.

• December 30, 1896, the trumpet sound

signaled at Fort Santiago. The soldiers who
drew bayonets acted as advance guards. Rizal
was in between his defenders. Lt. Luis De
Andrade and two priests and they followed
by more guards.
• Before his execution, the squad of Filipino
soldiers of the Spanish Army troops are
ready to shoot the executioners but they fail
to obey orders
• The Sergeant commanded to hush his men
for silence when they began raising “vivas”
with the highly partisan crowd of Peninsular
and Mestizo Spaniards.
• December 29, 1986, Rafael
Dominguez was the one who official
notice Rizal’s death penalty or the
execution to him.
• At the same day, Rizal was transferred
from his prison cell to the prison
chapel, where he stayed till six thirty
in the morning of December 30, 1896.
• Rizal wore an elegant black suit, black
tie, white vest, black hat, black shoes.
His arms, from elbow to elbow, were
tied at his back, however, his arms
had freedom of movement because
the rope tying them was quite loose.
A black rosary dangled from his right
arm.
• People line up the streets as they walk towards Bagumbayan. The sounds of the
drum could be heard
• Upon reaching Bagumbayan, Dr. Jose Rizal saw the huge crowd of curious people
and soldiers waiting for them.
• Rizal requested that his former professors in Ateneo De Manila assist him during
the last hour of his life.
• The significant people in his life witnessed the death of Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
• Jose Rizal is remembered today
throughout the Philippines for his
brilliance, his courage, his peaceful
resistance to tyranny, and his
compassion.

• Rizal's last poem, Mi ultimo Adios

was written between 12:30 in the
afternoon at December 29 and insert
and hide it inside an alcohol cooking
stove which he gave to his sister.
• Rizal was tried before a court-martial for
rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy, was
convicted on all three charges, and
sentenced to death. Blanco, who was
sympathetic to Rizal, had been forced out
of office.

• The friars, led by then Archbishop of

Manila Bernardino Nozaleda, had
'intercalated' Camilo de Polavieja in his
stead, as the new Spanish Governor-
General of the Philippines after pressuring
Queen-Regent Maria Cristina of Spain,
thus sealing Rizal's fate.
• When the command “Fuego!” was
heard, he made a supreme effort to
face the firing squad, and his bullet-
riddled body instead turned to the right
with his face facing the morning sun. it
was exactly 7:03 A.M., December
30th, 1896.
• When Jose Rizal died, his death was
the life of the Filipinos. When he died
– Nationalism was born, at the prime
of his life, thirty-five years of age, five
months and eleven days. His Mission
was accomplished!
• Other activities of Rizal on his last two
days;
✓ Signing of a retraction document
renouncing masonry,
✓ Writing of his three letters which were
addressed to his Brother Paciano and
his best friend Dr. Ferdinand
Blumentritt, and
✓ The last letter addressed to his father
and mother asking for forgiveness.

• Reading of the acts of faith, hope, and

charity from the Spanish prayer book,
mailing before the chapter altar with a
rosary in hand while wearing a blue
scapular of the Immaculate Virgin
Mary, confession to Fr. Villaclara three
times.