New Era University

College of Engineering and Technology

Department of Civil Engineering

JOSE RIZAL
A Timeline of His Life

Submitted to:
Prof. Ernie G. Tolentino

ACID, MARK JOSEPH V.

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Rizals life since he was born until he studied in Ateneo and UST

1861

1870

On June 19th, Jose Rizal was born to become the seventh child born
to his parents.
Three days later, Rizal was christened with the name Jose Protasio
Rizal-Mercado y Alonso-Realonda.

Rizal began school under the instruction of Justiniano Aquino Cruz

at just nine years of age.

Rizal continued his education under the instruction of Lucas Padua.

1871

1872

1875

1876

Rizal is examined by those in charge of college entrance to St. Tomas

University in Manila; he entered the school system as a scholar.

Rizal entered the Ateneo de Manila as a boarder at just 14 years of

age.

At the age of 15, Rizal received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the
Ateneo de Manila.
He not only received this degree, but received it with the highest
honors possible.

1877

In June, Rizal began to go to school at St. Tomas University in Manila

where he studies Philosophy.

1877
In November Rizal writes a
poem and receives
recognition for his writing
from the Royal Economic
Society of Friends of the
Country, also known as
Amigos del Pals. The
recognition comes in the
form of a diploma of merit
and honorable mention.

1878
1880

In June, Rizal decided to

switch gears in his educational
pursuits and transferred into At the age of 19, Rizal wrote
another poem for a
the medical courses at St.
competition where he should
Tomas University.
have won first prize. However,
During this time he also writes
he was not given this prize
two poems that got him
due to discrimination. In
further recognition.
December, Rizal produced his
first Operetta called On the
Banks of the Pasig.

1881
January 25 Rizal writes a poem for the Ateneo rector entitled Al muy R.P.
Pablo Ramn, S.J., rector del Ateneo en sus das
February 10 Rizal becomes secretary of the Academia de Ciencias
Filosficonaturales
April 30 Rizal sketches a pencil drawing of Leonor Rivera
1882
May 3 Rizal sails for Spain and enrolls at the Universidad Central de Madrid
with financial help from his brother Paciano
August 20 Diariong Tagalog publishes Rizals first essay Amor Patria,
using Laong Laan as pen name while in Barcelona

Emigration

1881

1883

1884

May 3 Rizal sails for

Spain and enrolls at the
Universidad Central de
Madrid with financial
help from his brother
Paciano
August 20 Diariong
Tagalog publishes Rizals
first essay Amor
Patria, using Laong
Laan as pen name while
in Barcelona

June 17 Rizal arrives in

Paris
June 18 - Rizal visits
Leannec Hospital
June 20 Rizal visits
Lariboisiere Hospital
where Flix Pardo de
Tavera is an extern
September 28 Rizal
goes back to Madrid
and enrolls in
Universidad Central for
a second course in
medicine
November 4 Rizals
sister Soledad marries

March 11 - Rizal begins

to study German
seriously
June 21 - Rizal
conferred the degree of
licentiate in medicine
June 25 - Rizal delivers a
speech honoring Filipino
painters, Juan Luna and
Felix resurreccion
Hidalgo
July 1- Rizal asked for
freedom of the press
and the Filipino right of
representation of
Spanish Cortes.

1881

1883

1884

May 3 Rizal sails for

Spain and enrolls at the
Universidad Central de
Madrid with financial
help from his brother
Paciano
August 20 Diariong
Tagalog publishes Rizals
first essay Amor
Patria, using Laong
Laan as pen name while
in Barcelona

June 17 Rizal arrives in

Paris
June 18 - Rizal visits
Leannec Hospital
June 20 Rizal visits
Lariboisiere Hospital
where Flix Pardo de
Tavera is an extern
September 28 Rizal
goes back to Madrid
and enrolls in
Universidad Central for
a second course in
medicine
November 4 Rizals
sister Soledad marries

March 11 - Rizal begins

to study German
seriously
June 21 - Rizal
conferred the degree of
licentiate in medicine
June 25 - Rizal delivers a
speech honoring Filipino
painters, Juan Luna and
Felix resurreccion
Hidalgo
July 1- Rizal asked for
freedom of the press
and the Filipino right of
representation of
Spanish Cortes.

Rizal received a
degree in medicine
from the Central
University of Madrid
at the age of 24. He
then became an
assistant to Dr. L. de
Wecker and visited
many universities in
Berlin, Leipzig, and
Heidelberg in the
country of Germany.

Rizal becomes a
member of the
Ethnographic
Society of Berlin
Rizal finished his
first novel entitled
Noli Me Tangere
while staying in
Berlin. He then
traveled to Austria,
Switzerland, and
Italy.

March 31 Rizals Me
piden versos (They Ask
Me For Verses) is
published in La
Solidaridad under the
pen name Laong Laan
July 12 - Rizal arrives in
Paris, spending days
proofreading Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas
September 10 Rizal
meets Sr. Segismundo
Moret, a former minister
of the Spanish
government who
admires Noli Me Tangere

February 2 Rizal
arrives in Brussels,
Belgium
May 26 Rizals
annotations of
Morgas Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas
become widely read
in the Philippines
June 28 Friars
harass Rizals family
in Calamba
July 20 Rizals
family loses the land
case against the
friars

In February, Rizal left

Spain and sets sail for
Hong Kong and Japan.
He continued to travel,
practice medicine and
write.
July 9 Spanish
senator Vida
denounces Rizal in the
Senate of Madrid,
calling Noli Me Tangere
anti-Catholic
December 13 La
Solidaridad is founded
with Marcelo H. del
Pilar as editor in chief

March 21 Rizal
finishes his second
novel El Filibusterismo,
but plans to revise
some chapters
October 7 Rizal
informs del Pilar that
he will stop writing for
La Solidaridad
December 6 - Rizals
family reunites in Hong
Kong
December Rizal is
almost attacked by an
Augustinian friar

Fame, death and legacy

1892
January 30 Juan Luna endorses Rizals plan of establishing a Filipino colony in North
Borneo
February - The Kataas-taasang Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan
is founded by Andrs Bonifacio
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 Rizals exile to Dapitan

1893
April 30 Rizals El consejo de los Dioses is published in La Solidaridad
May 16 Rizals prison guardian Carnicero is replaced
August 28 - Leonor Rivera, Rizals girlfriend for eleven years, dies
August 29 Rizals mother visits him in Dapitan

1894
February Governor-General Ramn Blanco visits Rizal in Dapitan
June Rizal makes a successful operation on his mothers 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

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)

1896
In August, Rizal was detained aboard a ship traveling back to Spain.
Rizal was charged with treason, sedition, and the formation of illegal societies.
He was held in a dungeon where he penned his last piece of writing called My Last
Farewell.
He also wrote an address to Filipino insurgents to lay down their arms against the
Spanish.
The address was never made public, but was added to the list of charges against him.
1896 In December 27, he was condemned to death in a Spanish court and was shot
on December 30th 1896 and was buried in a secret grave.

1912
In December 30th, the ashes of Rizal were transferred to the Rizal Mausoleum and
December 30th is declared a national holiday in honor of his memory.