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Dr. Jose Rizal's Timeline

1861

June 19- José Rizal is born to become the seventh child born to his parents.

June 22 – Rizal is baptized as Jose Rizal Mercado

Birth and Baptism

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.

Education

1872

February 17 - Three Filipino priests, Mariano Gomez, José Apolonio Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, are executed on charges of subversion

GOMBURZA

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

1878

September 11 – Using the pen name P. Jacinto, Rizal begins his diary Memorias de un estudiante de Manila

Memorias de un estudiante

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

1882-1885

1884

June 21 – Rizal is conferred the degree of licentiate in medicine

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”

Writing Career

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”

1879-1881

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

1881-1882

1886

April 22 – Rizal writes the poem “A Las Flores de Heildelberg” (To The Flowers of Heidelberg)

1886

Travel and Experiences of Rizal

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

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

Spolarium by Juan Luna

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

1885

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

1886

Travel and Experiences of Rizal (prt2)

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

1888

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

1889

1890

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

Travel and Experiences of Rizal (prt3)

1892

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

1893-1894

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)

1895

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

1896

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

Noli Me Tangere

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

1888

1889

September 10 – Rizal meets Sr. Segismundo Moret, a former minister of the Spanish government who admires Noli Me Tangere

1889

1891

March 21 – Rizal finishes his second novel El Filibusterismo, but plans to revise some chapters

El

Filibusterismo

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

Imprisonment to Death

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

Execution

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