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June 19- José Rizal is born to become the seventh child born to his parents.
June 22 – Rizal is baptized as Jose Rizal Mercado
1870
José begins school under the instruction of Justiniano Aquin Cruz at just nine years of age.
1871
José continues his education under the instruction of Lucas Padua.
1872
Rizal is examined by those in charge of college entrance to St. Tomas University in Manila; he enters the school system as a scholar.
1872
February 17 - Three Filipino priests, Mariano Gomez, José Apolonio Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, are executed on charges of subversion
1877
1877
March 14 - Rizal at the age of sixteen obtains his bachelor of arts degree from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila with the general average of sobresaliente (excellent).
1878
January 6 – Rizal enrolls in philosophy and letters at the University of Santo Tomás (UST)
May 21 – Rizal passes the surveyor’s examination (but is granted a license only after three years)
June 2 – Rizal enrolls in preparatory and proper medicine at UST
September 11 – Using the pen name P. Jacinto, Rizal begins his diary Memorias de un estudiante de Manila
1882
May 3 – Rizal sails for Spain and enrolls at the Universidad Central de Madrid with financial help from his brother Paciano
1883
September 28 – Rizal goes back to Madrid and enrolls in Universidad Central for a second course in medicine
1885
June 19 – Rizal finishes his degree in licentiate in philosophy and letters in Universidad Central de Madrid with a grade of sobresaliente
1884
June 21 – Rizal is conferred the degree of licentiate in medicine
1874
November 14 – Rizal composes the poem “Al Niño Jesús”
1875
December 5 – Rizal writes the poems “El Combate: Urbiztondo,” “Terror de Joló,” “El embarque,” and “Y es español: Elcano el primero en dar vuelta al mundo”
1876
April 1 – Rizal pens the poem “Alianza íntima entre la religión y la buena educación”
December 3 – Rizal pens the poems “El cautiverio y el triunfo,” “Entrada triunfal de los Reyes Católicos en Granada” and “La conquista de Granada”
1879
November 22 – Rizal composes his award-winning poem, “A la juventud filipina” (To the Philippine Youth)
1880
April 13 – Rizal wins first prize for the allegory “El consejo de los Dioses”
December 8 – Ateneo Municipal de Manila produces Rizal’s operetta “Junto al Pasig”
1881
January 25 – Rizal writes a poem for the Ateneo rector entitled “Al muy R.P. Pablo Ramón, S.J., rector del Ateneo en sus días”
1881
February 10 – Rizal becomes secretary of the Academia de Ciencias Filosóficonaturales
April 30 – Rizal sketches a pencil drawing of Leonor Rivera
1882
August 20 – Diariong Tagalog publishes Rizal’s first essay “Amor Patria,” using Laong Laan as pen name while in Barcelona
1886
April 22 – Rizal writes the poem “A Las Flores de Heildelberg” (To The Flowers of Heidelberg)
1883
June 17 – Rizal arrives in Paris
June 18 - Rizal visits Leannec Hospital
June 20 – Rizal visits Lariboisiere Hospital where Félix Pardo de Tavera is an extern
1884
June 25 – Rizal delivers a speech honoring Filipino painters Juan Luna and Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
July 1 – Through the newspaper El Progreso, Rizal asks for freedom of the press and the Filipino right of representation in the Spanish Cortes
August 31 – News of Rizal’s speech about the two Filipino painters makes him famous in the Philippines
1885
January 1 – In a letter, Paciano tells Rizal that it would be too dangerous for him to return immediately to the Philippines
June 16 - Rizal is informed by Manuel Hidalgo about cholera in Manila
November 19 – Rizal learns about the gambling habit of Filipinos in Madrid
December 4 - Rizal goes to Paris and practices ophthalmology with Dr. de Wecker at the Crugen Clinic, against his brother Paciano’s wishes
1886
February 2 – Rizal arrives in Germany
July 14 - Rizal becomes a member of the Chess Club of Germany
October 31 – Rizal meets Dr. Adolf Bernard Meyer, naturalist of the Dresden University
December 11 – Máximo Viola joins Rizal in Berlin
December 15 – Rizal starts teaching Viola the German language
1887
January – Rizal becomes a member of the Ethnographic Society of Berlin
February – Rizal becomes a member of the Anthropological Society and the Geographic Society of Berlin
April – Rizal submits his thesis “Arte Métrica del Tagalog” to the Ethnographic Society of Berlin
June 19 – Rizal celebrates his 26th birthday in Geneva, Switzerland
August 5 – Rizal arrives in Manila
August 30 – An order prohibiting the possession and reading of Noli Me Tangere is issued
September - Olimpia, Rizal’s sister, dies of hemorrhage while giving birth
1888
February 8 – Rizal arrives in Hong Kong
