Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Abridged Timeline Focusing on Innovations/Revolutions

 

TIMELINE

1614

Bayambang, known then as Malunguey or Balonguey, became a visita (a settlement of families under the jurisdiction of the motherhouse regularly visited by a religious functionary for its religious needs) of the Vicar of Binalatongan (now City of San Carlos). 

1619

Malunguey was accepted as one of the vicariates of the Dominican Order at the Provincial Chapter of 1619 under the patronage of Saint Vincent Ferrer. It became independent from its matrix Binalatongan.

1660

In October, an uprising in Malunguey occurred, though this was immediately quelled by Spanish forces. When the Malong revolt broke out two months later, the people of Malunguey joined Andres Malong in their disgust over the excesses of the Spanish authorities. Malunguey, along with Binalatongan, were the two remaining rebel towns at the end of the revolt.

1763

On March 1, rebels under the command of Juan Dela Cruz Palaris, the leader of the Palaris revolt which started on 1762, mounted captured cannons in a bridge in Bayambang towards the direction of the Spaniards. In the said battle, the Spanish forces were able to capture the staff of the rebels. However, they didn’t pursue the rebels but instead returned to their home base on Bacolor, Pampanga.

1813

The construction of the church and the convent, made of bricks and stone, started.

1865

The first Pangasinan-Spanish dictionary produced by Father Lorenzo Fernandez Cosgaya was compiled in Bayambang.

1880 [CANDIDATE FOR DELETION]

On March 6, the Alcalde Mayor of Pangasinan elevated to the office of the Governor General the request of Doña Modesta Leonarda Mendoza to operate public school for girls.

One of the first three rice mills in Pangasinan was installed and operated in Bayambang by British firm Smith, Bell and Company.

1899

In June, General Antonio Luna had his brief encampment in Bayambang to prepare the defense of General Emilio Aguinaldo. Here, he received a telegram from General Aguinaldo ordering him to report to Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija to see the General.

Jose Palma, a staff member of the Revolutionary Government’s newspaper “La Independencia,” wrote a poem that became the lyrics of “Marcha Nacional Filipina,” now the Philippine National Anthem. He penned the poem in Bautista, then a barrio of Bayambang.

On November 12, Bayambang became the 5th capital of the short-lived Philippine Republic when General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic, transferred the seat of government here. At the same time, the regular army was disbanded and the revolutionaries resorted to guerrilla warfare in dealing with the Americans.

1922 

Gabaldon buildings were erected at the present-day Pangasinan State University - Bayambang Campus. The Bayambang Normal School started operations to produce much-needed public school teachers until it was temporarily closed in 1935.

1943 

Noted American military official Col. Edwin Ramsey set foot in Bayambang to organize Filipino guerrillas against a common nemesis: the Japanese Imperial Army. In the country's bitter struggle against Japanese imperialism, Bayambang had been Lt. Edwin P. Ramsey's East Central Luzon Guerrilla Area (ECLGA) headquarters for nine months. ECLGA encompassed Manila, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Zambales and La Union. Ramsey's aide de camp was our very own Major Claro J. Camacho of Barangay Nalsian.

According to local lore, Col. Ramsey evaded capture by the Japanese by hiding inside a taltagan (giant wooden mortar) in the barrio of Inirangan.

After the war, a huge part of Bayambang became the site of the Americans’ Camp Gregg Military Reservation.

1945

On January 7, the Pangasinan Normal School (formerly Bayambang Normal School) started operations with 293 students.

1954

On June 17, Bayambang became the first pilot town in the Far East when the Pangasinan Normal School (PNS) was chosen to be the seat of the Philippine-UNESCO National Community Training Center (PUNCTC) by virtue of Republic Act No. 1142.

1955

The first Child Study Center in the country was put up at PNS in Bayambang. The Center made initial studies on the Filipino child in order for the country to have its own data about Filipino children.

In October, President Ramon Magsaysay caused a stampede in Mangabul when he brought there with him his entire Cabinet to meet out-of-town for the first time. Thousands of rural folk turned out and mobbed the "champion of the masses," causing some disturbance at the makeshift venue, as they freely sought his attention to their concerns. Eschewing protocol and formalities, he addressed those concerns one by one, including a big land dispute, among other grievances. Magsaysay is said to donate a water pump as well for the barrio people. This little incident is commemorated in the erection of a statue of Pres. Magsaysay years later at the Municipal Plaza.

