THE TRAVELS OF

RIZAL
 MAY 1882
He enrolled in a course in medicine at Uniersidad
Central de Madrid in Spain.
 JUNE 1883
He travelled to France to observe how medicine
was being practiced there.
 MARCH 1887
The publication of the novel Noli Me Tangere in
Germany.
 AUGUST 1887
RIZAL RETURNED TO MANILA AFTER FIVE
YEARS IN EUROPE.
 APRIL 1888
FROM HONGKONG, RIZAL TRAVELED TO
MACAU AND JAPAN BEFORE GOING TO
AMERICA. ENTERING SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA VISITED NEVADA, UTAH,
COLORADO, NEBRASKA, ILLINOIS AND
NEW YORK.
 MAY 1888
RIZAL ARRIVED IN ENGLAND.
 AUGUST 1888
HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE BRITISH
MUSEUM, WHERE HE COPIED ANTONIO
DE MORGA'S MASSIVE STUDY OF THE
PHILIPPINES, SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS
FILIPINAS, WHICH RIZAL LATER
ANNOTATED FOR PUBLICATION "AS A
 1890
HE SHUTTLED BETWEEN LONDON
AND PARIS, WHERE HE WROTE
ETHNOGRAPHIC AND HISTORY
RELATED STUDIES, AS WELL AS
POLITICAL ARTICLE.
 MARCH 1891
RIZAL FINISHED WRITING HIS SECOND
NOVEL EL FILIBUSTERISMO IN
FRANCE. HE PLANNED TO PUBLISH
BOOK IN BELGIUM, BUT WAS
FINANCIALLY HARD UP.
 SEPTEMBER 1891
THE SECOND NOVEL PUBLISHED IN
GHENT USING DONATION OF RIZAL
FRIENDS.
 JUNE 1892
RIZAL LEAVE HONGKONG AND CAME
HOME TO THE PHILIPPINES.