Editing Miguel López de Legazpi (section)

===Arrival in the Philippines===
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A chief of [[Bohol|Bohol island]] named Sikatuna gave information to Miguel López about Cebu and accompanied López as a guide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/15022/146.html?mode=print|title=The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 – Volume 12 of 55 eBook|website=www.bookrags.com}}</ref> López de Legazpi's expedition anchored off the Indianized [[Rajahnate of Cebu]] on 13 February 1565, but did not put ashore due to opposition from natives.<ref name=halili2004>{{cite book|author=M.C. Halili|title=Philippine History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC|year=2004|publisher=Rex Bookstore, Inc.|isbn=978-971-23-3934-9}}</ref>{{rp|1=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&pg=PA77 77]}}

On 22 February 1565, the expedition reached the island of [[Samar]] and made a [[blood compact]] with its chief, Datu Urrao. The [[Spaniards]] then proceeded to [[Limasawa]] and were received by Datu Bankaw, then to [[Bohol]], where they befriended [[Datu Sikatuna]] (or Catunao<ref name=ibiblio>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/5/0/2/15022/15022.txt|title=The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898: Vol. XII, 1601–1604, by Edited by Blair and Robertson}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Philippine eLib Portal|url = http://www.elib.gov.ph/details.php?uid=0623146ef95ec775bd4014ec0fb08f0c|publisher = www.elib.gov.ph|date = 16 June 2008|access-date = 6 December 2015}}</ref>) and Rajah Sigala. On 16 March 1565, López de Legazpi made a [[blood compact]] with Datu Sikatuna.<ref name=halili2004 />{{rp|1=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&pg=PA77 77]}}{{efn|name=titles|''[[Datu]]'', ''[[Lakan]]'', and ''[[Rajah]]'' were administrative titles used at the time by local hereditary rulers.}}

On 27 April 1565, the expedition returned to Cebu and landed there. [[Rajah Tupas]] challenged the Spaniards, but was overpowered. The Spaniards established a colony, naming the settlements "Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesús" (Town of the Most Holy Name of Jesus) after an image of [[Sto. Niño]] in one of the native houses.<ref name=halili2004 />{{rp|1=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&pg=PA77 77]}}{{efn|name=titles}}

In 1568, the Portuguese attempted a [[blockade of Cebu]] to expel the Spaniards. The Spanish colony proved to be resistant to the blockade and the Portuguese fleet withdrew as it suffered from an outbreak of [[typhoid fever]].<ref>{{citation|last=Pisano|first=Nicholas|title=The Spanish Pacification of the Philippines|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a255554.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805023714/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a255554.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=August 5, 2020|date= 5 June 1992|publisher=Defense Technical Information Center|page= 285}}</ref>