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e done, the couple sailed out to sea and drowned
themselves, forming the island now called Marinduque.
However, the most accepted theory of the etymology of
the province’s name is a Hispanized corruption of either
malindig or malindug, which means “stand tall” or
“elegant”, in reference to a potentially active volcano in
the southern section of the island, the Mount Malindig.
During the Spanish and early American occupations,
Marinduque was part of Balayan Province (now
Batangas) in the 16th century, Mindoro in the 17th
century, and had a brief period as an independent
province in 1901, when the Americans arrived.
During the Philippine-American War, Marinduque
was the first island to have American concentration
camps. Marinduque is the site of the Battle of
Pulang Lupa, where 250 Filipino soldiers under
Colonel Maximo Abad, defeated a smaller force of
54 American Infantrymen. It is one of the few battles
during the pacification of the Philippines where the
tenacity and bravery of the Filipinos prevailed over
the well-armed Americans. Col. Abad after capturing
the Americans later surrendered on April 15, 1901
upon orders from Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and due to
the capture of Gov. Martin Lardizabal and two other
officials of the revolutionary who were held hostage
by the Americans in Fort Santiago.
In 1902, the US-Philippine Commission annexed the
islands of Mindoro (now two separate provinces)
and Lubang (now part of Occidental Mindoro) to the
province. Four months later, the province became
part of the province of Tayabas (now Quezon). On
February 21, 1920, Act 2280 was passed by the
Philippine Congress, re-establishing Marinduque as
a separate province.
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