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Timeline of Diaries 

Age of Exploration
1518
October 20, 1518 — September 8, 1522
Journal of Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta (1491 — 1534), Italian chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-1522 voyage. Learn more About Antonio Pigafetta and his diary.

1519
Logbook of Francisco Albo

Francisco Albo, botswain and navigator from the island of Rhodes. Originally botswain of the Trinidad in Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, he then became pilot of the Victoria under the command of Sebastian de Elcano. Learn more About Francisco Albo and his diary.

1564
Logbook of Pierre Plin

Pierre Plin (also, Pierre Plun). Pilot in the Legaspi armada of 1564-65. Learn more About Pierre Plin and his diary.

 

1564
Logbook of Rodrigo de Espinosa

Rodrigo de Espinosa, served as an assistant pilot in the armada of Legaspi. Learn more About Rodrigo de Espinoza and his diary.

1564
November 21, 1564 — February 20, 1565
Logbook of Esteban Rodriguez de Figueroa

Estéban Rodriguez, chief pilot of the ship Capitana in the Legaspi armada of 1565. Learn more About Estéban Rodriguez and his diary.

1564
November 21, 1564 — February 13, 1565
Logbook of Jaime Martinez and Diego Martin
1686
Journal of William Dampier
Seven Years War
1762
August 1 — October 6, 1762
Journal of William Draper
1762
September 1 — October 5, 1762
Journal of Manuel Rojo
Under New Spain (1764–1821)
1787
1787-1796
Diary of Manuel de Agote
Direct Rule from Madrid (1821–1898)
1829
January 4-17 1829
Diary of Guillermo Galvey

 

 

1829
September 9-15, 1829
Diary of Harriet Low Hillard
1848
November 28, 1848 — March 3, 1849
Journal of Benjamin Lincoln Ball
1861
July 23 –August 9, 1861
Journal of Cornelius Gold
1866
February 5-27, 1866
Journal of John Woodward Philip
1882
September 16, 1882 — May 28, 1884
Diary of Consuelo Ortiga y Rey
Philippine Revolution, First Phase (August 1896 — December 14, 1897)
1896
December 25, 1896 — February 10, 1897
Diary of Gregorio del Pilar
1896
December 30, 1896
Diary of Rafael Palma
Spanish-American War (April 21, 1898 — August 13, 1898)
1898
April 22, 1898 — August 15, 1898
Diary of Miguel Saderra Maso
1898
April 28, 1898 — August 31, 1898
Diary of Aime Ernest Motsch (“Lieutenant X”)
1898
April 27-30, 1898
Diary of John T. McCutcheon
1898
April 30 — May 2, 1898
Diary of George A. Loud
1898
May 23, 1898
Diary of James J. Loughrey
Philippine Revolution, Second Phase (May 24, 1898 -- January 23, 1899)
1898
June 6, 1898 — June 18, 1899
Diary of Chriss A. Bell
1898
July 15, 1898 — July 2, 1899
Diary of John Henry Asendorf
1898
August, 1898 — 1899
Diary of John B. Kinne
1898
August 5, 1898 — December 17, 1898
Journal of Eliphalet Huntington Blatchford

Eliphalet Huntington Blatchford (October 9, 1876 — December 23, 1905). In 1898 he enlisted in the United States Cavalry and was stationed in Manila where he remained for six months. Learn more About Eliphalet Huntington Blatchford and his diary.

First Republic (January 23, 1899 — March 23, 1901)
1899
May 31, 1899 — November 24, 1899
Diary of Venancio Concepcion
1899
December 2, 1899
Diary of Gregorio del Pilar
1899
December 2, 1899
Diary of Telesforo Carrasco
United States Military Government (August 14, 1898– July 2, 1902)
1898
November 24, 1898 — September 6, 1899
Diary of Albert Burton Welch
1898
October 20, 1898 —
Diary of John E.T. Milsaps
1899
December 18, 1899 — May 28, 1901
Diary of Joseph John Collins
Filipino-American War (February 4, 1899 — July 2, 1902)
1899
February 4, 1899 —
Diary of Robert Bruce Payne
1899
February 4, 1899 —
Diary of Santiago Barcelona
1899
March 4, 1899 —
Diary of Theodore Wurm
1899
April 5, 1899 — June 7, 1901
Diary of William Herman Wilhelm
1899
April 18, 1899 — May 27, 1900
Diary of Edward Avery Bumpus
1899
October 12, 1899 —
Diary of Karl D. White
1899
November 13, 1899 — March 22, 1901
Diary of Simeon Villa
1899
December 2, 1899
Diary of Peyton C. March
1900
January 31 to April 29, 1900
Diary of Edward E. Brown
1900
1900
Journal of John Marvin Dean
1901
January 15, 1901 — September 23, 1902
Diary of Apolinario Mabini
1901
May 29, 1901 — September 21, 1901
Diary of Edward Avery Bumpus

Edward Avery Bumpus (June 24, 1875 — September 28, 1901), lieutenant in the U.S. Army from Massachusetts killed in action in Balangiga, Eastern Samar in 1901. Learn more About Edward Avery Bumpus and his diary.

