E FNATIONALISM

FECTIVE WAYS
THROUGH
O F S T UTHE
DYINLIFE
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ORE E RIZAL
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JUNE 19 1816
Jose Mercado is born to Teodora
Alonso and Francisco Mercado, the
7th of eleven children in Calamba,
Laguna. The family adopts the
surname Rizal from the Spanish
racial meaning green fields.

1869
Rizal is traditionally believed to
have written the poem Sa Aking
Mga Kababata. The most quoted
stanza speaks of love for the native
language

FEBRUARY 17 1872
Three Filipino secular priests
Mariano Gomes, Jose Burgos and
Jacinta Zamora were executed in
Bagumbayan after being implicated
in failed Cavity Mutiny.

MAY 3 1882
Rizal leaves the Philippines to
pursue
higher studies in Spain.

MARCH, AUGUST 1887

Rizal publishes the Noli me
tangere in Berlin.

Rizal returns to the Philippines

and practices medicine in
Calamba.

Rizal is summoned to
Malacañang to explain that Noli
me Tangere is not sedicious.

SEPTEMBER 18 1891
Rizal publishes El Filibusterismo in
Ghent, Belgium.

SEPTEMBER 18 1891
Rizal publishes El Filibusterismo in
Ghent, Belgium.

JULY 1892
Rizal founds La Liga Filipina in
Tondo, and meets several people
including Andres Bonifacio.

Rizal is exiled to Dapitan. Upon

hearing the news of his exile,
some progressive members of La
Liga Filipinas founded the
Katipunan.
 JULY, AUGUST 1896
Rizal confers with Pio Valenzuela
on the plans of Katipunan for an
armed uprising.

Philippine Revolution breaks out

while Rizal is in transit for Cuba.

DECEMBER 1896
Rizal appears before Spanish
prosecutors charged with
sedition.

Rizal writes a manifestation to

the Filipino people.

DECEMBER 1896
Rizal appears before Spanish
prosecutors charged with
sedition.

Rizal writes a manifestation to

the Filipino people.

Rizal is sentenced to death for

being “the living soul of the
Revolution”. Rizal gave his sister,
Trinidad, an alcohol where he
hid the Mi Ultimo Adios.

Rizal is executed in Bagumbayan

and is buried in an unmarked
grave in Paco cemetery.

JUNE 1956
President Ramon Magsaysay
signs Republic Act No. 1425
mandating all public and private
schools to include in the
curriculum the study of the life
and works of Rizal particularly
the Noli me tangere and El
Filibusterismo.