Life, Works and Writings of RIZAL

DR. JOSE RIZAL The Rizal Children

The Birth of National Hero  God Blessed the marriage of Francisco Mercado
 Dr. Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in Rizal and Teodora Alonso Realonda with Eleven
Calamba Laguna. (11) Children.
 He was baptized in the catholic church in  Two (2) Boys.
Calamba Laguna on June 22, 1861, by the parish  Nine (9) Girls.
priest Father Rufino Collantes.  These Children were as follows:
 Rizal God Father – was father Pedro Casanas, a 1. Saturnina Rizal – (1850- 1913);
close friend of Rizal’s Family. o Saturnina Rizal Hidalgo
 His name “Jose” was chosen by his mother who o Oldest of the Rizal Children,
was a devotee of the Christian saint “San Jose” nickname Neneng.
or Saint Joseph. o She married to Manuel T.
 The Baptismal Certificate was signed and Hidalgo of Tanawan, Batangas.
witness by Leoncio Lopez. 2. Paciano Rizal – (1851- 1930);
Governor- General of the Philippines o Older brother and confidant of
 Lieutenant- General Jose Lemery – He was the Jose Rizal.
Governor- General of the Philippines at the time o After Jose Rizal execution,
Jose Rizal was born; Paciano joined the Philippine
o He was also the former Senator of Spain Revolution and became a
(member of the upper chamber of the combat general, after the
Spanish Cortes). Revolution.
o He governed the Philippines from o Then afterward, Paciano retired
February 2, 1861- July 7, 1862. to his farm in Los Baños Laguna,
o One of the achievements of Governor where Paciano lived as a
General- were; gentleman farmer.
1. Fostering the cultivation of o Paciano died on April 13, 1930
cotton in the provinces; and at the aged of 79.
2. Establishing the politico- o Paciano had two (2) children a
military governments in the boy and a girl, with his mistress
Visayas and in Mindanao. (Severina Decena).
FAMILY BACKGROUND OF DR. JOSE RIZAL 3. Narcisa Rizal – (1852- 1939)
Jose Rizal Parents
o Narcisa Rizal Lopez
 Jose Rizal was the 7th of the 11th children of
Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso o Her nickname was Sisa and she
Realonda. married to Antonio Lopez
 Francisco Mercado Rizal (1818-1898) – He was (Nephew of Father Leoncio
the father of Rizal. Lopez), a school teacher of
o He was born on May 11, 1818 in Biñan, Morong.
Laguna. His Father studied Latin and
Philosophy at the College of San Jose 4. Olimpia Rizal – (1855- 1887)
Manila. o Olimpia Rizal Ubaldo
o Jose Rizal father died in Manila on
January 5, 1898 at the aged of 79. o Her nickname was Ypia.
 Doña Teodora (Teodora Alonso Realonda) o she married Silvestre Ubaldo, a
(1827-1911)– She was the mother of Rizal. telegraph operator from
o She was born on November 9, 1827 and Manila.
was educated at the College of Santa
Rosa, a well- known College for girls in 5. Lucia Rizal – (1857- 1919)
the City. o Lucia Rizal Herbisa
o She knows Literature and speaks
Spanish well and a Mathematician. o She married to Mariano
o She died on August 16, 1911, at the Herbosa of Calamba, who was a
aged of 84. Nephew of Father Casanas.

