RIZAL’S LIFE

What is the full name of Dr. Jose Rizal?

DR. JOSE PROTACIO MERCADO RIZAL ALONZO Y REALONDA

• Doctor- completed his medical course in Spain and was conferred

the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de
Madrid
• Jose- was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian
saint San Jose (St. Joseph)
• Protacio- from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar.
• Mercado- adopted in 1731 by Domigo Lamco (the paternal great-
greatgrandfather of Jose Rizal) which the Spanish term mercado
means ‘market’ in English.
• Rizal- from the word ‘Ricial’ in Spanish means a field where wheat,
cut while still green, sprouts again.
• Alonzo- old surname of his mother.
• Y- and
• Realonda- it was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her
godmother based on the culture by that time
FATHER SIDE ANCESTRY OF
DR. JOSE RIZAL
MOTHER SIDE ANCESTRY OF
DR. JOSE RIZAL
RIZAL’S LOVE LIFE
• Segunda Katigbak
Segunda Katigbak was her puppy love.
• Leonor Rivera
Leonor Rivera, his sweetheart for 11 years played the greatest
influence in keeping him from falling in love with other women
during his travel.
• Consuelo Ortiga
Consuelo Ortiga y Rey, the prettier of Don Pablo Ortiga’s daughters,
fell in love with him.
• O Sei San
O Sei San, a Japanese samurai’s daughter taught Rizal the Japanese
art of painting known as su-mie. She also helped Rizal improve his
knowledge of Japanese language.
• Gertrude Beckett
While Rizal was in London annotating the Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas, he boarded in the house of the Beckett family, within
walking distance of the British Museum. Gertrude, a blue-eyed and
buxom girl was the oldest of the three Beckett daughters. She fell in
love with Rizal.
• Nellie Boustead
Rizal having lost Leonor Rivera, entertained the thought of courting
other ladies. While a guest of the Boustead family at their residence
in the resort city of Biarritz, he had befriended the two pretty
daughters of his host, Eduardo Boustead. Rizal used to fence with
the sisters at the studio of Juan Luna.
• Suzanne Jacoby
In 1890, Rizal moved to Brussels because of the high cost of living in
Paris. In Brussels, he lived in the boarding house of the two Jacoby
sisters. In time, they fell deeply in love with each other. Suzanne
cried when Rizal left Brussels and wrote him when he was in Madrid.
• Josephine Bracken
In the last days of February 1895, while still in Dapitan, Rizal met an
18-year old petite Irish girl, with bold blue eyes, brown hair and a
happy disposition. She was Josephine Bracken, the adopted
daughter of George Taufer from Hong Kong, who came to Dapitan to
seek Rizal for eye treatment. Rizal was physically attracted to her. His
loneliness and boredom must have taken the measure of him and
what could be a better diversion that to fall in love again. But the
Rizal sisters suspected Josephine as an agent of the friars and they
considered her as a threat to Rizal’s security.
HOUSE BILL
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and balances that ensures that laws
are created democratically.
-House Bill 5561 Cong. Jacobo Gonzales
SENATE BILL
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order to become law, a Senate bill must win
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States. All Senate bills are numbered; the
number begins with an S.
-Senate Bill 438 Sen. Claro M. Recto
R.A 1425
“AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON
THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL,
PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL
FILIBUSTERISMO, AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

Republic Act No. 1425, known as the Rizal Law, mandates all
educational institutions in the Philippines to offer courses
about José Rizal. The full name of the law is An Act to Include in
the Curricula of All Public and Private Schools, Colleges and
Universities Courses On the Life, Works and Writings of Jose
Rizal, Particularly His Novels Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo, Authorizing the Printing and Distribution Thereof,
and for Other Purposes. The measure was strongly opposed by
the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines due to the anti-
clerical themes in Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo.
 HUMAN RIGHTS
DURING SPANISH ERA
During Spanish era, human rights to Filipinos were
not equal. During that time when you commit
crime they conclude that you are already a
criminal, getting justice is pricely and only rich
people can get justice. During that time being
Filipinos itself called to be" kasalanan ang maging
Filipino" there were a huge discrimination. One of
the example was . Rizal's mother was in jail.
 PHILIPPINE
REPRESENTATION IN
THE SPANISH ERA
• Spanish granted locals from their
colonials representation in the
Cortes.
• To win the support of her overseas
colonies during the Napoleonic
Invasion.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
• Racial discrimination is
any discrimination against individuals on
the basis of their skin colour, racial or
ethnic origin.
• Policies of racial segregation may formalize
it, but it is also often exerted without
being legalised and also it means facing
injustice.
FORCED LABOR OR POLO Y
SERVICIUS
“The worst part was that there was no rest. I slept for two hours
a night. There was no going out and no days off. When the
bosses were out, the house was locked.
I soon learned that if we refused to work, the police would be
brought in to make us work. Once I was slapped round the face
for not ironing my employer’s scarf properly.”
-Lehmeire, Mauritanian domestic worker in Saudi Arabia
• Forced labour is any work or service which people are forced
to do against their will, under threat of punishment. Almost all
slavery practices contain some element of forced labour.
Forced or compulsory labour is all work or service which is
exacted from any person under the threat of a penalty and for
which the person has not offered himself or herself
voluntarily.”
International Labour Organization Forced Labour Convention,
1930 (No. 29).
• Agriculture and fishing
• Domestic work
• Construction, mining, quarrying and brick kilns
• Manufacturing, processing and packaging
• Prostitution and sexual exploitation
• Market trading and illegal activities
FRAILOCRACY
• union of Church and State
• “government of friars”
• tremendous political power, influence, and riches.
• Condemn a filipino filibustero (traitor)
• Autonomy of education
• portrayed by Rizal in his novels as Padre Damaso and Padre Salvi
HACIENDA OWNED BY
THE FRIARS
 • The rural folks became:
• tenants.
• loss of their lands which belonged to their
ancestors since pre-Spanish times
• FRIARS obtained royal titles of ownership from:
the Spanish Crown.
• Rizal and agrarian reforms ---Retaliation:
• rentals are raised
• “INDOLENCE (lack of concern) OF FILIPINOS”:
Deceptions made by friars making the local folks believe
that plantations are prospering because they were under
their care.
 JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL
MERCADO ALONSO
Y REALONDA
Jose P. Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba,
Laguna. He was Baptist in St. john the Baptist church in Calamba
on the date of June 22 , 1861 by the parish priest Rev. Ruffino
Collantes and Rev Pedro Casanas as the sponsor.
 SIBLINGS
• SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)
• Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of
Tanauan, Batangas.

• PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)

• Only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose College in Manila;
became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine Revolution.

• NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)

• The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and musician.

• OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)

• The fourth child. Married Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.

• LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)

• The fifth child. Married Matriano Herbosa.

• MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)

• The sixth child. Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
• JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896)
• The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the
Spaniards on December 30,1896.

• CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)

• The eight child. Died at the age of three.

• JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)

• The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.

• TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)

• The tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.

• SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)

• The youngest child married Pantaleon Quintero.
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT
• Rizal goes to Binan,Laguna:
• - June, 1869 Rizal left for Binan
• - Was accompanied by Paciano his older brother
• - He was taught by Maestro Justiniano
• - In academic studies, Rizal beat all Binan boys
• - He surpassed them all in Spanish, Latin, and other subjects

• Life and Studies in Ateneo

• - Ateneo De Municipal established by the Jesuits
• - Rizal entered in 1872
• - He belonged to the class composed of Spaniards, mestizos and Filipinos
• - His teacher was Fr. Jose Bech
• - He was considered as an inferior and was placed at the buttom of the class
• - By the end of the month he became the emperor and received a prize, a religious
picture
• - To improve his Spanish Rizal took private lessons in Santa Isabel College
• - During his 4th year in Ateneo he received 5 medals and graduated as sobresaliente
• - He graduated on March 23, 1877(16 years old)
• - Received the degree of bachelor of arts, with highest honors not a valedictiorian
 • Extra Curricular Involvement
• - an emperor inside the classroom
• - campus leader
• - active member and became a secretary, the Marian Congregation Religious Society
• - member of the Academy of Spanish Literature and the Academy of Natural Sciences
• - poet
• - studied painting under the famous Spanish Painter, Agustin Saez
• - improved his sculpture talents under the supervision of Romualdo de Jesus
• - engaged in gymnastics and fencing and continued the physical training under his sports-
minded Tio Manuel.

• Medical Studies in University of Sto. Thomas (1877-1882)

• - After graduating , he continued his education at UST

• - He finished a year in Philosophy and Letters
• - He decided to shift to a medical course
• - UST was under the Dominicans , rival of the Jesuits in education
• - Remained loyal to Ateneo participated in extracurricular activities in Ateneo and completed a
course in surveying
• - As a Thomasian he won more literary laurels
• - During his first term in 1877-1878 in UST, he studied Cosmology, Metaphysics , Theodicy and
History of Philosophy.
• - It was during the school term 1878-1879 that Rizal pursued his studies in medicine
• Pre- Med Course

• - Curso de Ampiacion or Advanced course in Physics, Chemistry and

Natural History.
• - Out of the 28 young men taking Ampliacion only four including
Rizal were granted the privilege of taking simultaneously the
preparatory course and the first year of medicine
• - Rizal also received his four year practical training in medicine at
the Hospital de San Juan de Dios in Intramuros
• - During his last year at the University, Rizal had obtained the
global grade of Notable(Very Good) in all of his subjects, and he
was the second best student in a decimated class of seven who
passed the medicine course. After which, Rizal decided to study in
Spain.
• Academic Journey To Spain ( 1882-1885 )
• Opthalmology studies and travels in Europe

• - Jose Rizal went to Paris and Germany in order to specialize in ophthalmology.

Among all branches, he chose this specialization because he wanted to cure his
mother’s failing eyesight.
• - In 1885, after studying at the Universidad Central de Madrid, Rizal, who was
then 24 years old, went to Paris to acquire more knowledge in ophthalmology

• On February 3, 1886, after gathering some experience in

ophthalmology, he left Paris and went to Heidelberg, Germany
• - He worked at the University Eye Hospital under the direction of Dr.
Otto Becker, a distinguished German ophthalmologist
• - On April 22, 1886, Rizal wrote a poem entitled A Las Flores de
Heidelberg (To the Flowers of Heidelberg) because he was fascinated
by the blooming flowers along the Neckar River, which was the light
blue flower called “forget-me-not”.
• - On August 14, 1886, Rizal arrived in Leipzig. There, he attended
some lectures at the University of Leipzig on history and psychology
• Jose Rizal earned a Licentiate in Medicine at the Universidad
Central de Madrid, where he also took courses in philosophy
and literature. It was in Madrid that he began writing Noli Me
Tangere. He also attended classes in the University of Paris
and, in 1887, he completed his eye specialization course at the
University of Heidelberg. It was also in that year that Rizal’s
first novel was published in Berlin.
 THANK YOU
- MARY JANE ATIENZA