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Rizal
Rizal
feelings of many about the Spanish colonization and the potential for a democracy.
Jose Rizal is born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, the seventh child of Francisco
Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso y Quintos.
1870
Jose begins school under instruction of Justiniano Aquin Cruz at nine years of age.
1871
Jose Rizal continues his education under Master Lucas Padua in a public school in Kalamba.
1875
December 5, 1875
Rizal writes the poems “El Combate: Urbiztondo” “Terror de Jolo” El embarque” and Y es
espanol: Elcano el primero en dar vuelta al mundo”