1901
July 14, 1901 — April 30, 1907
Diary of John David DeHuff
1901
July 27, 1901
Diary of Jessie Anglum
1901
August 13-30, 1901
Diary of Daniel Roderick Williams
Insular Government (1901–1935)
1901
September 12, 1901-1909
Diary of Philinda Anglemyer
1902
March 15, 1902 —
Diary of John J. Pershing
1903
January 12, 1903 — October 26, 1905
Diary of Levi K. Case
1903
May 19, 1903
Diary of an Anonymous American Lady
1904
December 31, 1904 — April 16, 1906
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
1904
December 24, 1904 — February 9, 1905
Diary of Dean Worcester
1905
March 30 — September 19, 1905
Diary of Young American Woman in the Philippines
1907
December 16, 1907 — January 2, 1908
Diary of Warren D. Smith
1909
August 5, 1909 to August 26, 1911
Diary of Jacob Cuznar
1911
January — September, 1911
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
1910
July 24, 1910 — February 27, 1913
Diary of Olivia Salamanca
1911
November 28 — December 25, 1911
Diary of Robert Dollar
1911
December 1, 1911 — February 9, 1912
Diary of Vernon L. Burge
1912
March 11-17, 1912
Diary of C.B. Struthers
1912
July 19 — August 20, 1912
Diary of Carrie Chapman Catt
1913
March 9-17, 1913
Diary of C.B. Struthers
1914
August 1 to 1914
Diary of Anonymous German Reservist in Manila

Tsingtao War Diary

1915
February 8-20, 1915
Diary of William C. Allen
1916
April 4, 1916 to March 15, 1920
Diary of Jacob Cuznar
1920
August 13, 1920 — September 14, 1920
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
1922
March 1, 1922 — October 26, 1922
Diary of Teodoro M. Kalaw
1924
1924 — 1928
Diary of Angeles Monrayo
1925
December 2, 1925
Diary Notes of Manuel L. Quezon
1928
April 29 — July 3, 1928
Diary of Aurora A. Quezon
1931
December 5, 1931 — April 29, 1933
Diary of Marcial Lichauco
1935
November 6-16, 1935
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
Commonwealth of the Philippines
1935
July 6, 1935 to January 21, 1937;; November 21 to December 27, 1938
Diary of Francis Burton Harrison
1935
November 15, 1935 to December 14, 1939
Diary of Dwight D. Eisenhower
1938
January 1, 1938 — July 16, 1940
Diary of Fidel Segundo
1938
January 4, 1938 to April 21, 1939
Diary Notes of Manuel L. Quezon
1939
July 3-24, 1939
Diary of Joseph Stilwell
1940
1940-1945
Diary of Paul Esmérian
1941
May 27, 1941 to February 25, 1943
Diary of Ramon A. Alcaraz
1941
June 1, 1941 to May 6, 1942
Diary of Aaron A. Abston
1941
September 4, 1941 to October 6, 1944
Diary of Herbert E. Evans
1941
September 16, 1941 to November 7, 1942
Diary of George E. Steiger
1941
November 1941 to October 1942
Diary of Joe W. Keever
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1941
November 4, 1941 to April 11, 1942
Diary of John P. Burns
1941
November 29, 1941 to December 27, 1944
Diary of Arthur L. Shreve
1941
December 7, 1941 to February 3, 1945
Diary of Lucy Hardee Olsen
1941
December, 1941, to February, 1945
Diary of Robert Renton Hind
1941
December 7, 1941 to May 7, 1945
Diary of Juan Labrador, OP
1941
December 7, 1941 to May 9, 1945
Diary of Ethel Thomas Herold

Ethel Thomas Herold (1896 — 1988). Teacher in the Philippines from 1922-27, resident until 1959. Civilian internee during World War II. Learn more About Ethel Thomas Herold and her diary.

1941
Diary of Francis M. Lunnie
1941
Diary of Joe W. Keever
1941
December 6, 1941 to
Diary of Carl E. Rice
1941
Diary of Thomas C. Hart
1941
December 8, 1941-April 9, 1942
Diary of Albert Brown
1941
Diary of Edward H. Bowes

Edward Henry Bowes ( February 20, 1896 −December 15, 1944), Lt. Col., USA. CO, 1st Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment. Captured in Bataan. Died in captivity as a POW. Learn more About Edward H. Bowes and his diary.

