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Leonor Rivera
•Rizal described her as a
frail, pretty girl “tender as a
budding” flower with kindly
wistful eyes”.
•In her letters to Rizal.
Leonor signed her name
as “Taimis” to camouflage
their intimate relationship
from their parents and
Rizal’s sketch of friends.
Leonor River
Victim of Spanish Officer’s
Brutality
One dark night in Calamba, during
summer vacation in 1878, he was walking
in the street. He vaguely perceived the
lieutenant of the Guardia Civil. Not
knowing who the person was, he did not
salute or greet the officer. With a snarl, he
brutally slashed Rizal at the back with a
sword.
Rizal reported the incident to General
Primo de Rivera, the Spanish governor
general of the Philippines at that time.
In a letter addressed to Blumentritt, dated
March 21, 1887, he related:
“I went to the Captain-General but I
could not obtain justice; my wound
lasted two weeks.”
“To The Filipino Youth” (1879)
In 1879, Liceo Artistico-Literario (Artistic-
Literary Lyceum) of Manila, a society of literary
men and artists, held a literary contest
Rizal’s scholastic
records
1877-1878 (Philosophy & Letters)
Anatomy 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good
Dissection 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good
Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good
Private Hygiene .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Good
Public Hygiene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Good