| 1905 |
The first Rotary Club in the world was organized by Paul P. Harris and his friends in Chicago , Illinois , USA (23 February) |
| 1916 |
The district concept of Rotary was established by RI Pres. Arch C. Klumph |
| 1919 |
The Rotary Club of Manila, the first Rotary Club in Asia and in the Philippines , was chartered (1 June) |
| 1933 |
The Rotary Club of Iloilo was chartered (27 April), the third Rotary Club established in the Philippines after the Rotary Club of Cebu |
| 1936 |
District 81 was created by RI, comprised of the 22 Clubs in China , Hongkong and the 3 Clubs in the Philippines |
| 1937 |
District 81 was changed to District 96; Rotary Club of Bacolod was chartered (16 June) as the 4th Club in the Philippines |
| 1938 |
District 81 was created for the five Rotary Clubs in the Philippines , with George A. Malcolm ( Manila ) appointed as the 1 st District Governor |
| 1948-1949 |
Benjamin Gaston ( Bacolod ) served as District Governor, the 2 nd non-Manila Rotarian to serve in the position |
| 1950 |
Philippine District number was changed from District 81 to District 48, composed of 21 Rotary Clubs |
| 1957 |
Philippines became District 385 effective 1 July, composed of 35 Rotary Clubs |
| 1964 |
Growth of Rotary in the Philippines led to the redistricting of District 385, creating District 380 for Luzon and Palawan (27 Clubs) and District 385 for Visayas and Mindanao (25 Clubs), with MAT Caparas ( Caloocan ) and Leonardo Gallardo ( Bacolod ) serving as Governors, respectively |
| 1974 |
RI approved the redistricting of District 385, with Western Visayas and Western and Central Mindanao remaining in District 385 (30 Clubs) and Eastern Visayas and Eastern Mindanao forming the new District 386 (22 Clubs) |
| 1984 |
The redistricting of District 385 was approved after reaching 86 Clubs, with District 385 composed of Western Visayas and Western Mindanao ( Zamboanga provinces, Basilan , Sulu and Tawi-Tawi ), including Misamis Occidental; and District 387 composed of the provinces in Central Mindanao |
| 1991 |
District 385 became District 3850 |