Battle of the Philippines December 8, 1941 — May 8, 1942
1941
December 8, 1941 — February 19, 1942
Diary of Aurea Labrador
1941
December 8, 1941 — March 30, 1946
Diary of Basilio J. Valdes
1941
December 8, 1941 —
Diary of Eriberto B. Misa Jr.

Eriberto B. Misa, Jr. ( October 8, 1921 — January 3, 2010), Ateneo ROTC cadet who reached the rank of lieutenant in the Philippine Army, seving in Bataan as part of  Company A, 2nd Anti-tank Battalion, Regular Division, USAFFE. Learn more About Eriberto B. Misa Jr. and his diary. 

1941
December 8, 1941 —
Diary of Clinton S. Maupin
1941
December 8, 1941 —
Diary of David L. Obert
1941
December 8, 1941 — April 9, 1942
Diary of U.S.S. Canopus
1941
December 8, 1941 — May 1, 1942
Diary of John P. Horan IV
1941
December 8, 1941 — August 14, 1942
Diary of Robert G. Davis
1941
December 8, 1941 — December 12, 1942
Diary of Francis M. Lunnie
1941
December 8, 1941 — December 12, 1942
Diary of Carter B. Simpson
1941
December 8, 1941 — March 19, 1945
Diary of Louise Fillmore Blancaflor
1941
December 15-29, 1941
Diary of Teodoro M. Locsin
1941
December 16, 1941 — March 10, 1945
Diary of Gladys Savary
1941
December 23, 1941 — April 21, 1942
Diary of Felipe Buencamino III

Felipe Buencamino III (March 28,1920 — April 28,1949), Served in G-2, Philippine Army, on Bataan, postwar print and radio reporter, lawyer, and diplomat in the Philippine Foreign Service. This first part is his Bataan diary. Learn more About Felipe Buencamino III and his diary.

1941
December 27, 1941 — February 5, 1945
Diary of Natalie Crouter
1942
April 9, 1942 to August 12, 1942
Diary of Edward P. King

Edward Postell King (July 4, 1884 – August 31, 1958), Major General, U.S.A.Head of artillery at the outbreak of the war, made commander of USAFFE (later USFIP) troops in Bataan, March 11, 1942. Was held as P.O.W. for three and a half years. Learn more About Edward P. King and his diary.

1942
April 30, 1942 — June 24, 1944
Diary of William P. Oliver
Commonwealth Government-in-Exile
1942
1942
Diary of Andres Soriano
1942
May 30, 1942 — August 5, 1944
Diary of Francis Burton Harrison
1944
April 18, 1944 — August 1, 1944
Clinical Record of President Quezon
Japanese Military Administration
1942
January 1, 1942 — December 16, 1944
Diary of Victor Buencamino
1942
January 1, 1942 — August 26, 1942
Diary of Paulino Santos
1942
January 1, 1942 — August 16, 1943
Diary of Hiroshi Horikoshi
1942
January 5, 1942 — June 24, 1945
Diary of Tressa R. Cates
1942
1942 — 1945
Diary of Herman K. Beaber
1942
March 20, 1942 to April 20, 1942
Diary of Capt. Lohr
1942
June 21, 1942 to February 3, 1945
Diary of Anne Louise Goldthorpe
1942
August 26 to September 10 , 1942
Diary of Anonymous American Prisoner-of-War
1942
September 4-28, 1942
Diary of Warren A. Starr
1942
September 22, 1942 — May 29, 1944
Diary of David Nash
1943
May 14, 1943 — October 15, 1943
Diary of Charles Mock
1943
May 30, 1943 — August 16, 1944
Diary of Philip H. Meier
Second Republic (October 1943-August 1945)
1943
June 27, 1943 –October 3, 1944
Diary of Leocadio de Asis
Second Republic (October 1943-August 1945)
1944
April, 1944
Diary of Robert W. Kentner
1944
August 22, 1944 — February 3, 1945
Notes of Raymond Leyerley
1944
September 6, 1944 — July 7, 1945
Diary of Joseph B. Chicco
1944
September 21, 1944 — December 26, 1944
Diary of Felipe Buencamino III

Felipe Buencamino III (March 28,1920 — April 28,1949), Served in G-2, Philippine Army, on Bataan, postwar print and radio reporter, lawyer, and diplomat in the Philippine Foreign Service. This second part is his Japanese Occupation diary. Learn more About Felipe Buencamino III and his diary.

