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Jose Rizal landed in Marseille He left by night train to Spain He travelled across the Madrid, enrolled at the Universidad Central and launched into the two most significantly formative years of his life. : He proceeded to take two courses simultaneously at Universidad Central : medicine and philosophy and letters. June-August: He went to Paris improving his French January 2: He proposed the writing of a novel about the Philippines by group of Filipinos. June 21: He was awarded the Degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid June 25: Filipino students gave a banquet at the Restaurant Ingles in honor of Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo for receiving awards in an art competition : Rizal gave his speech saluting the two Filipinos and assailing certain Spaniards. : Rizal had won first prize in a Greek competition. November: Rizal wrote to his brother to say that in the family interest he thought he should come home. June 19: He was awarded the Degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters by the Universidad central de Madrid with the rating of Excellent(Sobresaliente) July: He left Madrid Late July: He reached Paris and stayed at Juan Lunas studio on bOulevard Arago in the southern part of the city October January(1886): He worked as assistant of Louis de Wecker, a famous ophthalmologist. February 1: He left Paris in snow February 8: He arrived in Heidelberg. February: He worked as an assistant at the Citys Clinic directed by Otto Becker in Germany Last week of April: He moved to Wilhelmfeld where he stayed two months living as a paying guest of the Ulmer Family Last week of June: He returned to his lodgings in Heidelberg. July 31: Rizal wrote his first letter to Professor Ferdinand Blumetritt. : He sent him an Arithmetic book written in Tgalog and Spanish by a Filipino of Santa Cruz, Laguna August 9: He left Heidelberg November to May 1887: He stayed in Berlin living in a cheap room on Jaegerstrasse December: He almost threw the manuscript of his novel on fire when he was sick. January: He sew Feodor Jagor February 21: He made the final inscription in the manuscript of his novel March 21: He sent off the first copies to a select groups of friends March 29: Noli mE tangere came off the press. May: Rizal and Maximo Viola left Berlin and head south of Bohemia May 13: They reached Leitmeritz : Rizal and Ferdinand Blumetritt met. th May 20: Rizal and Viola arrived in the City of Vienna and soon in May 25 left the city st June (1 week): Rizal and Viola crossed Switzerland. Visiting Schaffhausen June 23: Rizal and Viola parted company at Swiss frontier : Viola went to Spain and Rizal headed to Italy June 27: Rizal reached Rome June 29: HE visited Vatican City.