Tarihin Philippines daga 1565 zuwa 1898 an san shi dalokacin mulkin mallaka na Spain , lokacin da aka yi mulkin tsibirin Philippine a matsayin Kyaftin Janar na Philippines a cikin Indies Gabashin Spain, da farko a ƙarƙashin Masarautar Mataimakin Sabon Spain, wanda ke tushen a cikin Birnin Mexico, har zuwa lokacin da daular Mexico ta sami 'yancin kai daga Spain a 1821. Wannan ya haifar da ikon Mutanen Espanya kai tsaye a lokacin rashin zaman lafiya na gwamnati a can.Ferdinand Magellan ne ya fara tuntuɓar Turai da Philippines a cikin 1521 a cikin balaguron kewayawa, lokacin da aka kashe shi a Yaƙin Mactan .Shekaru arba'in da hudu bayan haka, wani balaguro na Mutanen Espanya da Miguel López de Legazpi ya jagoranta ya bar Meziko na zamani kuma ya fara mamaye ƙasar Sipaniya ta Philippines.Tawagar Legazpi ta isa Philippines ne a shekara ta 1565, lokacin mulkin Philip II na Spain, wanda sunan sa ya kasance a cikin ƙasar.Lokacin mulkin mallaka na Spain ya ƙare tare da shan kashin da Amurka ta yi wa Spain a yakin Amurka na Spain, wanda ya nuna farkon lokacin mulkin mallaka na Amurka na tarihin Philippine.