1942 in the Philippines

Incumbents

• President: Manuel Quezon
• Vice President: Sergio Osmeña
• Chief Justice: José Abad Santos, José Yulo

  Events

• January 2 – Japanese troops enters Manila.
• January 3
• * Masaharu Homma appointed as Japanese Military Governor
• * General Masaharu Homma declares the end of American Rule in the Philippines
• * Martial Law declared
• January 13 – All forms of opposition against the Japanese forces declared subject to death penalty
• January 23 – An executive committee, composed of Filipinos, is formed by General Homma as a conduit of the military administration's policies and requirements.
• February 17 – The Japanese Military Government issues an order adopting the Japanese educational system in The Country
• February 20 – President Quezon and the war cabinet leave for the United States.
• March 11 – General MacArthur leaves for Australia to take command of the South Western Pacific Area
• March 13 – The Commonwealth government is moved to the United States
• March 29 – The People's Anti-Japanese Army or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon is organized.
• April 9 – Bataan, under US commander General Edward King, is the last province that surrenders to the Japanese armies.
• May 3
• * Start of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.
• May 5 – Japanese troops lands on Corregidor Island for the last stand of attack by Filipino and American forces.
• May 6 – Corregidor Island falls to Japanese forces.
• June 8 – Shizuichi Tanaka appointed as Japanese Military Governor
• June 14 – The Commonwealth of the Philippines becomes a member of the United Nations.
• December 30 – The Kalibapi is organized by the Japanese.

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• April – A pro-US resistance movement is organized, mainly to provide data to the US on enemy positions.

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