Romantic
Rizal’s
Educational History
Age
 At age of 3, he learned alphabet
from his mother
 Rizal has private tutors; Maestro
Celestino and Maestro Lucas
8 years old and Leon Monroy.
(1861-  He was taught by Maestro
1869) Justiniano Aquino Cruz. In
academics, Rizal beat all Biñan
boys. Surpassed them all in
Spanish, Latin and other
subjects
 Rizal entered in 1872 at Ateneo
De Municipal established by the
Jesuits.
 He belonged to the class
composed of Spaniards,
Mestizos and Filipinos.
 His teacher was Fr. Jose Bech.
 He was considered as inferior
and was placed at the bottom of
the class.
11-16  By the end of the month he
years old became the emperor and
(1872- received a prize, a religious
1877) picture.
 To improve his Spanish, Rizal
took private lessons in Santa
Isabel College.
 During his 4th year in Ateneo he
received 5 medals and
graduated as sobresaliente.
 March 23, 1877 – Received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877
at the age of 16 with high
honors.
Place /
Interlude – His Notable Works
Country
Girlfriends
Biñan /
Calamba, None  Sa Aking Mga Kababata
Laguna
 Mi Primera Inspiracion
(My First Inspiration)
 Through Education Our
Motherland Receives
Light and The Intimate
Alliance Between Religion
and Good Education
Manila,
Segunda Katigbak  Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
Philippines
(In Memory of My Town)
 Al Niño Jesus (To the
Child Jesus)
 A La Virgen Maria (To The
Virgin Mary)
 San Eustacuio, Martir (St.
Eustace, the Martyr)
Important Events
 June 19, 1861 – Rizal is born.
 June 22, 1861 – Rizal was
baptized by Rev. Rufino
Collantes
 At age of 5, while learning to
read and write, he showed
inclinations to be an artist.
Pencil drawings and sketches,
and moldings of clay.
 He excelled in Spanish, Latin
and other subjects.
 His mother was becoming blind
during this time and the yo9ung
man decided to specialize in
ophthalmology.
 February 17, 1872 – the
execution of GOMBURZA – the
martyrdom of GOMBURZA truly
inspired Rizal to fight the evils of
Spanish tyranny and redeem his
oppressed people.
 Before June 1872 – Doña
Teodora was suddenly arrested
on a malicious charge that she
tried to poison the latter’s
perfidious wife.
  After graduating, he continued
his education at UST.
 He finished a year in Philosophy
and Letters
 He decided to shift to a medical
course
 Remained loyal to Ateneo
participated in extracurricular
17-22 activities in Ateneo and
years old completed a course in surveying.
(1877 –  As a Thomasian he won more
1882) literary laurels
 During his first term in 1877-
1878 in UST, he studied
Cosmology, Metaphysics,
Theodicy and History of
Philosophy.
 It was during the school term
1878-1879 that Rizal pursued
his studies in medicine.
 November 3, 1882 he enrolled in
Universidad Central De Madrid
taking up two courses:
Philosophy and Letters and
Medicine
 June 21, 1844, he conferred the
degree of Licentiate in Medicine
23-25  Unfortunately, he was not able to
years old submit the thesis neither
(1882- required for graduation nor paid
1885) the corresponding fees. With
that, he was not awarded his
Doctor’s Diploma
 He was awarded the Degree of
Licentiate in Philosophy and
Letters by the Universidad
Central de Madrid June 19, 1885
with the rating of excellent.
 Rizal found the atmosphere at
the UST suffocating to his
sensitive spirit.
 At age of 19, Rizal writes a
poem for a competition where
 La Juventud Filipina (To
he should have won first prize.
However, he was not given the
the Filipino Youth)
 Barcelona / Leonor Valenzuela prize due to discrimination.
