones that do that are Filipino Americans. Filipinos in the Philippines know better

  • @genkiuo
    @genkiuo Рік тому +7

    Finally, a Filipino video. 💀
    But missed the opportunity to use Filipino drama memes.

  • @mikeoxmaul45
    @mikeoxmaul45 Рік тому

    I love these slower-paced videos, which makes you appreciate the text even more

  • @josephlongbone4255
    @josephlongbone4255 Рік тому +5

    Chinese pirates were just built different, there were several with fleet's larger than the emperor's.

  • @alefmagnum207
    @alefmagnum207 Рік тому +8

    Wait, what?? Both Chinese and Japanese fighting ALONGSIDE? This is new

    • @N1664datsnvtz
      @N1664datsnvtz Рік тому +1

      It's the pirates, they don't give a shit about their government.

    • @GWT1m0
      @GWT1m0 Рік тому +1

      Money talks, in the past, now and forever more.

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому

      Mercenaries and some rogue Samurai. They all come in any race. Most were Chinese but I'm certain some were Korean and Japanese. The spice islands offered many bounties so of course.

    • @MaskMCD
      @MaskMCD 8 місяців тому

      Bound by poverty

  • @walalang741
    @walalang741 Рік тому +4

    Hoping for another one, this time during 1762
    And aside from this second of the 5 battles of Manila, there are also other underrated events, that in my opinion were:
    1, Voyage of the Bornean Datus of Panay
    2, A 1365 battle (disputed) between Tondo and Majapahit in whats now Intramuros, and Sulu’s rebellion at the latter
    3, Feud between Maynila and Tondo
    4, Sangley rebellions of 1603 and 1639-40
    5, The 3 revolts of 1660-61 (Pampanga, Pangasinan and Ilocos)
    6, Revolt of Andres Novales
    7, 1582 Cagayan battles

  • @tarasto6772
    @tarasto6772 Рік тому +14

    Pirates trolling the spanish never fails to make me laugh

    • @Sam-vz8pm
      @Sam-vz8pm Рік тому

      In this case the pirates got trolled

  • @VladislavDrac
    @VladislavDrac Рік тому +66

    ¡Arriba España! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! 🇵🇭

  • @HyperGolem
    @HyperGolem Рік тому +3

    You should make a video about Lauri Törni, a Finnish madman who fought in three armies

  • @Senormeni
    @Senormeni Рік тому +3

    Actually, the "japanese pirates" were samurais and the spanish troops were tercios. The only recorded sword battle between samurais and europeans

    • @MaskMCD
      @MaskMCD 8 місяців тому +1

      there were alot of settlements of okinawan/japanese pirates and chinese in Northern Luzon so I do think this is the first or only time Spaniards fought against them.

    • @Romanov117
      @Romanov117 8 місяців тому

      Not just Samurai’s. They’re Ronins. Samurai’s without masters.

  • @cr0sad3r70
    @cr0sad3r70 Рік тому +7

    Most peaceful day in West Philippine sea

  • @ZeonicZaku1-Zeon_Grunt_Suit
    @ZeonicZaku1-Zeon_Grunt_Suit Рік тому +2

    That Pirate101 OST at the beginning, based.

  • @bigoof1105
    @bigoof1105 Рік тому +2

    "You will always remember this as the day you almost caught captain Limahong".

  • @IC3XR
    @IC3XR 10 місяців тому +3

    Such a silly little historical-footnote war has NO RIGHT being so absolutely WILD 🤣🤯

  • @super-zw3ep
    @super-zw3ep Рік тому +7

    Whenever MasterofRolfness uploads a video I can never tell if it’s real life history or the continuation of the Finno-Korean hyperspace wars

  • @willemdalebout3725
    @willemdalebout3725 Рік тому

    0:55 BRUH YOU JUST AWAKENED A CHILDHOOD MEMORY

  • @kzm-cb5mr
    @kzm-cb5mr Рік тому +2

    Strange to see Ilocanos being involved here, because few years later a Spanish written account by Miguel de Loarca specifically described Ilocanos as "peaceful" and "dislikes war".

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 Рік тому

      They alongside the Kampangpangans were occasionally sent as part of the Spanish militia throughout the islands actually.

