JOSE P.

RIZAL
Jose p. rizal

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“I die without seeing the dawn brighten
over my native land. You have it to see,
welcome it – and forget not those who
have fallen during the night!”

Jose P. Rizal

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 1.
FAMILY
The family of Jose P. Rizal
 Francisco mercado (1818-1898)

✣ Father of Jose Rizal who was the youngest of 13

offsprings of Juan and Cirila Mercado.
✣ Born in Biñan, Laguna on April 18, 1818; studied in
San Jose College, Manila; and died in Manila.

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 TEODORA ALONSO (1826-1913)
✣ Mother of Jose Rizal who was the second child of
Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de Quintos.
✣ She studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa.
✣ She was a business-minded woman, courteous,
religious, hard-working and well-read. She was born in
Santa Cruz, Manila on November 8, 1826 and died in
1913 in Manila.

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Saturnina rizal (1850-1913) PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930) NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)

OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887) LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)

7 MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)
JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865) JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)

TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951) 8 SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)

Rizal family tree

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 Domingo Lam-Co

✣ The family root, arrived from Amoy, China in

1660s and changed his name to Mercado in 1697.
He married late in life.

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 2.
EDUCATION
Ateneo to Madrid
 Private Tutors of Rizal

✣ Maestro Celestino
✣ Maestro Lucas
✣ Leon Monroy

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 Rizal goes to Binan, Laguna
✣ June, 1869 Rizal left for Binan
✣ Was accompanied by Paciano his older brother
✣ He was taught by Maestro Justiniano
✣ In academic studies, Rizal beat all Binan boys
✣ He surpassed them all in Spanish, Latin, and
other subjects

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 Life and Studies in Ateneo

✣ Rizal entered in 1872

✣ His teacher was Fr. Jose Bech
✣ To improve his Spanish Rizal took private lessons in
Santa Isabel College
✣ He graduated on March 23, 1877(16 years old)
✣ Received the degree of bachelor of arts, with highest
honors not a valedictorian

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 Medical Studies in University of Sto.
Thomas (1877-1882)
✣ After graduating, he continued his education at UST
✣ He finished a year in Philosophy and Letters and decided to shift
to medical course
✣ Remained loyal to Ateneo participated in extracurricular
activities in Ateneo and completed a course in surveying.
✣ Rizal pursue his studies in medicine in school term
✣ Rizal received his four years practical training in medicine at the
Hospital de San Juan de Dios in Intramuros

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 Academic Journey To Spain (1882-1885)

✣ His departure for Spain was kept secret from Spanish Authorities,
friars and even his parents especially his mother because she would
not allow him to go
✣ On November 3, 1882, he enrolled in Universidad Central de
Madrid taking up two courses: Philosophy and Letters and
Medicine
✣ On June 21, 1884, he conferred the degree of Licentiate in
Medicine

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 Opthalmology studies and travels in
Europe

✣ Jose Rizal went to Paris and Germany in order to

specialize in ophthalmology to cure his mother’s
failing eyesight.
✣ In 1885, after studying at the Universidad
Central de Madrid, Rizal went to Paris to acquire
more knowledge in ophthalmology

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 Rizal’s friends In europe

✣ Maximo Viola
✣ Senor Eusebio Corominas
✣ Don Miguel Morayta
✣ Dr. Louis de Weckert

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 3.
countries
Countries visited by Jose P. Rizal
Map

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 Germany

✣ Rizal lived in Berlin, famous capital of unified Germany

for five reasons:
⨳ to gain further knowledge of ophthalmology
⨳ to further his studies of sciences and languages
⨳ to observe the economic and political conditions of the
German nation
⨳ to associate with famous German scientists and scholars
⨳ to publish his novel, Noli Me Tangere

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 France

✣ The prices of food, drinks, theatre, tickets, laundry, hotel

accommodations, and transportation were too high for Rizal’s
slender purse so that he commented in a letter to his family: “Paris is
the costliest capital in Europe.”
✣ March 1883- Rizal joined the Masonic lodge called Acacia in
Madrid. Rizal’s reason for becoming a mason was to secure
Freemansory’s aid in his fight against the friars in the Philippines.

