The Code of Kalantiaw was a legal code said to be written in 1433 by Datu Kalantiaw, a chief on the island of Negros in the Philippines. It was created in 1913 by Jose E. Marco as a part of his historical forgery entitled “Las antiguas leyendes de la Isla de Negros”, which he attributed to a priest named Jose Maria Pavon. The location of the story was switched from Negros to the province of Aklan on the island of Panay at some time prior to the 1950s.
Various authors throughout the 20th century, and up to the present day, have embellished the Kalantiaw story, but in 1968 the hoax was debunked by the historian William Henry Scott in his book “Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History”. The Code of Kalantiaw is no longer a part of the standard history texts in the Philippines but the story is still believed by some people, especially in the central provinces.
Ang mga kuwento hinggil kay Kalantiaw ay lalong nakababagabag sapagkat si Kalantiaw ay hindi kailanman naging bahagi ng kasaysayang Filipino at hindi rin isang alamat - ang kasaysayan tungkol kay Kalantiaw ay isang ganap na panlilinlang.
Ayaw tanggapin ng masusugid na tagahanga ng Datu ang mga nagsilabas na salungat na katotohanan ng kasaysayan at iginigiit pa rin nila na siya'y matagal nang naging bahagi ng kalinangan at pamanang Bisaya.
Pinarangalan si Kalantiaw ng Hukbong Dagat ng Filipinas noong Disyembre 1967 nang tanggapin nila ang lumang bapor-pandigmang USS Booth mula sa Estados Unidos.
But before Kalantiaw became the Chief of Aklan, there were several datus who became petty rulers in their respective domains, and who eachclaimed to be chief of Aklan.
It was Kalantiaw III who issued the eighteen commands now known as the code of Kalantiaw, on December 8, 1433.
Shortly after the promulgation of the Code of Kalantiaw was killed in a duel by Datu Manduyog, a legitimate heir of Dinagandan, who moved the seat of government to Bakan in 1437.
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