 El Consejo de los Dioses
Madrid (1878)  Rizal created the
(The Councils of the
 Singapore Leonor Rivera commemorative medal in wax
Gods)
to Colombo (1878-1890) for the Royal Economic Society
 A Filipinas
of Friends in centennial
 Abd-el-Azis y Mahoma
celebration
 In June, St. Tomas University
realizes Rizal is nowhere to be
found and threatens to take land
away from his father has no idea
of his whereabouts
 May 3, 1882 he boarded
Salvadora bound for Singapore
where he was the only Filipino
passenger
 Amor Patrio (Love of
Country)  Rizal has his secret mission was
 Sunny / to observe keenly the life and
 Diariong Tagalog
Barcelona / culture, languages and customs,
Consuelo Ortiga y  Los Viajes (Travels)
Madrid industries and commerce of the
Perez  Revisita de Madrid
 Singapore European nations.
(Review of Madrid)
 Paris  Rizal received a sad news about
 A La Señorita C.O y R (To the cholera that was ravaging
Miss C.O y R) Manila and the provinces among
according to Pasciano’s letter.
 March 1883 – Rizal joins the
Masonic lodge Acacia in Madrid
  Rizal went to Paris and Germany
to specialize in ophthalmology.
 On February 3, 1886, after
gathering some experience in
ophthalmology, he left Paris and
25 years went to Heidelberg, Germany.
old  He worked at the University Eye 
(1885- Hospital under the direction of
1886) Dr. Otto Becker.
 August 14, 1886, Rizal arrived in
Leipzig. There, he attended
some lectures at the University
of Leipzig on history and
psychology.
26 years  He completed his eye
old specialization course at the
(1887) University of Heidelberg.
27 years
old  He continued to travel to practice
(1887- medicine and write.
1888)
 The break winter of 1886 in
Berlin was Rizal’s darkest winter
because no money arrived form
Calamba and he was flat broke
 April 22, 1886, he wrote the
 A Las Flores de poem because he was
Heidelberg,
None Heidelberg (To the fascinated by the blooming
Germany
Flowers of Heidelberg) flowers along the Neckar River,
which was the light blue flower
called “forget-me-not”.
 He used the newly invented
ophthalmoscope to operate his
own mother’s eye.
 1887, Rizal’s first novel was
published in Berlin
 February 21 – Noli Me Tangere
was published
 March 21 – Noli Me Tangere
came off the press
  March 29 – in token of his
Austria
appreciation and gratitude, gave
 Switzerland None  Noli Me Tangere
Viola – Rizal’s great friend the
 Italy
galley proofs of the Noli carefully
rolled around the pen that he
used in writing it.
 June 23, 1887 – Rizal and Viola
parted ways – Viola returned to
Barcelona and Rizal continued
the tour to Italy
 February 8, 1888 – Rizal arrived
in Hong Kong and stayed at
Victoria Hotel
 O-Sei-San
 February 18, 1888 – Rizal,
 Hong Kong  Gertrude  Noli Me Tangere
accompanied by Basa, boarded
Beckett
the ferry steamer for Macau /
witnessed a catholic procession,
in which the devotees were
 dressed in blue and purple
dress and were carrying
unlighted candles
 February 20, 1888 – Rizal and
Basa returned to Hong Kong
again. By February 22, Rizal left
Hong Kong again. Rizal called
Hong Kong “is small, but very
clean city”
 April 28 – Rizal docked at San
Francisco and stayed at Palace
Hotel
 Rizal has bad impression in US
“America is the land par
excellence of freedom but only
for the whites”
 Rizal called America as “big
town”
 La Solidaridad
Articles:
 Dr. Rizal’s article, “Los
* A La Defensa
Agricultores Filipinos” (The
* La Verdad Para Todos
Filipino Farmers) was published
* Vicente Barrantes
in La Solidaridad which was the
* Una Profanacion
28 years  Manila, official newspaper of the Filipino
 He completed his eye * Verdades Nuevas
old Philippines  Suzanne Propaganda Movement in
specialization course at the * Crueldad
(1888-  Calamba, Jacoby Spain. La Solidaridad was
University of Heidelberg. * Deferencias
1889) Laguna organized by Filipino reformists
* Inconsequencias
who advocated for socio-political
* Lianto y Riasas
reforms in the Philippines and
* Ingratudes
representation of the Philippines
* Los Agricultores Filipinos
in Spanish Cortes.
