1st Sangley Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines | |||||||
![]() Spanish depiction of Sangley, Chinese in the Philippines, Boxer Codex, late 16th c. | |||||||
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![]() | Encang / Eng Kang (Juan Bautista de Vera) | ||||||
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128 Spanish soldiers and Tagalog militiamen Unknown number of allied Japanese residents | Several thousands (estimated) |
History of the Philippines |
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The Sangley Rebellion was a series of armed confrontations between overseas Chinese, known as the Sangley, and the Spanish and their allied forces in Manila under the Captaincy General of the Philippines, in October 1603. The local ethnic Chinese residents dominated trade and outnumbered Spanish residents in Manila by a five-to-one ratio, although both were minorities to the indigenous Tagalog population. The ruling Spaniards feared and resented the rival Chinese minority. Policies of persecution were enacted against the local Chinese residents and they were expelled from the city to an undesirable swamp area in 1586, which the local Chinese turned into a thriving town (modern-day Binondo). The local Chinese planned a strike due to worsening relations, but it resulted in the execution of their mayor (cabecilla / Capitan chino / alcalde), and became a rebellion. It ended in the massacre of more than 20,000 ethnic Chinese in Manila at the hands of the Spaniards, local Japanese (residing in Dilao), and indigenous Tagalog forces.[1][2]