| On the morning of 27 April 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with a small attack force. |
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| On 27 April 1521, Magellan was killed and the Spaniards defeated by natives in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. |
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| According to pigafetta, because of the rocky outcroppings, and coral near the beach, the Spanish soldiers could not land on Mactan. |
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| There is a spot in Mactan Island called the Mactan shrine where the battle is reenacted during its anniversary. |
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| The Magellan's Cross and the aforementioned Magellan's shrine were erected in Cebu City and Mactan Island. |
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| On 27 April the Battle of Mactan occurred where the Spaniards were defeated and Magellan killed by the natives of Mactan in Mactan Island. |
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| The province consists of Cebu Island, as well as 167 smaller islands, which include Mactan, Bantayan, Malapascua, Olango and the Camotes Islands. |
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| At dawn on 27 April 1521, Magellan invaded Mactan Island with 60 armed men and 1,000 Cebuano warriors, but had great difficulty landing his men on the rocky shore. |
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| Magellan waded ashore with his soldiers and attacked the Mactan defenders, ordering Datu Zula and his warriors to remain aboard the ships and watch. |
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| In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan's expedition arrived in the Philippines, claimed the islands for Spain and was then killed at the Battle of Mactan. |
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| He died in 1521 at the Battle of Mactan on Cebu Island in the Philippines. |
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| According to Pigafetta, after Magellan's death on April 27, 1521, at the Battle of Mactan, remnants of the fleet tried to retrieve Magellan's body without success. |
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