 Letter to the Young
Woman of Malolos
 Left Paris for Brussels as he was  Historian,  Sobre la Nueva Ortografia
29 years preparing for the publication of Gregorio F. de la Lengua Tagala was  Rizal was the first to advocate
 Belgium
old his annotations of Antonio de Zaide, states published in La the Filipinization of its
Brussels
(1890) Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas that Rizal had Solidaridad ortography
Filipinas (1609) “his romance  To my Muse
 with Suzanne
Jacoby, 45, the
petite niece of
his landladies.”
Belgian Pros
Slachmuylders,
however,
believed that
Rizal had a
romance with
the 17-year-old
niece,
Suzanna Thrill
as his other
liaisons were
all with young
woman.
 Dr. Jose Rizal’s second novel,
El Filibusterismo, was published
in Ghent, Belgium
 Rizal challenges Wenceslao
Retana to Duel
 El Resumen  Rizal received a letter from
 La Epoca Lenor Rivera announcing her
 El Filibusterismo upcoming wedding to an English
 Makamisa man and asking for forgiveness.
30 years  He completed his eye
 Madrid,  Nellie  Dapitan  Unfortunate rivalry of Rizal
old specialization course at the
(1891)
Spain Boustead  A la Nacion Española between Del Pilar for
University of Heidelberg.
 Sa Mga Kababayan supremacy. Because of this, the
 La Mano Roja Filipinos were divided into two
 Constitution of La Liga hostile camps – the Rizalistas
Filipina and Pilaristas
 March 29 – he finished the
manuscript El Filibusterismo
 May 30 – revision of the finished
manuscript of El Filibusterismo
was almost complete

 His exile in Dapitan gave Rizal
the opportunity to put into
practice his medicine, pursued
scientific studies, continued his
artistic and literary works,
widened his knowledge of
languages, establish a school for
boys, promoted community
development projects, invented
a wooden machine for making
31-35
bricks and engaged in farming
years old
and commerce.
(1892-
 Rizal found Mindanao a rich
1896)
virgin field for collecting
specimens. With his pupils, he
explored the junglesand coasts,
seeking specimen of insects,
birds, snakes, lizards, frogs,
shells, and plants. He sent these
specimens to Dresden Museum
in return the European Scientists
sent him scientific books and
surgical instruments.
 August 6 – the printing of his
book had to be suspended
because Rizal could no longer
give the necessary funds
 September 18 – El filibusterismo
came off the press
 Rizal organized the La Liga
Filipina in Tondo, Manila. One of
the founders of the La Liga was
Andres Bonifacio who was to
become a revolutionary hero.
Three days after the La Liga
was formed, Rizal was arrested
by Spanish authorities. Eight
days later, he was deported to
Dapitan in Mindanao where he
remained for four years.
 Draco Rizali  Rebellion fomented by the
 Racophorus Rizali Katipunan, a militant secret
 Aphogonia society, had become a full-
 Hymn to Talisay blown revolution, proving to be a
 Dapitan,  Josephine
 “Procured from Abroad” nationwide uprising.
Mindanao Bracken
 Sulpukan  Rizal and Josephine left Dapitan
 Mi Retiro on August 1, 1896, with letter of
 The Song o the Traveler recommendation from Blanco.
Adios Dapitan  Rizal was arrested en route to
Cuba via Spain and was
imprisoned in Barcelona on
October 6, 1896. He was sent
back the same day to Manila to
stand trial as he was implicated
in the revolution through his
associations with members of
Katipunan.
 December 30, 1896, Dr. Jose
Rizal was executed by firing
squad in Bagumbayan Field.