Philippines 1882
August 5. 1887- It was when he came back to
May 1882 - Rizal, together with Antonio Rivera
Boarded the salvadora headed to Madrid
• Jose Rizal leaves Manila to pursue his studies
Universidad Central de Madrid in Spain
Madrid Spain
June 13, 1882 - Rizal arrived in Barcelona and
that is where they stayed for three months
September 2. 1882 - Rizal enrolled at the Universidad
Central De Manila
October 4. 1882 - When Jose Rizal have gone to the
Circulo Hispano- Filipino to recite his poem entitled
“Me Piden Versus”
August 20, 1882 - Rizal’s book entitled Amor Patrio
was published in Barcelona
France 1883
June 10, 1883 - Rizal observed how medicine was
being practice in Lariboisiere Hospital.
After his three-month sojourn in France, Rizal
returned to Madrid and thought about publishing
a book that exposed the colonial relationship of
Spain and the Philippines.
Germany 1886-1887
April 22, 1886 - Rizal wrote the poem entitled
“A Las Flores De Heidelberg
March 21, 1887 - The publication of the novel
Noli Me Tangere in Germany.
Manila, Philippines 1887
Manila after 5 years in Europe
August 30, 1887- The Archbishop of Manila
issued an order banning the possession and
reading of the Noli Me Tangere
Hong Kong 1888
• February 8, 1888- Arrival of Rizal in Hong
Kong, pressured by the Spanish authorities and
by his family and friends to leave Philippines and
avoid further persecution, Rizal left Manila for
Hong Kong.
• February 16, 1887 - He wrote to Blumentritt
that Hong Kong is a small but very clean city.
Macau 1888
• February 18-21, 1888 - Rizal stayed at the
residence of Don Juan Francisco Lecaros
• He visited many cultural places like churches,
botanical gardens, and theatres and the famous
Macao Casino.Rizal described Macao as a small,
low and gloomy.
Japan 1888
February 28, 1888 - Arrival of Rizal in Japan
March 4. 1888 - He wrote about how honest,
courteous and industrious Japanese people are.
March 15, 1888 - When Rizal experience his First
O-Sei-san walking past the gate of the Spanish
Legation
America 1888
• April 28, 1888 - Rizal boarded the steamer
Belgic carrying 643 coolies, docked at San
Francisco.
• American authorities did not let the passengers
to land for one week because of the rumored
cholera epidemic.
• He also visited the states of Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, and New York. His
observations are jotted down in his diary.
England 1888
• May 1888 - Rizal’s arrival in england
• August 1888- He was admitted in a British Museum.
• Rizal copied Antonio de Morga’s enormous study of
the Philippines, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, which
Rizal later annotated for publication “as a gift to the
Filipinos.”

Biaritz, France 1891

• February, 1891;- Rizal arrived in Biarritz

• Rizal found consolation in writing. Evidently, while

Wooing Nellie and enjoying so many magnificent

Moonlight nights” with her, he kept working on hi Second

novel which he began to write in Calamba 1887

• March 29, 1891- The eve of his departure from Biarritz to

Paris, he Finished the manuscript of El FilibusterismoParis,

France 1891
• October 3, 1891 -From Paris, Rizal sent a letter with 600
copies of the El Filibusterismo, to Jose Ma. Basa in
Hongkong.

• October 7, 1891 - Rizal received as help from the

“Propaganda” that costs to three hundred pesos (P300.00)
only. Because of discontent, he said to Marcelo H. del Pilar
that he was not writing anymore for the La Solidaridad.

• October 13, 1891 - Rizal made clear the cause of the

conflict between him and Marcelo del Pilar. He wrote Del
Pilar about the details of the cause of their
misunderstanding and the reason why he could not return
to Madrid.

Philippines 1892-1896

• June 26, 1892 -The arrival of Rizal in the

Philippines boarded in Don Juan’s boat.

• December 30, 1896 - Rizal was shot in

Bagumbayan