o Herbosa died of Cholera in 1889

and was denied Christian burial
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and because he was a brother- o Example: Doña Ypia
in- law of Dr. Jose Rizal.
o Señora Saturnina
6. Maria Rizal – (1859- 1945)
 Rizal wrote a letter to Blumentritt, on June 23,
o Maria Rizal Cruz 1888 while Rizal is in London. Rizal said that
“His Brother Paciano was the most Noble
o Biang was her nickname.
Filipinos and though an “Indio”.
o She married to Daniel Faustino
o Rizal describe “Indio” as more
Cruz of Biñan Laguna.
generous and nobleman.
7. Jose Rizal – (1861- 1896)
RIZAL’S ANCESTRY
o The greatest Filipino Hero and  Rizal was a product of the mixture of races.
peerless genius.  In Rizal’s veins flowed the blood of both East
and West. These are the following;
o His nickname was “Pepe”.
o Negrito
o During his exile in Dapitan he o Indonesian
lived with Josephine Bracken, o Malay
an Irish girl from Hong Kong. o Chinese
Rizal had a son by her, but his o Japanese
baby-boy died a few hours after o Spanish
his birth. RIZAL ANCESTORS IN THE FATHER SIDE (DON
FRANCISCO MERCADO RIZAL)
o But still Rizal named him
 Domingo Lamco
“Francisco” after his father’s
o a Chinese immigrant from the Fukien
name and buried him in
City of Changchow, who arrived in
Dapitan.
Manila about 1960.
8. Conception Rizal (1862- 1865) o He was the Great- great grandfather of
Jose Rizal on his father’s side.
o Her nickname was Concha
o He became a Christian and married to a
o She died at the aged of 3. well- known Chinese Christian girl of
Manila named Ines de la Rosa.
o Her death was Jose Rizal first
o He used the surname Mercado in the
sorrow in life.
year 1731.
9. Josefa Rizal (1865- 1945) o The Spanish term “Mercado” means
“Market” in English.
o Her nickname was Panggoy.
o Domingo Mercado and Ines de la Rosa
o She died at the aged of 80. had a son named, Francisco Mercado.
 Francisco Mercado
10. Trinidad Rizal (1868- 1951)
o Who resided in Biñan.
o Her nickname was Trining o Married to a Chinese- Filipino Mestiza,
Cirila Bernacha.
o She died at the aged 83.
o He was elected as Gobernadorcillo
11. Soledad Rizal (1870-1929) (Municipal Mayor) of the town.
o One of their sons named Juan Mercado
o Soledad Rizal Quintero
(was Jose Rizal’s Grandfather).
o The youngest.  Juan Mercado
o Married Cirila Alejandra, a Chinese-
o Her nickname was Choleng.
Filipino mestiza.
o She married to Pantaleon o Like his father, he was elected
Quintero of Calamba. Governadorcillo of Biñan.
o Capitan Juan and Capitana Cirila had
 Rizal always called all her sisters as “Doña or
thirteen children, the youngest was
Señora” if married and “Señorita” if Single or
Francisco Mercado who was the father
not yet married”.
of Dr. Jose Rizal.
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 Francisco Mercado tropical fruit trees- like, atis, balimbing, chico,

o At the age of 8 his father died (Juan macopa, papaya, santol, tampoy, etc.
Mercado).
o He studied Latin and Philosophy in the
College of San Jose in Manila. A Good and Middle- Class Family
o He meet and fall in love Alonso  The Rizal family belonged to the “Principalia”, a
Realonda, a student in the College of town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines. It was
Santa Rosa. one of the distinguished families in Calamba.
o Francisco Mercado and Alonso  They owned “carriage” which was a status
Realonda were married on June 28, symbol of the ilustrados in Spanish Philippines
1848 and settled down in Calamba. and a private library (the largest library in
JOSE RIZAL ANCESTOR IN THE MOTHER SIDE (DOÑA Calamba) which consists of more than 1,000
TEODORA ALONSO REALONDA) volumes.
 Doña Teodora’s family was the descendant of Home Life of Rizal’s Family
Lakan Dula, who is the last native King of Tondo.  The Rizal family had a simple, contented, and
 Teodora Alonso Realonda happy life.
o Her Great-grandfather (Jose Rizal’s  Don Francisco and Doña Teodora loved their
maternal great-great-grandfather) was children very much, but they never spoiled
Eugenio Ursua (of Japanese Ancestry). them.
 Eugenio Ursua  They were strict parents and they trained their
o Married to a Filipina named Binigna children to love God, to behave well, to be
(Surname Unknown). obedient, and to respect people, especially the
o Their daughter, Regina. old folks.
THE SURNAME RIZAL  Whenever their children, including Jose Rizal,
 The real surname of the Rizal family was got mischief, they were given a sound spanking.
Mercado which was used in the year 1731 by  The family believed in the maxim that “ Spare
Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great- the rod and spoil the Child”.
grandfather of Dr. Jose Rizal), who was a full- Jose Rizal early Demonstration of Inborn Talents
blooded Chinese.  Jose Rizal at the age of 3 he was able to master
 Rizal’s family acquired a second surname “Rizal” the alphabet.
which was given by a Spanish Alcalde Mayor  At the age of 8 he was able to write a poem
(Provincial Governor) of Laguna, who was a entitled “Sa aking Kabata or To My Fellow
family friend. Children”
 The Mercados of Calamba chose the unlisted  His second Poem was written at the age of 9. It
name Rizal, although they continued to use the is entitled “My first Inspiration”(Mi Primera
name Mercado. Their original application was Inspiracion). This poem was dedicated to his
for the name Ricial (meaning “the green of mother.
young growth” or “green fields”), which was  At the age of 5, Rizal revealed his God given
connected to their livelihood, but this was talent for art. He made sketches with his pencil
denied for no apparent reason. and to mould in clay and wax objects. His sisters
 Rizal means "Rizal is a Spanish-derived name laughed at him in spending too much time in
for Ricial, meaning Rice Field/Green Field or making images. He told them: “All right laugh at
pasture. me now: Someday when I die, people will make
monuments and images of me!”.
 At the age of 3, he began to take part in the
Rizal House family prayers. His mother, taught him Catholic
 The house of the Rizal family was one of the prayers. He was 5 when was able to read the
distinguished stone houses in Calamba during Bible. He took active part in the church, tools
Spanish times. part in novenas and religious processions. He
 It was a two-storey building, rectangular in was fondly called “Manong Jose”.
shape, built of adobe stones and hard-woods,  Drama Writer- at the age of 8 he wrote his first
and roofed with red tiles. dramatic work which was a Tagalog Comedy.
 Behind the house were the poultry yard full of The Gobernadorcillo from Paete, Laguna saw
turkey’s and chickens and a big garden of the play and was delighted so he bought it for 2
pesos to be stayed in their town fiesta.
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 Boy Magician- with his hands he showed At the age 8

