A 1521, ɗan Fotigal mai binciken Ferdinand Magellan ya zo Philippines ya haɗu da su

zuwa Masarautar Spain [13]. Turawan mulkin mallaka sun fara ne da zuwan Miguel
López de Legazpi, wanda ya zo daga Meziko a shekara ta 1565. Sannan ya kafa
mazaunin Turai na farko na Cebu. A shekara ta 1571 aka kafa Manila a matsayin
babban birnin Spanishasar Gabas ta Mutanen Espanya. A shekara ta 1896, boren da aka
yiwa Spain ya barke a cikin Philippines. Kasar Amurka ta shiga cikin rikicin kuma
ta karbe ikon kasar. A cikin 1916, Philippines ta sami tsawan ikon, kuma a cikin
1934 matsayin wata al'umma mai zaman kanta (Philippines Commonwealth).

A 1942, Philippines ta fada karkashin mamayar Jafanawa. Babban ƙarfin juriya ga

maharan shi ne Hukbalahap, wanda ke da alaƙa da Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Philippines.
A 1946, Philippines ta sami 'yencin kai. Bayan ƙarshen yaƙin, a cikin 1948, wani
rikici na baƙauye ya ɓarke, wanda ƙungiyoyin Hukbong suka shirya, wanda akasari aka
samo shi daga ƙungiyar gwagwarmaya yayin mamayar. An murkushe boren a farkon
shekarun 1950. Babban burin masu tayar da kayar baya shi ne sake fasalin kasa da
kuma keta dangantakarta da Amurka, wacce Philippines ta taba mallaka. A cikin 1962,
Philippines ta goyi bayan tayar da kayar baya a Brunei kuma ta ba shugabanninta
mafaka. Wannan ya faru ne saboda da'awar Filipino ga yankin da kuma rashin son
haɗawa da Brunei a Malesiya [14]. A cikin 1965, Ferdinand Marcos ya gabatar da
mulkin kama-karya. Rashin fahimta da gurbatattun gwamnatoci sun haifar da zanga-
zanga da yawa, yajin aiki da kamfen ta 'yan tawaye daga Sojojin Hagu na hagu, da
Nationalan tawayen Nationalan tawayen Moro na tan tawayen da Liberationan tawayen
Islama na Moro. Rikicin 'yan daba, wanda ya fara a 1969 har zuwa yau, ya yi
sanadiyyar rasa rayukan mutane kimanin 40,000 [15] [16]. A shekarar 1986, an yi
juyin mulki cikin lumana a kasar, sakamakon haka ne aka kifar da mulkin kama-karya
na Marcos (ya yi mulki daga 1965), kuma Corazon Aquino, wanda ya lashe zaben
shugaban kasar, ya karbi mulki. A cikin 1992–1998, Fidel Ramos shi ne shugaban
kasa. A 1998, an sake gudanar da zaben shugaban kasa, wanda Joseph Estrada ya
lashe. A watan Janairun 2001, an kori Estrada daga ofis kan zargin almubazzaranci
da kudade. Ya maye gurbinsa da mataimakin shugaban kasa Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
wanda shi ma ya ci zaben 2004. A 2010, Benigno Aquino III ya maye gurbin ta. A
shekarar 2016, Rodrigo Duterte ne ya ci zaben, wanda ya fara mulkinsa a ranar 30 ga
Yuni.