Rizal's

Execution
GROUP 2
GROUP 2
Abrigo, Nikkita
Frogoso, Joshua
Natividad, Carl Andrei
Pepito Jovevern
Rodrigo, Sophia
Santos, Christian
Tabangcura, Gerick
Tagal, Lyza Jane
 What we'll discuss
Poleviejia Signs Rizal's Execution
Martyrdom at Bagumbayan
Last 24 hours of Rizal
The Colon Steamer
Reached Manila on November 3, 1896 and
Rizal was then quietly transferred to Fort
Santiago.
The preliminary investigation began a few
days later, with Colonel Francisco Olive
acting as the Judge Advocate.
Two kinds of evidence were presented
against Rizal, namely documentary and
testimonial.
Preliminary Investigation
The investigation took 5
days.
On December 8, 1896, Rizal
was informed that his set
arraignment was set on
December 11, 1896.
Rizal has been accused with these charges:
(1) the (3) an order
of (4) he should
accused be (2) he should attachment
be issued be defended
immediately be kept in against his in court by an
brought to prison; property as
an indemnity; army officer.
trial; and

Rizal raised no objections to these charges; however, he

pleaded not guilty to the crime of rebellion.
Polavieja Signs Rizal Execution
Camilo G. de Polavieja - By signing the fatal
document ordering the execution of Dr. Jose
Rizal, Governor General Polavieja won the
eternal odium of the Filipino people. He and
other Spanish officials who were responsible for
the death of Rizal will evermore remain as
obnoxious villains in the Philippine history.
Polavieja Signs Rizal Execution
On Dec 28, 1896 - approved the decision of the court-
martial ordered Rizal to be shot at 7 o’clock in the
morning on Dec 30 at Bagumbayan Field (Luneta).
MARTYRDOM AT BAGUMBAYAN
After the court-martial, Rizal returned to his cell
in Fort Santiago to prepare his rendezvous with
destiny.
During his last 24 hours on earth—from 6:00 am
December 29 to 6:00 am December 30, 1896—he
was busy meeting visitors.
Polavieja Signs Rizal Execution
Santiago Mataix- Spanish newspaper
correspondent.
Pearl of the Orient Sea - Rizal called the
Philippines.
Pearl of the Orient Sea - Rizal’s last poem in
an article entitled “Unfortunate Philippines,”
published in The Hong Kong Telegraph on
September 24, 1892.
The Last Hours of Rizal

