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Life and Works of Rizal

 José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda - complete name
 Pepe - Rizal's nickname
 June 19, 1861 - birth date
 December 30, 1896 - date of death at 35 yrs.
 June 22, 1861 - baptism date
 More or less 22 languages - language Rizal can speak
 Uzman - his black dog;
 Alipato - pony old
 Laong Laan - pen name used in newspaper "La Solidaridad"; means ever ready
 Dimasalang - another pen name, untouchable which means
 Dimasalang, Agno, Laong Laan - pen names of Rizal
 Berlin, Germany (1887) - Noli Me Tangere was published
 Ghent, Belgium (1891) - El Filibusterismo was published
 Philippine Commission (Taft Commission) - proclaimed Rizal as the national hero
 Maximo Viola - savior of Noli Me Tangere; loaned Rizal P300 for 2,000 copies
 Valentin Ventura - savior of El Filibusterismo
 Luis Taviel de Andrade - lawyer of Rizal during his trial
 Tondo - katipunan was founded
 Kalayaan - newspaper of KKK
 Rebellion and Organizing Illegal Societies - crimes of Rizal
 Paco Cemetery - where Rizal was buried
 Narcisa - patiently searched to find his body; and only sister who can recite from
memory all his poem
 Ricardo Canicero - guarded Rizal in Dapitan (he gave him freedom)
 Concepcion/Concha - sister who died at age 3 due to sickness, one of his greatest
heartbreak
 Maria - sister who lived up to 1950s
 7/11 Siblings - Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olympia, Lucia, Maria, Jose Rizal,
Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad, Soledad
 St. John (20:17) - bible verse where he took the term "Touch Me Not"
 Fort Santiago - prison cell of Rizal
 Doña Consolacion - laundry woman before her marriage to the officer of the Guardia
Civil; known as the Muse of Guardia Civil; abused Sisa and a wife of an Alferez
 Don Tiburcio - Spanish husband of Doña Victorina who was limp and submissive to
his wife and pretends to be a doctor
 Don Anastacio - Ibarra seeks advice from
 Pare Salvi - priest admirer of Maria Clara
 Pedro - father of Crispin and Basilio; became addicted to cockfighting
 Eibarramendia - real surname of Crisostomo Ibarra
 Linares - Maria Clara's would-be fiance
 Basilio - became an aspiring doctor in El Fili
 Isagani - a poet and Basilio's best friend who was dumped by Paulita Gomez
 Juliana de Dios (Juli) - girlfriend of Basilio, youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales
 Guryon - favorite design of Kite that is of Malay origin
 Claro M. Recto - authored Rizal law (RA 1425)
 Magsaysay - signed RA 1425 on June 12, 1956
 8 yrs old- Rizal read and write at this age he wrote “Sa Aking Mga Kababata”
 9 yrs old - Rizal wrote the poem A Mother's Birthday (Her request)
 Abraham Ibañez (Ben Zayb) - a journalist who thinks he's the only one thinking about
the Ph
 Don Custodio - ordinary fellow who married a rich woman to be a member of Manila's
high society; a famous journalist
 Simoun - reincarnated as a wealthy jeweler, bent on starting a revolution
 Carthaginian - empire which he became the emperor of Through Education
 Our Motherland Received Light- poem which suggested that education is an integral
part of national character
 A la Virgen Maria - 1st sad poem
 Atty Pasta - great lawyer of mid-Hispanic Manila
 Quiroga - Chinese businessman who hide weapons inside his house
 Placido Penitente - student of UST who was always miserable
 Consumatum Est - last words of Rizal which means "It Is Finish"
 Leoncio Lopez - signed Rizal's baptism
 Juan Mercado - grandfather in father side
 Domingo Lamco - paternal ancestor (Chinese; Chinchew district)
 Ricial - means rice field
 Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos - List of produced and published names
 R.C 1849 - giving Spanish surnames to Filipino (Narcisco Claveria)
 Colegio de San Juan de Letran - took the entrance exam prior to Ateneo; passed
 Manuel Burgos - pamangkin of Fr. Burgos; helped Rizal to get in Ateneo
 Magin Fernando - registrar that denied Rizal in Ateneo
 Philosophy and Medicine - two simultaneous courses in UST
 Nov. 25, 1881 - issued to him the licensure in surveying
 A La Juventud Filipina – Won a silver pen
 Beside the Pasig - satirical play in Dec. 8, 1880
 The Council of the Gods - allegory won, but was replaced with Spanish art
 May 3, 1882 - first voyage using SS Salvado Ship
 Universidad Central de Madrid - studied Medicine
 Academy de San Carlos - studied painting and sculpture while studying in UCDM
 Pastor Ullmer at Wilhemsfield - protestant German pastor who befriended him, stayed
at his vicarage where Noli was finished
 Academy de San Carlos - studied painting and sculpture while studying in UCDM
 Academia de Bella Artes de San Fernando - enrolled drawing classes
 Mr. Haes - professor in drawing
 Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas - 1st foreign book he read
 July 5, 1887 - started his journey to go back in the Philippines after Noli was published
 Ferdinand Blumentritt - Austrian best friend whom he always confides with through
letters
 Louis de Wecker - ophthalmologist tutor in Paris
 Otto Becker - ophthalmologist mentor in Germany
 April 22, 1886 - wrote his poem To The Flowers of Heidelberg and The Philippines A
Century Hence - essay about his concerns and prophecies on the condition of Ph.
