History
During the time of Adelantado Miguel Legazpi in 1571, Bulacan was reported to be well populated. At first there were Six Encomiendas under the rule of the Alcalde Mayor in Bulacan. This Encomiendas are Calumpit, Bulakan, Malolos, Meycauayan, Binto (present-day Plaridel), Guiguinto, and Caluya(present-day Balagtas). The Encominedas were later organized into pueblos (towns). The first pueblo established in Bulacan was the town of Calumpit, founded by the Agustinians friars in 1575. Calumpit was also the birthplace of Christianity in the province. It has been said that in 1578 the Augustinian conquered Bulacan (the town, where the name of the province was named after). The Franciscan Friar Juan Plasencia and Fray Diego de Oropesa founded Meycauayan in the same year and for a time was the capital, people were able to flourish, so rich, that the sons are six of the best in the province. (Bocaue, Polo, San Jose del Monte, Santa Maria de Pandi, Obando and Marilao) Malolos already existed as a Chinese settlement bearing the name Li-han, was civilized by the Augustinians in 11 June 1580 and then renamed Lihan as Malolos. During the General Visitation of October 5, 1762 by Sr. Doctor Don Simon de Anda de Salazar, the province was headed by Capitan Don Jose Pasarin, alcade mayor of the province. According to the guide of 1839, Bulacan province in the island of Luzon, Philippines, is governed by a mayor, consist of 19 pueblos, 36,394 tributes and 181,970 souls. In 1848 when the changes were made in the boundaries of Pampanga, the region which includes the important town of San Miguel de Mayumo and the neighboring places that was formerly part of Pampanga was adjudicated to Bulacan.
At the height of the Filipino-Spanish conflict in 1890s, Bulacan was one of the first eight provinces to take up arms against the Spaniards in 1896.On earlier period during 1890,Malolos was a hot spot of Liberal Illustrados notably the 20 Women of Malolos,pushing for the Education under a Filipino professor.However the first phase of the revolution ceased in 1897 with the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel. Under it terms the leaders were to go to Hong Kong and reside there. Under the illusory peace created by the Pact, the end of 1897 saw greater determination pm the part of the Filipinos to carry on the revolution. In early 1898, the provinces of Zambales, Ilocos, Pampanga, Bulacan, Laguna, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac. and Camarines rose again. In Central Luzon, a revolutionary government was organized under General Francisco Makabulos, a Kapampangan revolutionary leader of La Paz, Tarlac.
The Americans established a local Philippine government in the Philippines when they held the first election in the country in the town of Baliuag, Bulacan on May 6, 1899.
In Ferbruary 27,1901,The Philippine Commission officially transferred the Seat of Government to Malolos,and the Casa Real de Malolos was the seat of the Provincial Governor from 1900-1930 until he completion of the Capitol Building at the Brgy Guinhawa,Malolos City.
In 1942,at the height of World War II the Japanese Imperial Army occupied Bulacan and made Casa Real de Malolos as their headquarters.
In 1945, combined Filipino and American forces including local guerrillas, attacked Japanese Imperial forces and liberated Bulacan.
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