different tricks such as making a coin appear or  he wrote a Tagalog poem, "Sa Aking Mga
disappear in his fingers and making a Kabata," the theme of which revolves on the
handkerchief vanish in the air. love of one’s language.
In 1877, at the age of 16,
RIZAL’S BIRTH  he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with an
 June 19, 1861 average of "excellent" from the Ateneo
 In a small town in the province of Laguna, Jose Municipal de Manila. In the same year, he
Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda was enrolled in Philosophy and Letters at the
born, a legitimate son, according to the birth University of Santo Tomas, while at the same
certificate of Francisco Mercado and Teodora time took courses leading to the degree of
Alonso. surveyor and expert assessor at the Ateneo.
 born beneath the skies of the country he  He finished the latter course on March 21, 1877
poetically called “Pearl of the Orient”. and passed the Surveyor’s examination on May
 He was the seventh of eleven children, the 21, 1878; but because of his age, 17, he was not
younger of two boys. granted license to practice the profession until
 Saturnina in 1850, December 30, 1881.
 Paciano in 1851,  In 1878, he enrolled in medicine at the
 Narcisa in 1852, University of Santo Tomas but had to stop in his
 Olimpia in 1855, studies when he felt that the Filipino students
 Lucia in 1857, were being discriminated upon by their
 Maria in 1859, Dominican tutors.
 Jose in 1861,  On May 3, 1882, he sailed for Spain where he
 Conception in 1862, continued his studies at the Universidad Central
 Josefa in 1865, de Madrid.
 Trinidad in 1868,  On June 21, 1884, at the age of 23, he was
 Soledad in 1870. conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine
 Three days after his birth; Rizal was baptized in and on June 19, 1885, at the age of 24, he
the Catholic church of Calamba on June 22, finished his course in Philosophy and Letters
1861 by Fr. Rufino Collantes, a Filipino priest with a grade of “excellent.”
from Batangas. His godfather was Pedro  Having travelled extensively in Europe, America
Casanas, a native of Calamba and friend of and Asia, he mastered 22 languages. These
Rizal’s family. include Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English,
 Calamba is a small town nestling at the foot of French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian,
Mt. Makiling as it slopes down to Laguna de Japanese, Latin, Malayan, Portuguese, Russian,
Bay. Its scenic environment gave the young Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, and other native
Rizal the right impetus for his poetic and artistic dialects.
creativity. Its share of unhappiness also shaped  He was an expert swordsman and a good shot.
noble and heroic spirit. The surroundings of his In the hope of securing political and social
home opened to him the many wonders of reforms for his country and at the same time
nature. educate his countrymen, Rizal, the greatest
Francisco Mercado Rizal apostle of Filipino nationalism, published, while
 an industrious farmer whom Rizal called "a in Europe, several works with highly
model of fathers," came from Biñan. nationalistic and revolutionary tendencies.
Teodora Alonzo y Quintos, In March 1887,
 a highly cultured and accomplished woman  his daring book, NOLI ME TANGERE, a satirical
whom Rizal called "loving and prudent mother," novel exposing the arrogance and despotism of
was born in Meisic, Sta. Cruz, Manila. the Spanish clergy, was published in Berlin; in
At the age of 3, 1890 he reprinted in Paris, Morga’s SUCCESSOS
 he learned the alphabet from his mother; DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS with his annotations to
at 5, prove that the Filipinos had a civilization worthy
 while learning to read and write, he already to be proud of even long before the Spaniards
showed inclinations to be an artist. He set foot on Philippine soil.
astounded his family and relatives by his pencil On September 18, 1891,
drawings and sketches and by his moldings of  EL FILIBUSTERISMO, his second novel and a
clay. sequel to the NOLI and more revolutionary and
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tragic than the latter, was printed in Ghent. grandfather was taken, witty and liberal young
Because of his fearless exposures of the man.
injustices committed by the civil and clerical  He became quite well-to-do and popular
officials, Rizal provoked the animosity of those enough to be appointed municipal captain of
in power. Biñan in 1783.
 This led himself, his relatives and countrymen  The family adopted the surname “Mercado” to
into trouble with the Spanish officials of the free the younger generation from the
country. prejudices that followed those with a Chinese
 As a consequence, he and those who had name.
contacts with him were shadowed; the  After which they settle down in Calamba, where
