Timeline of Rizal’s Life

1. 1861: He was born in Calamba, Laguna

2. 1861 – 1870: Informal education by mother
(1st teacher)
3. 1870: He received formal education in
Binan, Laguna for 2 years (Justiniano
Aquino Cruz)
4. 1872: Execution of GOMBURZA
5. Imprisonment of Dona Teodora
6. 1872: Rizal entered Ateneo
7. 1872 – 1877: Rizal's Ateneo days
8. 1877 – 1882: Philosophy and Letters and
Medicine at University of Sto. Thomas
9. Studied Land Surveying in Ateneo
10. 1882: 1st travel to Europe
11. 1882 – 1885: Licensate in Philosophy and
Letters
12. 1883: He went to Paris for vacation
13. 1887 – 1888: Back to Philippines and was
involved in land dispute
14. 1887: Publication of Noli Me Tangere in
Berlin, Germany
15. 1888: 2nd travel to Europe to annotate De
Morga’s work
16. 1889: Celebration of Universal Exposition in
Paris
17. 1890: Expulsion of farmers from Hacienda
de Calamba
18. 1891: Publication of El Filibusterismo in
Belgium, Germany
19. 1892: Hongkong, to build a colony in North
Borneo
20. Founded La Liga Filipina in Philippines
21. 1892 – 1896: Exile in Dapitan
22. 1896: Execution of Rizal in Bagumbayan