Rajahnate of Cebu

State · 1497–1571 CE · at its largest around 1497 CE

A precolonial polity on the island of Cebu in the central Philippines, whose ruler Humabon received Ferdinand Magellan's expedition in 1521.

On its lands while it lasted

Magellan–Elcano expedition: Philippines to Spain (1521–1522 CE): After Magellan was killed at Mactan in April 1521, Juan Sebastián Elcano led the survivors via the Moluccas and around Africa. The Victoria reached Spain in September 1522 with 18 men, completing the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Battle of Mactan (1521 CE): Warriors under the chief Lapulapu defeated Spanish forces on Mactan Island on 27 April 1521, killing Ferdinand Magellan.