# Canonical recap data for Philippine-American War Begins (1899)
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slug: philippine-american-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1899/philippine-american-war"
title: Philippine-American War Begins
subtitle: Following the Spanish-American War, the conflict between U.S. forces and Filipino insurgents marked America's first major anti-colonial war.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1899-02-04
datePrecision: day
year: 1899
decade: 1890
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Filipino–American War, Philippine Insurrection, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged in early 1899 following the United States' annexation of the former Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands under the terms of the December 1898 Treaty of Paris following the Spanish–A
summaryLong: The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Filipino–American War, Philippine Insurrection, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged in early 1899 following the United States' annexation of the former Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands under the terms of the December 1898 Treaty of Paris following the Spanish–American War. Philippine nationalists had proclaimed independence in June 1898 and constituted the First Philippine Republic in January 1899. The United States did not recognize either event as legitimate, and tensions escalated until fighting commenced on February 4, 1899, in the Battle of Manila.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Manila646_1899.jpg/1280px-Manila646_1899.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Philippine–American War"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War"
  title: Philippine-American War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Filipino–American War, Philippine Insurrection, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged in early 1899 following t
wikidataQid: Q214456
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701205824/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Philippine-American War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War"