 They Ask Me For Verses - product of all melancholy of his aching soul
 Governor-General Ramon Blanco - permit Rizal to go to Cuba as a Doctor
 Governor-General Eulogio Despujol - ordered Rizal's exilea eka in Dapitan
 Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja- ordered Rizal's executioni
 Governor-General Rafael Izquierdo - lead the Cavite Mutiny /execution of
GOMBURZA
 Noli Me Tangere - first written novel; published in Berlin, Germany (1887); means
"Touch Me Not"; English Title: The Social Cancer
 El Filibusterismo - published in Ghent, Belgium (1891); means "Subversive"; English
Title: The Reign of Greed Father Pedro Casañas - Godfather of Rizal
 Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal
 February 15, 1889 - Founding date of La Solidaridad
 November 15, 1895 - Last issue of La Solidaridad July 14, 1892 - exile date in Dapitan
 La Liga Filipina - secret society founded by Rizal
 July 3, 1892 - founding date of La Liga Filipina
 Jose Maria Basa - a good and wealthy friend of Rizal and smuggler of his novels. He
helped Rizal in preparing the constitution of La liga Filipina;
 Hongkong - Rizal conceived the idea of establishing La Liga Filipina
 A La Juventud Filipina - "To the Filipino Youth"; dedicated to the liberal minded
students at the UST
 Emilio Aguinaldo - made December 30 as Day of National Mourning
 Penafrancia - Don Kiko brought Rizal here in 1868
 Biñan - started his formal schooling
 Calamba - early schooling/education pigarage h.eka
 2 yrs and 6 months - mother was imprisoned due to allegedly poisoning her cousin-
in-law
 Serious nature, Frugality, Love for children - Hereditary influences from his Chinese
ancestry
 Scientific ability, Religious nature, Spirit of self-sacrifice, Passion for arts and literature
- inherited from his mother (more on mental process)
 Profound sense of self respect, Habit of independent thinking, Love for work -inherited
from his father
 Innate desire to travel, Love for freedom, Indomitable courage - inherited from Malayan
(Filipino) ancestry
 Elegance of bearing, Sensitivity to insult and Gallantry to ladies - inherited from
Spanish ancestry
 Capitan Tiago - father of Maria Clara; became drug addict and frequently visited Calle
Fumadero in Tondo (where Chinese addicts were allowed to smoke opium)
 Segunda Katigbak - Miss K, first love (childhood) but was fixed marriage with Manuel
Luz
 Leonor Rivera - the greatest love, engaged with him but married Henry Kipping
inspiration in Mara Clara
 Suzanne Jacoby - Belgian that led him to continue writing El Fili
 Josephine Bracken - called her his "wife" and "duiceach.eka estrangera"; they met in
Dapitan (Francisco - their child)
 Consuelo Ortia y Perez - casual relationship; daughter of liberal minded Spanish
official
 Maestro Celestini, Lucas Padua, Leon Monroy – his teachers who gave him
introduction lessons in Latin (homeschool)
 Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe – Inspiration Of Noli Me Tangere
 Paciano Rizal – Pilosopo Tasyo
 Richard Kissling – Swiss sculptor of Rizal monument Draco rizali – flying dragon
 Rachophorus rizali – tree frog
 Spathomeles rizali – beetle
 Makimasa – unfinished novel
 Mi Ultimu Adios – farewell poem by Rizal; translated as Pahimakas by Bonifacio
 La Indolencia de Los Filipinos – poem written as a Defense against the Spaniards
who wharged that the Filipinos are inherently lazy
 Php 20,000 – lottery won by Rizal
 Fray Jose Rodriguez – first Spanish friar to attack his novels
 Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo – physician who took Rizal's vital signs and pulse rate before
the execution, was amazed to find that the national hero was calm and not afraid.
 Jose Rizal: Life and Times – Camilo Osias
 Jose Rizal: Life, Works, and Writing – Gregorio F. Zaide
 The First Filipino: A Biography of Jose Rizal – Leon Ma. Guerrero