  • @AlvinREDDELTA
    @AlvinREDDELTA Рік тому

    never heard this on my history books and thankyou for this

  • @harveymogarawanderingfilip5318
    @harveymogarawanderingfilip5318 Рік тому +34

    As a Filipino, this is great that you made an episode about Philippines.

    • @SL4PSH0CK
      @SL4PSH0CK Рік тому

      Agree

    • @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658
      @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 Рік тому +2

      You guys have a lot of historical moments he can pull video ideas from.

    • @Stone15656
      @Stone15656 Рік тому +1

      We're nothing without Spain. The fact that the word Philippines came from Phillip

    • @cockatyusha2359
      @cockatyusha2359 Рік тому +1

      As a Chinese that regularly engages in digital piracy, I'm glad too that he represented my kind and hobbies.

    • @drxtale9446
      @drxtale9446 Рік тому

      I have to agree with this statement

  • @waffle6376
    @waffle6376 Рік тому +9

    you should do Anglo-Sikh wars be like:

  • @wenerjy
    @wenerjy Рік тому +2

    We finally know who really wins between a Jaguar Warrior, a Chu Ko Nu, and a Samurai.

  • @nateghast6456
    @nateghast6456 Рік тому +4

    I bet he is living in Argentina.

    • @juliandacosta6841
      @juliandacosta6841 Рік тому +2

      I heard that's where that australian prime minister yet

  • @Lord_Pilaf
    @Lord_Pilaf Рік тому +2

    They should make a video game or tv series about this

  • @maddogbasil
    @maddogbasil Рік тому +5

    *"if We're gonna do pirates then i do believe The Somali Pirates deserve an Entire video"*
    You know their serious with what they do if the Author of One piece mad "Black Beard" a somali pirate

  • @ibrahimg2290
    @ibrahimg2290 Рік тому

    PAUSE, PIRATE101 OPENING MUSIC??? roflness you have my UTMOST respect.

  • @carl4243
    @carl4243 Рік тому +5

    Imagine doing all that just to become a femboy servant.

  • @izzatsufian2796
    @izzatsufian2796 Рік тому +8

    0:05 One Piece is real

  • @AsiaGled
    @AsiaGled Рік тому +2

    0:55 bruh I missed this game

  • @matthewyeldig4608
    @matthewyeldig4608 Рік тому +1

    Well, that last part was... omnious...

  • @becomemyapostle6558
    @becomemyapostle6558 7 місяців тому

    1:24 what a nostalgic game in the background

  • @CMDR-DR-SGT
    @CMDR-DR-SGT Рік тому +2

    Manila is still full of pirates, like me

  • @anxiousbottle
    @anxiousbottle Рік тому +1

    You should do one about the Bavarian Soviet republic, extremely unqualified political figures, murder, orgies, it was just pure chaos

  • @HittingBandy
    @HittingBandy Рік тому +5

    0:29 actually, Mestizos in the Philippines are half Spanish half Filipino and could be called 'Filipino nobles', while indios were native or pure-blooded Filipinos or just people that are not Spaniard blood. Not sure about Criollos though...
    Ngl this is very refreshing to watch. The entirety of the 300 year Spanish colonial era could be summed up to "Spain bad, Friars racist". This is one of the few times some outside forces besides the Spaniards actually was the villains here lmao.

    • @lucario2188
      @lucario2188 Рік тому +2

      That is used to describe the Mexicans not the Philipinos. Mexico also used those adjectives. That is to say that the Mexicans were criollos(Spanish born in Mexico) Mestizos(half spanish half indigenous of Mexico) and Indio (indigenous Mexicans). This adjectives weren't exclusive to the philippines they were used accross the Spanish Empire.

    • @Cholimao
      @Cholimao Рік тому +1

      The text is depicting the composition of the Mexicans that were part of the spanish garrison, which were composed of Europeans born in México(Criollos), Half Spanish-Native(Mestizos) and Indigenous(Mostly Tlaxcallans and Nahua soldiers from central México).

    • @walalang741
      @walalang741 11 місяців тому

      Mestizo in the Philippines could also be half Chinese and half Filipino, while Criollos are used to describe any Spaniard born and raised in its overseas possessions. Criollos in the Philippines were considered the "first" Filipinos, as before nationalism became a thing they were used to differentiate them from peninsular Spaniards (similar on how criollos were dubbed "americanos" in Spanish America).

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Рік тому +3

    Lore of China Japan Spain Philippines wars be like momentum 100