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 Spain - barcelona

✣ To complete his studies and widen his political knowledge through exposure
to European government.
✣ Rizal’s departure for Spain was kept secret to avoid detection by the Spanish
authorities and the friars. Jose Mercado- Rizal used this name; a cousin from
Biñan
✣ February 15, 1889- Graciano Lopez Jaena founded the patriotic newspaper
called La Solidaridad in Barcelona. Los Agricultores Filipinos (The Filipino
Farmers)- Rizal’s first article which appeared in La Solidaridad which is
published on March 25, 1889, six days after he left London for Paris

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 Spain - madrid

✣ Rizal enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid

(Central University of Madrid) in two courses—
Medicine and Philosophy and Letters.
✣ Rizal studied painting and sculpture at Academy of Fine
Arts of San Fernando.

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 london

✣ Rizal lived in London from May, 1888 to March, 1889 for

three reasons:
⨳ to improve his knowledge of the English language
⨳ to study and annotate Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas,
a rare copy of which he heard to be available in the British
Museum
⨳ London was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against
Spanish tyranny

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 Hong-kong

✣ Hounded by powerful enemies, Rizal was forced to leave his

country for a second time in February 1888.
✣ Rizal left Europe for Hong Kong, where he lived from
November, 1891 to June, 1892. His reasons for leaving Europe
were
⨳ life was unbearable in Europe because of his political differences
with M.H. del Pilar and other Filipinos in Spain
⨳ to be near his idolized Philippines and family

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 4.
Literary works of Rizal
Poem, Drama, Novels
 Sa Aking Mga Kabata

✣ This is the work of Rizal when he was 8 years

old, his message here is that we should love our
own language.

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 Noli me tangere

✣ A novel written by our national hero Jose Rizal. The

title "Noli Me Tangere" translates to "Huwag Mo Akong
Salingin" in Filipino which means "Touch Me Not”. The
novel is a reflection of what the Filipinos were going
through during that time.

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 El Filibusterismo

✣ A novel written by our nation hero, the title means

“The Reign of the Greed” it is the second novel written
by our Jose Rizal. Rizal portrayed a filibuster or rebel
who is himself to reveal the moral cancer of Spanish
officials in the Philippines.

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 The difference of noli me tangere and el
filibusterismo
Noli Me Tangere
✣ Noli is a romatic novel
✣ It is a “work of the heart” – a
book of feeling
✣ It has freshness, color,
humor, lightness, and wit.
✣ It contains 64 chapters
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El filibusterismo
✣ Fili is a political novel
✣ It is a “work of the head”- a
book of thought
✣ It contains bitterness, hatred,
pain, violence, and srrow
✣ It contains 38 chapters
 Other literary works of rizal

Poem Musical Composition Speeches

"Farewell to 1883“
"Mi último adiós“
"Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo“ ✣ Leonor
"El Canto del Viajero“
"Agua y Fiego“
"Kundiman"
✣ Kundiman ni Rizal ✣ In honor of two Filipino
✣ Alin Mang Lahi painters, Rizal's toast to
Luna and Hidalgo
✣ Rizal's speech delivered
at Cafe Habanero
Novels ✣ Petition of the town of
✣ Unfinished: Makamisa  Calamba
(After Mass ✣ Order of the Marquis of
Malinta

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 5.
Before execution
 LA LIGA FILIPINA

✣ Upon his return to the Philippines in

July, 1892, Rizal organized the La
Liga Filipina.
✣ Rizal explained the objectives of the
Liga Filipina, a civic league of
Filipinos, which he desired to establish
and its role in the socio-economic life
of the people.

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 La liga filipina
✣ The La Liga Filipina was the organization founded by Jose Rizal
Ilaya Street, Tondo on 3 July 1892, during the emerging militant
nationalism in Filipino society. The organization aims to do the
following:
⨳ Unity of the whole Philippines,
⨳ Promoting reforms,
⨳ Providing support for education, agriculture, and commerce,
⨳ Combating any form of violence and unjust practices, and
⨳ providing protection and assistance of each member to each other.

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✣ Rizal was still exiled to Dapitan, on the island of Mindanao.
✣ During the four years Rizal was in exile, he practiced medicine and
took on students.
✣ In 1896 the Katipunan, a Filipino nationalist secret society, revolted
against Spain. He was arrested for sedition despite of being not
affiliated with the said society.
✣ Found guilty, he was publicly executed by a firing squad in Manila.

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✣ While confined in Fort Santiago,
Rizal wrote “Último adiós”

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✣ Rizal's public execution was
carried out in Manila on
December 30, 1896, when he
was 35 years old.

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