1944
October 2, 1944 — November 18, 1944
Diary of William Ritchie
1944
October 7 — November 18, 1944
Diary of Reese F. Lukei
1944
October 15, 1944 and February 8, 1945
Pacita Pestaño-Jacinto
1944
October 9-26, 1944; November 17, 1944 — March 21, 1945
Diary of J. Thomas Chestnutt
1944
October 15, 1944 — February 8, 1945
Diary of Warren A. Wilson
1944
October 18, 1944 — October 4, 1945
Diary of James Rudolph Sorenson
1944
October 21-28, 1944
Diary of Vincent Perrone
1944
November 1, 1944 — February 2, 1945
Diary of Albert A. Holland
1944
November 2-24, 1944
Diary of Samuel Anthony Culotta
1944
November 11, 1944 — January 9, 1945
Journal of Charles C. Statler
1944
November, 1944
Diary of Aurelio Alvero
1944
Diary of Arthur L. Shreve
1944
November 25, 1944 — October 10, 1945
Diary of Steacy D. Hicks
1944
December 13-31, 1944
Journal of Cecil Jesse Peart
1944
December 29, 1944 — February 3, 1945
Diary of Tomas Confesor
1945
January 1, 1945 — July 4, 1946
Diary of Leon Ma. Guerrero
1945
February 1-10, 1945
Diary of Ike Thomas
1945
February 3-13, 1945
Diary of Lydia C. Gutierrez
1945
February 3-17, 1945
Diary of Refugee from Ermita
1945
March 21, 1945 — August 17, 1945
Diary of Salvador H. Laurel
Commonwealth of the Philippines (March, 1945– July 4, 1946)
1945
April 29 — September 15, 1945
Diary of Antonio de las Alas
1945
August 22, to September 26, 1945
Diary of George E. Steiger
1945
September 23 — November 29, 1945
Diary of Dale E. Detrick
1945
December 24, 1945 — July 22, 1946
Diary of Jorge B. Vargas
Third Republic (July 4, 1946 — September 23, 1972)
1950
February 1-27, 1950
Diary of Lester Knox Little
1955
March 14, 1955
Diary of Basilio J. Valdes
1956
1956
Diary of Jaime Gil de Biedma
1959
March 30-31, 1959
Diary of Robert Craft
1962
February 6, 1962 — September 14, 1969
Diary of Basilio J. Valdes
1966
October 24-26, 1966
Daily Diary of Lyndon Johnson
1966
October 25-26, 1966
Diary of Lady Bird Johnson
1969
July 4, 1969 — January 1, 1983
Diary of Ferdinand E. Marcos

Ferdinand E. Marcos (September 11, 1917– September 28, 1989), lawyer, soldier, legislator, twice elected President of the Philippines (1965, 1969), dictator, 1972-86. Learn more About Ferdinand E. Marcos and his diary.

1972
September 15 — November 30, 1972
Diary of Augusto Caesar Espiritu
Fourth Republic (June 30, 1981 — March 25, 1986)
1985
June 12, 1985 — February 27, 1986
Diary of Salvador H. Laurel
Revolutionary Government (February 25, 1986 — February 2, 1987)
1987
February 27 to July 13, 1987
Diary of USNS Mercy
Fifth Republic (February 2, 1987 to the present)
2001
January 6-20, 2001
Diary of Edgardo J. Angara

Edgardo J. Angara (September 24, 1934 — May 13, 2018). Lawyer, educator, legislator, cabinet member, diplomat. Executive Secretary of President Joseph Ejercito Estrada from January 1-21, 2001 the period in which the failure of the impeachment trail of President Estrada led to People Power and the ouster of Estrada from office. Angara's diary was published and extensively cited by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in its decision on the question of whether Vice-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had assumed office permanently as the successor of President Estrada. Learn more About Edgardo J. Angara and his diary.

2001
September 11, 2001
Diary of Jessica Hagedorn
2009
November 23-26, 2009
Diary of Jesus G. Dureza
2010
May 28 to September 5, 2010
Diary of Amado L. Picardal, CssR
2011
March 10, 2011
Diary of Alan Jazmines
2011
April to May, 2011
Diary of Ericson Acosta

Ericson L. Acosta, poet, journalist and activist. Arrested in Samar on February 13, 2011, he wrote his prison diary while under detention in the Calbayog City sub-provincial jail in Samar. Learn more About Ericson Acosta and his diary.

2018
November 29 to December 7, 2018
Diary of Jonathan Hill
2020
April 4 to May 12, 2020
Diary of Sykie Celiz
2020
November 4 to 9, 2020
Field Diary of Geo Lapina

Geo Lapina,UNICEF Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Officer. This is his field diary as part of the assessment mission to survey the damage and effect on communities affected by Super Typhoon Rolly/Goni in Bato, Catanduanes. Learn more About Geo Lapina and his diary.