authorities were not only finding faults but even they engaged in farming and business and
fabricating charges to pin him down. reared a big family.
 Thus, he was imprisoned in Fort Santiago from  Francisco Mercado’s wife, Bernanda Monicha,
July 6, 1892 to July 15, 1892 on a charge that was a Chinese mestiza. They were blessed with
anti-friar pamphlets were found in the luggage two children: Juan and Clemente. Juan married
of his sister Lucia who arrives with him from Cirila Alejandra, also a Chinese mestiza.
Hong Kong.  The couple had fourteen children, including
 When the Philippine Revolution started on Francisco who was to be Rizal’s father.
August 26, 1896, his enemies lost no time in  Francisco and two of his sisters moved to
pressing him down.  Dominican estate in Calamba and became
 They were able to enlist witnesses that linked pioneer farmers.
him with the revolt and these were never  At the age of eight, Francisco Mercado lost his
allowed to be confronted by him. father and grew up to manhood under the care
 Thus, from November 3, 1886, to the date of his of his mother.
execution, he was again committed to Fort  He studied Latin and Philosophy in the College
Santiago. In his prison cell, he wrote an untitled of San Jose in Manila.
poem, now known as "Ultimo Adios" which is  While studying in Manila, He met and fell in
considered a masterpiece and a living love with Teodora Alonso Realonda, a Student
document expressing not only the hero’s great in the College of Santa Rosa. They were married
love of country but also that of all Filipinos. on June 28, 1848.
 After a mock trial, he was convicted of  It is said that Doña Teodora's family descended
rebellion, sedition and of forming illegal from Lakandula, the last native king Tondo.
association.  Her great-grandfather, Rizal's maternal great-
 In the cold morning of December 30, 1896, great-grandfather, Eugenio Ursua (of Japanese
Rizal, a man whose 35 years of life had been ancestry), who married a Filipina named
packed with varied activities which proved that Benigna (surname unknown).
the Filipino has capacity to equal if not excel  Their daughter, Regina, married Manuel de
even those who treat him as a slave, was shot Quintos, Filipino-Chinese lawyer from
at Bagumbayan Field. Pangasinan.
 As typical Filipino, Rizal was a product of the  One of the daughters of Atty. Quintos and
mixture of races. Regina was Brigida, who married Lorenzo
 In his veins flowed the blood of both East and Alberto Alonso, a prominent Spanish-Filipino
West. Predominantly, he was a Malayan and mestizo of Biñan. 
was a magnificent specimen of Asian manhood.  Their children were Narcisa, Teodora (Rizal's
Rizal's great-great grandfather on his father side mother), Gregorio, Manuel, and Jose.
was Domingo Lam-co, a Chinese immigrant  Materially, socially, and professionally, the
from the Fukien city of Changchow, who arrived family of Teodora Alonso was better off than
in Manila in about 1690. the family of her husband.
 He became a Christian, married a well-to-do  In those days when professionals were few, the
Chinese Christian Girl of Manila named Inez de Alonso clan could boast of a number of lawyers,
la Rosa, and assumed in 1731 the surname priests, engineers and government officials.
Mercado, which was appropriate for him  Teodora, Rizal’s mother whose parents were
because he was a merchant. Lorenzo Alberto Alonso and Brigida Ochoa
 From Parián, the family migrated to Biñan and belonged to professionally famous family from
became tenants in the Dominican estate. Lam- Baliuag, Bulacan.
co’s son, Francisco, who was to be Rizal’s great Important Dates of Rizal in Calamba, Laguna
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 19 June 1861 written in tagalog and had for its theme "Love
- JOSE RIZAL, the seventh child of Francisco of One’s Language” in Biñan, Laguna
Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso y Quintos,  1870
was born in Calamba, Laguna. - His brother Paciano brought Rizal to Biñan,
 22 June 1861 Laguna. He was placed under the tutelage of
- He was baptized JOSE RIZAL MERCADO at the Justiniano Aquino Cruz, studying Latin and
Catholic of Calamba by the parish priest Rev. Spanish. In this town he also learned the art of
Rufino Collantes with Rev. Pedro Casañas as the painting under the tutorship of an old painter
sponsor. by the name of Juancho Carrera.
 28 September 1862  17 December 1870
- The parochial church of Calamba and the - Having finished his studies in Biñan, Rizal
canonical books, including the book in which returned to Calamba on board the motorboat
Rizal’s baptismal records were entered, were Talim. His parents planned to transfer him to
burned. Manila where he could continue his studies.
 1864 - Back in Calamba
- Barely three years old, Rizal learned the  1871
alphabet from his mother. - His mother was imprisoned in Sta. Cruz, Laguna
 1865 for allegedly poisoning the wife of her cousin
