HERO IS BORN

(1861-1896)
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Born
June 19, 1861
Calamba Laguna, Captaincy General of the
Philippines, Spanish Empire
DiedDecember 30, 1896 (aged 35)
Bagumbayan Manila, 
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Other names
Pepe, Jose (nicknames)
Organization
La Solidaridad, La Liga Filipina
 Parents
Don Francisco Rizal Mercado

 Born in binan, laguna on May 11,

1818
 Studied Latin and Philosophy at the
college of San Jose in Manila
 Became a tenant-farmer of the
Dominican-owned hacienda
 Died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at
the age of 80
 Parents
Dona Teodora Alonso
 Born in Manila on November 09, 1826
 educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well
 known college for girls in the city
 a remarkable woman, possessing refined
culture, literary talent, business ability, and the
fortitude of Spartan women
 is a woman of more than ordinary culture she
knows literature and speaks Spanish
(according to Rizal) -died in Manila on August
16, 1911 at the age of 85
 Siblings
Saturnina Mercado Rizal
Hidalgo
(1850-1913)
 oldest of the Rizal children
 nicknamed Neneng
 married Manuel T. Hidalgo of
Tanawan, Batangas
 Siblings
General Paciano Mercado Rizal
(1851-1930)
 older brother and confident of Jose Rizal
 was a second father to Rizal
 immortalized him in Rizal's first novel Noli Me Tangere
as the wise Pilosopo Tasyo
 Rizal regarded him as the "most noble of Filipinos“
 became a combat general in the Philippine Revolution
 died on April 13, 1930, an old bachelor aged 79 -had
two children by his mistress (Severina Decena)—a
boy and a girl
 Siblings
Narcisa Rizal Lopez
(1852-1938)

 her pet name was Sisa

 married to Antonio Lopez
(nephew of Father Leoncio
Lopez), a school teacher of
morong
 Siblings
Olympia Rizal Ubaldo 
(1855-1887)
 Ypia was her pet name
 married Silvestre Ubaldo, a
telegraph operator from
Manila
 Siblings
Lucia Rizal Herbosa
(1857-1919)

 married to Mariano Herbosa of

Calamba, who was a nephew of
Father Casanas -Herbosa died of
cholera in 1889 and was denied
Christian burial because he was
a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal
 Siblings
Maria Cruz Rizal  
(1855-1945)
 Biang was her nickname
-married Daniel Faustino Cruz
of Biñan, Laguna
 Siblings
Concepcion Rizal
(1862-1865)
 her pet name was Concha
 died of sickness at the age of
3 -her death was Rizal's first
sorrow in life
 Siblings
Josefa Rizal
(1865-1945)
 her pet name was Panggoy
 died an old maid at the age of
8
 Siblings
Trinidad Rizal
(1868-1951)
 Trining was her pet name -she
died also an old maid in 1951
aged 83
 Siblings
Soledad Rizal Quintero
(1870-1929)
 youngest of the Rizal children
MONUMENT OF RIZAL IN THE PHILIPPINES
Daet , Camarines Norte
in Daet, CamarinesNorte was the first
monument built to honor José Rizal,
and is the oldest surviving such
monument in the Philippines. It was
designed by Lt. Colonel Antonio Sanz
with the help of Ildefonso Alegre of
the Philippine Revolutionary Army and
through the financial contributions of
the locals of Camarines Norte.
MONUMENT OF RIZAL IN THE PHILIPPINES

Rizal Park Manila

The Rizal Monument (original title: Motto Stella, 
Latin, "guiding star") is a memorial in 
Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines built to
commemorate the executed Filipino
 nationalist, José Rizal. The monument
 consists of a standing bronze sculpture of
Rizal, with an obelisk, set on a stone base
within which his remains are interred. A plaque
on the pedestal's front reads: "To the memory
of José Rizal, patriot and martyr, executed on
Bagumbayan Field December Thirtieth 1896.
This monument is dedicated by the people of
the Philippine Islands."
MONUMENT OF RIZAL IN THE PHILIPPINES

Calamba Laguna
The Rizal Monument in Calamba is
a monument built to commemorate the
sesquicentennial (150th) birth anniversary
of Dr. José Rizal, the Philippines' unofficial
national hero and the greatest son
of Calamba.
 MONUMENT OF RIZAL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY
Singapore
 Rizal visited Singapore four
times. The first of his many
visits to foreign lands was a
two-day stopover in Singapore
in 1882, where he went on a
sightseeing of the city.
 MONUMENT OF RIZAL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY
Madrid
 Madre España, of course, should
have the monument of her Philippine
son. Rizal stayed in Madrid for most
of his European sojourn, from 1882
to 1891.
 He arrived in Madrid for the first time
in May 1882 after his medical studies
at University of Santo Tomas.
 MONUMENT OF RIZAL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY
Japan
 One of the happiest interludes in
Rizal’s life was his sojourn in the Land
of the Cherry Blossom for 45 days
from Feb. 28 to April 13, 1888.
 On Feb. 18,1888, Rizal arrived in
Yokahoma and registered at the grand
Tokyo Hotel. He proceeded the next
day to Tokyo Hotel where he was
billeted from March 2 to 7, and then
transferred to the Spanish Legation.
 MONUMENT OF RIZAL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY
 Bust in Orlando, Florida
 MONUMENT OF RIZAL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY
 Juneau head statue,
Manila Square in Alaska
 MONUMENT OF RIZAL OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY
 Herman Park, Houston,
Texas
 Professions of Rizal
• Actor • Journalist
• Agriculturist • Nationalist
• Anthropologist • Ophthalmologist
• Archaeologist • Pharmacologist
• Botanist • Philologist
• Businessman • Philosopher
• Educator • Physicians
• Historian
• Linguist
 Languange that Rizal know
 Rizal was fluent in twenty-two languages
(Hebrew, Filipino, Ilokano, Bisayan, Subanon,
Chinese, Latin, Spanish, Greek, English, French,
German, Arabic, Malay, Sanskrit, Dutch, Japanese,
Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Russian)
 Rizal works
 He was the author of the novels Noli Me
Tángere and El filibusterismo, and a number of
poems and essays.
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

The youth is the hope of our future.

He who does not know how to look back at
where he came from will never get to his
destination.
There can be no tyrants where there are no
slaves.
Chapter 3:

School Days
in Biñan
The Hero’s First Teacher
Dona Teodora was Jose’s
First Non-Formal Teacher.

At 3 years old he learned

Alphabet and Prayers.

Dona Teodora discovered

Jose’s Talent for Poetry and
encourage him to write.
Private Tutors of Rizal