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1630
Independent Bulusan
Bulusan a mere visita of Casiguran until it separated and became an independent parish in this year.
1628
Sorsogon’s Independency
Sorsogon was organized into an independent town and was separated from its mother parish of Bacon with Damanaoag.
1619
Vagabonds of Sorsogon
A huge number of lowland residents who suffered much abuses from the Spaniards deserted the pueblos and exodused to the hills. They came to be known as cimarrones, remontados, vagamundos and criminals.
1616
Moro Raid
The first recorded Moro raid occurred on October 18 where Maguindanao raiders sacked the shipyard at Bagatao, Magallanes killing 200 people, captured 400 natives and 30 Spaniards.
1610
Establishment of Real Astillero de Bagatao
The Real Astillero de Bagatao or Royal Astillero of Bagatao was established by Governor General Juan de Silva in Calaguimi, Magallanes. A shipyard that where warships and other small sea vessels were built and later on sailed to Mexico and sold for huge profit. Some of the known galleons built here are the San Felipe and the Santiago used in the battles at Playa Honda in Zambales against the Dutch around 1616-167.
1569
Birth of Christianity in the island of Luzon.
The 1st exploration dispatched by Legazpi from Panay landed in Hibal-ong, Magallanes. The Sword and the Cross, represented by Capt. Luis Enriquez de Guzman and Fray Alonzo Jimenez who later on held the first mass in the island of Luzon.