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 TIMELIINE OF RIZAL’S
CHILDHOOD, FAMILY &
EARLY EDUCATION
19 JUNE 1861
JOSE RIZAL the seventh
child of Francisco Mercado
Rizal and Teodord Alonso y
Quintos, was born in
Calamba, Laguna.
28 SEPTEMBER 1862
The parochial church of
Calamba and the canonical
book, including the book in
which Rizal's baptismal
record was entered.
1865
When he was four years old, his
sister Conception, the eight children
in the Rizal family, died at the age of
three. It was on this occasion that
Rizal remembered having shed real
tears for the first time.
22 JUNE 1861
He was baptized JOSE RIZAL
MERCADO at the Catholic of
Calamba by the parish priest
Rev. Ruffino Collantes with
Rev. Pedro casañas as the
sponsor.
1864
Barely three years old.
Rizal learned the
alphabet from his mother.
1865-1867
During this time his mother
taught him how to read and
write. His father hired a
classmate by the name of Leon
Monroy who, for five months
until his (Monroy) death, taught
Rizal the rudiments of Latin.
 TIMELIINE OF RIZAL’S
CHILDHOOD, FAMILY &
EARLY EDUCATION
6 JUNE 1868
With his father, Rizal made a
pligrimage to Antipolo to fulfill the
vow made by his mother to take the
child to the Shrine of the Virgin of
Antipolo should she and her child
survive the ordeal of delivery which
nearly caused his mother's life.
1870
His brother Paciano brought Rizal to
Biñan, Laguna. He was placed under the
tutelage of Justiniano Aquino Cruz,
studying Latin and Spanish. In this town
he also learned the art of painting under
the tutorship of an old painter by the
name of Juancho Carrera.
1872
He took college entrance examination in the
Christian Doctrine arithmetic, and reading at
the College of San Juan de Letran. They gave
Rizal a grade of "APPROVED", he then entered
the school system as a scholar.
Rizal was introduced at the Ateneo Municipal
to the Rev. Father Magin Ferrando.
1869
At the age of eight. Rizal
wrote his fist poem entitled
Sa Aking Mga Kabata." The
poem was written in tagalog
and had for its theme "Love
of One's Language.
1871
His mother was imprisoned in
Sta. Cruz Laguna for allegedly
poisoning the wife of her cousin
Jose Alberto, a rich property
owner of Biñan and brother of
Manuel and Gregorio
1873-1874
•Rizal accompanied his elder sister to
Tanauan for the town fest but his happiness
is not complete for his mother is not with
them.
• Rizal visits her mother alone in prison
without telling his father.
• Rizal met Pastor Millena, same as his age
and become his accompanion in Ateneo.
Their house was located at Caraballos
street.
 TIMELIINE OF RIZAL’S
CHILDHOOD, FAMILY &
EARLY EDUCATION

1875 1876
At the age of 14, Rizal Rizal studied Philosophy, Physics,
Chemistry and Natural History.
enters as a boarders in
Ateneo. He received a Bachelor Arts
Degree with 5 medals at the age of
fifteen from Ateneo de Manila

1877
• Rizal enrolled in Metaphysics in St. Tomas
University.
1878
• Rizal met his first love, Segunda Katigbak Rizal went back to Manila after the
sister of his friend, Mariano Katigbak. He short vacation ended.
even made a pencil portrait for her.

• Rizal's first heart break for realizing that he

Took the examination in
and Segunda can't be together because Metaphysics in March and
she is already engaged by the time they obtained the Grade of
first met. "EXCELLENT".