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| filipino datus, rajas and sultans | |
| 1491 births | |
| 1547 deaths | |
| people from cebu | |
| people of spanish colonial philippines | |
| paramilitary filipinos | |
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Lapu-Lapu (Caliph Pulaka) (born 1491 , died 1542 ) is the earliest known Muslim chieftain of Mactan in the Philippines. Known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization, he is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines . On the morning of April 27 , 1521 , Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and Kampilan , faced 49 Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan . In what would later be known as the Battle Of Mactan , Magellan and several of his men were killed. In his honor, the Cebuano people have erected a statue and church in Mactan Island and also renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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