February 28 – Rizal arrives in Japan
March 15 – Rizal sees O-Sei-san for the first time
April 28 - Rizal arrives in the United States
May 8 – Rizal starts travelling across the American continent
June 2 - Rizal arrives in London, England
December 13 – La Solidaridad is founded with Marcelo H. del Pilar as editor in chief
1889
March 31 – Rizal’s “Me piden versos” (They Ask Me For Verses) is published in La Solidaridad under the pen name Laong Laan
May 23 – Rizal’s brother-in-law Mariano Herbosa dies of cholera
July 12 - Rizal arrives in Paris, spending days proofreading Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
1890
February 2 – Rizal arrives in Brussels, Belgium
May 26 – Rizal’s annotations of Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas become widely read in the Philippines
May 28 – Through a letter Rizal informs M. H. del Pilar about the Filipinos’ gambling habit in Madrid
June 28 – Friars harass Rizal’s family in Calamba
July 20 – Rizal’s family loses the land case against the friars
1891
October 7 – Rizal informs del Pilar that he will stop writing for La Solidaridad
October 9 – Rizal tells Ferdinand Blumentritt of his decision to cease writing for La Solidaridad in order to avoid a schism among the Filipinos in Spain
December 6 - Rizal’s family reunites in Hong Kong
December – Rizal is almost attacked by an Augustinian friar
1892
January 30 – Juan Luna endorses Rizal’s plan of establishing a Filipino colony in North Borneo
1892
January 30 – Juan Luna endorses Rizal’s plan of establishing a Filipino colony in North Borneo
June 21 – Rizal writes a letter to Governor-General Eulogio Despujol, informing the latter of his return to the Philippines
July 6 – Rizal is arrested and imprisoned in Fort Santiago for sedition and anti-religion
September 1 – Rizal starts corresponding with Father Pablo Pastells on matters of philosophy and religion
July 7 – Despujol orders Rizal’s exile to Dapitan
August 20 – Rizal writes a poem “A Don Ricardo Carnicero” for his guardian in Dapitan
September 21 – Rizal wins the lottery’s second prize
1893
April 30 – Rizal’s “El consejo de los Dioses” is published in La Solidaridad
May 16 – Rizal’s prison guardian Carnicero is replaced
August 28 - Leonor Rivera, Rizal’s girlfriend for eleven years, dies
August 29 – Rizal’s mother visits him in Dapitan
1894
February – Governor-General Ramón Blanco visits Rizal in Dapitan
June – Rizal makes a successful operation on his mother’s cataract
August – Rizal encourages businessmen in Dapitan to form a company
August 21 – Rizal exchanges information with Dr. Adolf Meyer about animal and insect classification
1895
January 1 – Rizal finishes the draft of the statutes and regulations for the Society of Dapitan Agriculturists
February - Rizal meets Josephine Bracken
February 22 – Rizal asks George Taufer for the hand of Josephine Bracken
June 1 – Governor-General Blanco permits Rizal to establish an agricultural colony in Dapitan
October 22 - Rizal sends a poem to his mother entitled “Mi retiro” (My Retreat)
1896
July 1 – Pío Valenzuela visits and informs Rizal of the impending revolution against the Spanish colonial government
July 30 – Rizal receives a letter informing him that his application to go to Cuba to serve the Spanish army as a military doctor has been accepted
August 23 – The Philippine Revolution starts with the Cry of Pugadlawin
September 4 – On the ship bound for Spain, Rizal receives news implicating him as the cause of disturbances in the Philippines
December 11 – In the presence of his defender Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade, Rizal is charged with sedition. The following day he writes his defense
1887
March 21 – Copies of Noli Me Tangere become available
1888
July 9 – Spanish senator Vida denounces Rizal in the Senate of Madrid, calling Noli Me Tangere anti-Catholic
1889
April 12 – Dr. Luis M. de Pardo delivers a speech against Rizal and Noli Me Tangere before the Spanish Congress
1889
September 10 – Rizal meets Sr. Segismundo Moret, a former minister of the Spanish government who admires Noli Me Tangere
1891
March 21 – Rizal finishes his second novel El Filibusterismo, but plans to revise some chapters
1896
December 15 – Imprisoned in Fort Santiago, Rizal writes a manifesto to the Filipinos to stop the revolution. The Spanish authorities, however, do not publish the document
December 27 – Rizal is sentenced to death
December 29 – Rizal is reputed to have written an unsigned poem, later to become known as “Mi último adios” (Last Poem of Rizal)
December 30 – At 7:03 am Rizal is executed. In the afternoon, Narcisa discovers a newly dug grave at Paco Cemetery. She marks it with a marble plaque, with Rizal’s initials in reverse