- When he was four years old, his sister Jose Alberto, a rich property owner of Biñan
Conception, the eight children in the Rizal and brother of Manuel and Gregorio.
family, died at the age of three. It was on this - 1872
occasion that Rizal remembered having shed - For the first time, Rizal heard of the word
real tears for the first time. “filibustero” which his father forbids the
 1865 – 1867 members of his family to utter, including such
- During this time his mother taught him how to names as Cavite and Burgos. (It must be
read and write. His father hired a classmate by remembered that because of the Cavite Mutiny
the name of Leon Monroy who, for five months on January 20, 1872, Fathers Mariano Gomez,
until his (Monroy) death, taught Rizal the Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora were garroted
rudiments of Latin. at Bagumbayan Field on February 17, 1872.)
- At about this time two of his mother’s cousin JOSE RIZAL
frequented Calamba. Uncle Manuel Alberto, Introduction
seeing Rizal frail in body, concerned himself  Patriot
with the physical development of his young  Physician
nephew and taught the latter love for the open  Man of Letters who was an inspiration to the
air and developed in him a great admiration for Philippine nationalist movement (La
the beauty of nature, while Uncle Gregorio, a Solidaridad---Katipunan)
scholar, instilled into the mind of the boy love  National Hero and pride of the Malayan race
for education. He advised Rizal: "Work hard and Family Background (Genealogy)
perform every task very carefully; learn to be Genealogical Graph of:
swift as well as thorough; be independent in  Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro
thinking and make visual pictures of  Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos
everything."  Siblings of Jose Rizal
 6 June 1868 Ancestry
- With his father, Rizal made a pilgrimage to  Mixed Racial Origin
Antipolo to fulfill the vow made by his mother From his PATERNAL SIDE
to take the child to the Shrine of the Virgin of o Domino Lam-Co (a full-blooded Chinese
Antipolo should she and her child survive the from Amoy, China) - Ines de la Rosa
ordeal of delivery which nearly caused his (Chinese half-breed)
mother’s life. o Francisco Mercado - Bernarda Monicha
- From there they proceeded to Manila and (21 children)
visited his sister Saturnina who was at the time o Juan Mercado - Cirila Alejandra (14
studying in the La Concordia College in Sta. Ana. children)
 1869 o Francisco Mercado Rizal
- At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem MATERNAL SIDE
entitled "Sa AkingMgaKabata." The poem was
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o Regina Ursua/Ochoa– Manuel de In Calamba, Laguna:
Quintos (2 children)  19 June 1861 – birth
o Brigida de Quintos - - Lorenzo Alberto  22 June 1861 – baptized
Alonzo (7 children)  1864 - learned the alphabet from his mother
o Teodora Alonzo  1865 - his sister Conception (8th child) died at
Multiracial Ancestry the age of three
 Spanish  1865 – 1867 - his mother taught him how to
 Chinese read and write
 Japanese o Leon Monroy - taught Rizal the
 Malayo-Polynesian rudiments of Latin
 Negrito o Uncle Manuel Alberto - taught the
Immediate Family latter love for the nature
Father o Usman – Rizal’s dog
 Studied Latin & Philosophy at the College of San o Uncle Gregorio - instilled love for
Jose (Mla) education
 described by Rizal as “model of fathers”  1869 - "Sa Aking Mga Kabata."
 he inherited . . . Profound sense of dignity In Biñan, Laguna :
 self-respect, seriousness and self-possession  1870 - His brother Paciano brought Rizal to
 a successful farmer Biñan, Laguna
 he loved books o Justiniano Aquino Cruz – taught Rizal
 an excellent model for Rizal that molded him up Latin and Spanish
into a man of honor o Juancho Carrera – taught him the art of
 understood the world of humanity which painting
furnished him with greater respect for other  17 December 1870 - Rizal returned to
people, and a greater respect to the dignity of Calamba after he finished his
labor. studies in Biñan
Mother Back in Calamba:
 born in Meisik, Sta. Cruz Mla.  1871 - His mother was imprisoned in Sta. Cruz,
 talented and remarkable woman Laguna for allegedly poisoning
 he inherited . . . temperament of the poet and the wife of Jose Alberto
dreamer and bravery for sacrifice  1872 - Cavite Mutiny on January 20, 1872;
 his first teacher his father forbid the words:
 inculcated the value of knowledge and o Burgos
education to the young Rizal o filibustero
 a good Mathematician and Manager of business o Cavite
of the Rizal family José Protasio Rizal Mercado Y
 “My mother is not a woman of ordinary culture.
She knows literature and speaks Spanish better Alonso Realonda
than I do. She even corrected my poems and Born: June 19, 1861, Calamba.
gave me wise advice when I was studying
rhetoric. She is a mathematician and has read Died: Dec. 30, 1896, Manila
many books.”