DECEMBER 29, 1896

 The Last Hours of Rizal
6:00 AM
Captain Rafael Dominguez, who was designated by Governor
General Camilo Polavieja to take charge of all arrangements for
the execution of the condemned prisoner, read the death
sentence to Rizal to shoot him by a firing squad at 7:00 am in
Bagumbayan (Luneta).
7:00 AM
Rizal was moved to the prison chapel, where he spent his last
moments. His first visitors were Father Miguel Saderra Mata
(Rector of Ateneo Municipal), and Father Luis Viza, Jesuit
teacher.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
7:15 AM
Rizal, in a jovial mood, reminded Fr. Viza of the statuette of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, which he had carved with his pen knife as
an Ateneo student. Fr. Viza got the statuette from his pocket and
gave it to Rizal. The hero happily received it and placed it on his
writing table.
8:00 AM
Fr. Antonio Rosell arrived to relieve Father Viza. Rizal invited
him to join him at breakfast, which he did. After breakfast, Lt.
Luis Taviel de Andrade (Rizal’s defense counsel) came, and Rizal
thanked him for his gallant services.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
9:00 AM
Fr. Federico Faura arrived. Rizal reminded him that he said that
(Rizal) would someday lose his head for writing the Noli.
“Father,” Rizal remarked, “You are indeed a prophet.”
10:00 AM
Father Jose Vilaclara (Rizal’s teacher at Ateneo) and Vicente
Balaguer (Jesuit missionary in Dapitan who had befriended Rizal
during the latter’s exile) visited the hero. After them came
Spanish journalist, Santiago Mataix, who interviewed Rizal for
his newspaper El Heraldo de Madrid.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Rizal was left alone in his cell. He took lunch, after which he
was busy writing. It was probably during this time when he
finished his farewell poem and hid it inside his alcohol cooking
stove which was given to him as a gift by Paz Pardo de Tavera
(wife of Juan Luna) during his visit to Paris in 1890. At the same
time, he wrote his last letter to Professor Blumentritt in
Germany.
3:30 PM
Father Balaguer returned to Fort Santiago and discussed with
Rizal about his retraction of the anti-Catholic ideas in his
writings and membership in Masonry.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
4:00 PM
Rizal’s mother arrived. Rizal knelt down before
her and kissed her hands, begging her to
forgive him. Trinidad entered the cell to fetch
her mother. As they were leaving, Rizal gave
Trinidad the alcohol cooking stove, whispering
to her in English, “There is something inside.”
This “something” was Rizal’s farewell poem.
After the departure of Doña Teodora and
Trinidad, Fathers Vilaclara and Estanislao
March entered the cell, followed by Father
Rosell.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
6:00 PM
Rizal received a new visitor, Don Silvino Lopez Tuñon, the Dean
of the Manila Cathedral. Fathers Balaguer and March left,
leaving Vilaclara with Rizal and Don Silvino.
8:00 PM
Rizal had his last supper. He informed Captain Dominguez, who
was with him, that he forgave his enemies, including the military
judges who condemned him to death.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
9:30 PM
Rizal was visited by Don Gaspar Cestaño, the fiscal of the Royal
Audiencia of Manila. As a gracious host, Rizal offered him the
best chair in the cell. After a pleasant conversation, the fiscal left
with a good impression of Rizal’s intelligence and noble
character.
10:00 PM
The draft of the retraction sent by the anti-Filipino Archbishop
Bernardino Nozaleda (1890-1903) was submitted by Father
Balaguer to Rizal for signature, but Rizal rejected it because it
was too long and he did not like it.
 The Last Hours of Rizal
9:30 PM
Rizal was visited by Don Gaspar Cestaño, the fiscal of the Royal
Audiencia of Manila. As a gracious host, Rizal offered him the
best chair in the cell. After a pleasant conversation, the fiscal left
with a good impression of Rizal’s intelligence and noble
character.
10:00 PM
The draft of the retraction sent by the anti-Filipino Archbishop
Bernardino Nozaleda (1890-1903) was submitted by Father
Balaguer to Rizal for signature, but Rizal rejected it because it
was too long and he did not like it.
 December 30, 1896
3:00 AM
Rizal heard Mass, confessed his sins, and took Holy Communion.
5:30 AM
Rizal took his last breakfast on earth. After this, he wrote two
letters, the first addressed to his family and the second to his
older brother Paciano.
Josephine Bracken, accompanied by a sister of Rizal (Josefa),
arrived. Josephine, with tears in her eyes, bade him farewell.
Rizal embraced her for the last time, and before she left, Rizal
gave her the last gift — a religious book, Imitation of Christ by
Father Thomas a Kempis.
6:00 AM
December 30, 1896
As the soldiers were getting ready for the death march to
Bagumbayan, Rizal wrote his last letter to his beloved parents.
About 6:30 AM
A trumpet sounded at Fort Santiago, a signal to begin the death
march to Bagumbayan, the designated place for the execution.
Rizal was dressed elegantly in a black suit, black derby hat, black
shoes, white shirt, and black tie. His arms were tied behind from
elbow to elbow. But the rope was quite loose to give his arms
freedom of movement.
Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo - a Spanish military physician, asked
Rizal permission to feel his pulse and was amazed to find it
normal, showing that Rizal was not afraid to die.
 December 30, 1896
Rizal, ready and calm, took his position opposite his executioners.
His last words were those of Jesus Christ: "Consummatum est," It is
finished.
7:30 AM
Rizal died in the bloom of manhood—aged 35 years, five months,
and 11 days.
And even at the moment of his fall, Rizal turned his body, so he
ended up lying on his back, with his face to the sun.
Immediately after Rizal’s execution, the Spanish spectators
shouted, “Viva España!” “Muerte a Los Traidores’ (“Long Live
Spain! Death to the Traitors!”) and the Spanish Military Band,
joining the jubilance over Rizal’s death, played the gay Marcha
de Cadiz.
December 30, 1896
Rizal’s family was not able to take hold of his body. The military
secretly buried the body of Rizal at the Paco cemetery.
Narcisa passed by the unused Paco cemetery and saw through
the open gates and some civil guards. She saw a freshly turned
earth and knew at once that this was her brother’s body.
With a little amount of money, she asked the gravedigger to
place a plaque on with her brother’s initial reverse.
That is, R. P. J for Rizal, Protacio Jose.
1911: Rizal’s family had possession of the body. Were instituted at
the base of the Rizal monument, which was at the center of
Luneta.
 Last Farewell
A farewell poem of Rizal that
originally was without title and
was unsigned.
Father Mariano Dacanay - a
Filipino priest-patriot, who gave
the title Mi Ultimo Adios (The Last
Farewell) and under such title, the
poem was published for the first
time in La Independencia (General
Antonio Luna’s newspaper) on
September 25, 1898.
 Last Farewell
Because of Rizal’s writings, it
awakened Filipino nationalism
and paved the way for the
Philippine Revolution, he then
proved that the “Pen is mightier
than sword.”
Thank You for
listening!
 Activity
1.) Where was Rizal's body buried?
2.) When was the court decision was submitted to Governor General
Polavieja?
3.) It is the Spanish newspaper correspondent.
4.) It was Rizal’s last poem in an article entitled “Unfortunate Philippines”
published in The Hong Kong Telegraph on September 24, 1892.
5.) Give Rizal's age when he died: Years, months and days
6.) What were Rizal's Last words?
7.) At what time does Rizal, in a jovial mood, reminded Fr. Viza of the
statuette of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which he had carved with his pen
knife as an Ateneo student.
8.) Rizal was left alone in his cell. He took lunch after which he was busy
writing. It was probably during this time when he finished his farewell
poem.
 Activity
9.) Rizal wrote two letters, the first is addressed to his family and the
second to his older brother Paciano.
10.) Captain Rafael Rodriguez, who was designated by Governor General
Camilo Polavieja to take charge of all arrangements for the execution of
the condemned prisoner, read the death sentence to Rizal.