May 18, 1662: Manrique de Lara orders the evacuation of Fort Zamboanga

On May 18, 1662, Governor-General Manrique de Lara ordered the evacuation of Fort Zamboanga and other ports in Mindanao by the Spaniards to increase the concentration of their forces in Manila in preparation for the threatened invasion by Kue-Sing, a Chinese corsair from Formosa (present day Taiwan).

This was entered erroneously as May 18 event. After a thorough review we moved this to May 6, the correct date. We are sorry for the confusion.