Early Influences He headed a commission in choosing our national hero

 His mother- encouraged him to express his
ideas and sentiments in verse William Howard Taft.
 “The Story of the Moth” about the mother
moth warning its offspring of the danger of
fluttering to close to flame. The little moth did Rizal was a product of races both from EAST and NORTH
not heed the advice, thus it was burned by the FALSE. East and west
flame.
 gave him the moral lesson that if one must
succeed, he must take risks and prepare for the Nobleman
worst consequences. Without courage, there
Indio
will be no glory.
Birth and Early Childhood
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Maria Rizal

6th child of the Rizal Family One who redicules

Satirist

“The town was in mourning with a flag half-mast at

each house”
It directs the secretary of Dep Ed and the chairman on
Filipino Account CHED to fully implement No. 1425

Memorandum No. 247

His sisters Maria and Brigida were married from this

place
The last native king of Tondo
Biñan Laguna
Lakan Dula

He recognized Rizal as the leading Filipino in his time

An officer of the revolutionary government who was
Ferdinand Blumentrit sent to Lucban, Quezon to accomplish a mission for the
government

Antonio Guevarra
He sponsored R.A. No. 1425

Jose P. Laurel
I think you may be amused to hear about a Filipino
Fiesta called Rizal Day, the anniversary of the death of
Aristocracy the national hero

Principalia American Account

Saturnina Mrs. Dauncey Campbell visited this place during the

celebration of Rizal’s Death anniversary
1st child of the Rizal Family
Iloilo

Antonio Guevarra went to this place for a mission

Husband of Cirila Alejandra
Lucban, Quezon
Juan Mercado

Emilio Aguinaldo declared the first death anniversary of

Rizal’s brother Paciano was the most noble Filipino in Rizal in this place.
his letter to blumentrit
Malolos, Bulacan
True

A Novel of Social Relevance

It was headed by Emilio Aguinaldo, the very first ever to
celebrate the death anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal Noli Me tangere

The Philippine Revolutionary Government

Narcisa Rizal

3rd Child of Rizal Family

Japanese Ancestry

Eugenio Ursua