All Capitals of the Philippines, Ever

Can you name every Filipino city that served as the capital from the Spanish East Indies to the modern-day? Inspired by Lindwyrm's quiz.
Source: here!
Capitals not in the Philippines or technically part of a gov't. in exile are filled in.
Gray province cells that are filled in gray and say "Same" have the city with the same name as their modern-day province.
Gray province cells that have the words "Renamed" can use the current name of that city.
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Spanish East Indies and Revolutionary Period
Duration
Period
Modern-day Province
City
1565-1569
Spanish East Indies
Same
Cebu City
1569-1571
Same
Iloilo City
1571-1762
Same
Manila
1762-1764
Spanish East Indies during British occupation of Manila
Pampanga
Bacolor
1764-1896
Spanish East Indies
Same
Manila
1898-1899
Same
Iloilo City
1897
Revolutionary Period
(Renamed) Cavite
San Francisco de Malabon
1897-1898
Bulacan
San Miguel
1898
Renamed
Cavite El Viejo
Cavite
Bacoor
1898-1899
Bulacan
Malolos
1899
Americans besiege the previous capital
Nueva Ecija
San Isidro
Pampanga
Angeles
Nueva Ecija
Cabanatuan
Tarlac
Bamban
Same
Tarlac City
Nueva Vizcaya
Bayombong
Pangasinan
Bayambang
1900
Kalinga
Lubuagan
1900-1901
Isabela
Palanan
Insular Government and Modern Day
Duration
Period
Province
City
1898-1941
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Same
Manila
1941-1942
Cavite
Corregidor Island
1942-1944
Philippine Government-in-Exile
N/A
Washington, D.C.
1944-1945
Leyte
Tacloban
1941-1944
Second Philippine Republic
Same
Manila
1944-1945
Benguet
Baguio
N/A
Nara
N/A
Tokyo
1945-1948
Republic of the Philippines
Same
Manila
1948-1976
Metro Manila
Quezon City
1976-Present
Technically a province
Metro Manila
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It's always Manila 💀