1956

Opportunity class was organized at PNS Bayambang ahead of any other school in the country to pay attention to exceptional children.

The first kindergarten was also established at Pangasinan Normal Laboratory School to provide a working laboratory for the Child Study Center.

1958  

On July 5 to August 3, Bayambang was the venue of the First National Institute in Physical Education and Recreation in the Philippines, being the seat of PUNCTC.

1963

Atty. Jaime P. Junio was elected as mayor. He would eventually earn the distinction of being the longest-serving mayor in the Philippines in his prime. Serving from 1963 to 1986, Atty. Junio’s contributions laid the grounds for the long-term development of the town. 

Among his notable projects is the construction of the Velodrome, reportedly the first of its kind in the country. It would be the starting point for the famed Tour of Luzon cycling competition, which would earn for  its organizer, Atty. Geruncio 'Gerry' Lacuesta, the moniker "father of Philippine cycling."

1999

Bayambang held a month-long “Sentenaryong Pagdiriwang” from October to November to commemorate its being once the capital of the Philippines. Activities included the unveiling of a historical marker at the municipal grounds by Dr. Pablo S. Trillana III, then director of the National Historical Institute.

2004 

The Institute of Nursing was opened in PSU with the help of businessman and philanthropist Cezar T. Quiambao.

2011

On March 14, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines formally established 5 April 1614 as Bayambang’s foundation date.

2013

On November 29, a bronze statue of former Philippine president, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, was unveiled in front of the Municipal Hall, as witnessed by Pangasinan Governor Amado T. Espino Jr., together with the relatives of Gen. Aguinaldo and municipal health officials from Kawit, Cavite.

2014

On April 5, Bayambang was declared the new holder of the Guinness World of Record for Longest Barbeque, mounting 8,000 grills and 50,000 kilograms of fish spanning 8.16 kilometers. 

2016

Long based abroad, Dr. Quiambao went home for good, ran for Mayor, and won, introducing new politics in town. His six-year reign was marked by many firsts: CCTV Command Center, emergency hotline number (#4357), St. Vincent Dialysis Center, Paskuhan sa Bayambang giant animated Christmas display, free Community Service Card, and satellite markets (talipapas) and police community precincts in all districts, the first traffic lights, a proper Tricycle Terminal, Rural Health Units (RHU) III (Carungay), IV (Macayocayo), and V (Pantol, sponsored by Congresswoman Rose Marie ‘Baby’ Arenas), among many other feats.

2018

Mayor Quiambao declared an all-out war against poverty in the program called “Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan.”

The Municipal Library, known for its collection of rare books, was given its own building using the repurposed water tank beside the Municipal Hall.

ANCOP Ville, a free housing project with at least 30 units for selected indigent families, rose in Brgy. Sancagulis, sponsored by the Mojares family of Canada and Couples for Christ - Answering the Cry of the Poor (CFC-ANCOP).

The Pangasinan State University-Bayambang Campus’ Food Innovation Center was inaugurated in cooperation with the Department of Science and Technology – Region I.

2019

The Quiambao family unveiled the Saint Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park in Brgy. Bani, with the 50.1-meter engineered bamboo statue of St. Vincent Ferrer as highlight, earning for Bayambang its second Guinness record: “the tallest bamboo sculpture (supported) in the world.”

Mayor Quiambao launched his farm modernization program with a purchase of a suite of modern farm machines and other supporting activities, revolutionizing farming practices in town.

2020

Known as a champion of the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to expedite economic progress and infrastructure development, Mayor Quiambao built the Bayambang Commercials Strip in front of the parish church, among other PPP projects.

2021

Mayor Quiambao’s petition for the Philippine government to convert Mangabul Lake into alienable and disposable land reached the Philippine Congress and Senate with the help of Congresswoman Rose Marie ‘Baby’ Arenas and Senator Miguel Zubiri. 

“Beauty and the Beast: The Musical” was staged for the first time in Region I. Sponsored by the town’s First Couple, it was staged at the Balon Bayambang Events Center showcasing local talents.

2022  

Mayor Quiambao launched the E-Agro app, a digital platform that addresses the various needs of farmers, especially loans, at their fingertips. Eight agricultural warehouses were constructed per farming district as supporting infrastructure.

Two women made history by being the first women, and possibly the youngest, to get elected as Mayor and Vice-Mayor of the town: Mary Clare Judith Phyllis 'Niña' Jose-Quiambao and Ian Camille ‘IC’ C. Sabangan.

 

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