1941 in the Philippines

Incumbents

• President: Manuel Quezon
• Vice President: Sergio Osmeña
• Chief Justice: Ramón Avanceña, José Abad Santos
• Philippine National Assembly: 2nd National Assembly of the Philippines

  Events

• November 11 – Manuel Quezon re-elected as President.
• December 8 – Start of the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines.
• December 20 – President Quezon, his family and the war cabinet move to Corregidor Island.
• December 26 – General MacArthur declares Manila an open city.
• December 28 – Filipino and US armies retreat to Bataan.
• December 30 – Manuel Quezon takes his oath of Office at the Corregidor Island.

  Births

• June 19 - Conchita Carpio-Morales, lawyer and jurist, Ombudsman of the Philippines

  Death