Chapter 2

 Rizal's Family,
Childhood and Early
Education
The Birth of Rizal:

 Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

 June 19, 1861 - Rizal was born, Wednesday, between

11:00 and 12:00 midnight in the town of Calamba,
Laguna.

 June 22, 1861- He was baptized in the Catholic Church

in Calamba.
 Rizal's godfather and close
friend w/ the Rizal family. The first teacher of
Parents of Rizal. Rizal

Father Pedro Casanas Alonso Realonda

Father Rufino Collantes Francisco Mercado Rizal

The parish priest who Rizal affectionately called

baptized Rizal. him "a model of father
 THE RIZAL’S SIBLINGS

Saturnina Mercado Josefa Mercado Soledad Mercado

Narcisa Mercado Lucia Mercado Jose Mercado
(1850-1913) (1865-1945) (1870-1929)
(1852-1939) (1857-1919) (1861-1896)

Paciano Mercado Olympia Mercado Maria Mercado Concepcion Mercado Trinidad Mercado
(1851-1930) (1855-1887) (1859-1945) (1859-1945) (1868-1951)
Un Cuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)

 A poem about Rizal's beloved town written

by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old
and was student in the Ateneo de Manila
 The First day to Biñan
 Maesrtro Justiniano Cruz- he had the reward and punishment as his
method of teaching: he used corporal punishment to inculcate
discipline to his students.

 Pedro - He was challenged by Rizal to a fight.

 Juancho - Rizal's teacher in painting. Return to Calamba.

 December 1870- he received a letter from his sister Saturnina advising

him to ride the steamer Talim that would bring him back to Calamba.

 December 17, 1870- he reached his home to Calamba.

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