HONGKONG TO MACAO

• Febraury 8, 1888
- Rizal, after staying in the Philippines for almost six months he
left Manila for Hong-Kong. He arrived at Amony, the dirty city
according to some traveler.

• Febraury 19, 1888

- with Jose Maria Basa, Jose Sainz de Veranda and some
Portuguese, Rizal left Hong Kong for Macao on board the Kui Kiang.
In Macao, they lived in the house of Juan Lecaroz. Rizal went
around for observation, especially the botanical garden.

• Febraury 22, 1888

- after staying in Hong Kong for almost two weeks, he left for
Japan on board with Oceanic.
Some works of Rizal
• Translated Antonio de Moragas, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands) on 1890
• “El Solfeo de la Defensa (La Solidaridad)
• “Los agriculores Filipinos”
• “Me Piden Versos…!’”
• “Los Viajes”
• “La Verdad para Todos”
• “Verdades Neuvas”
• “Differencias”
• “a La Patria”
• “Inconsecuencias”
• “Filipinas Dentro de Cien Ańos”
• “Filipinas Dentro de Cien Ańos”
• “Filipinas en el congreso”
• “Sobre la nueva ortografia de la lenguatagalaa”
• “Mariang Makiling
 Yokohama, Japan
• Between February 28 and April 13, 1888
- Rizal arrived in Japan. He was visited by Juan Perez
Caballero who invited Rizal to live at the Spanish Legation. Rizal
accepted it for two reasons.
* He could economize his living expenses.
* Rizal had nothing to hide from the prying eyes of the
Spanish authorities
• March 7, 1888
- He checked out of Tokyo Hotel and lived at the
Spanish Legation. Rizal was fascinated by the beauty of the
country-flowers, mountains, and scenic panoramas. He also
noticed the cleanliness, politeness, and industry of the
Japanese people.
United States of America
• April 28, 1888
- Rizal visited America. He went to San Francisco riding the
steamer “Blige”.
- He witnessed discrimination of Chinese and Japanese by
the American.

• May 4, 1888
- Rizal was allowed to go ashore. He had a good
impression of the place. All the cities Rizal went to were
flourishing. He had seen the drive and energy of the Americans,
the natural beauty of the land, the high standard of living and
the opportunities of a better life. The only bad thing that he
noticed was that there was no racial equality in America.
London, England
• Rizal chose London to improve on his English language.
• He received a good news and bad news from his home
town as such:
1. Persecution of Filipinos who signed the Anti-Friar petition was
rampant;
2. Persecution of the Calamba tenants including Rizal’s family and
relatives;
3. Furious attacks on Rizal by Spanish mentors
4. Rizal’s brother in-law exiled to bohol;
5. A friend of Rizal was arrested and jailed in Bilibid prison for
keeping a copy of Noli.
• Juan Luna and his wife entertained Rizal while in
London.
London, England
December 1888
- Rizal visited Barcelona and Madrid where he first met Marcelo H. Del
Pilar and Mariano Ponce
February 15, 1889
- Graciano Lopez Jaena founded La Solidaridad in Barcelona
February 22, 1889
- Jose wrote the Tagalog version of “The women of Malolos” This letter
was about a filipino womanand her rights. Rizal finished four sculptural
works:
1. Prometheus bound;
2. The triumph of death over life;
3. The triumph of science over death;
4. A carving of the heads of the Beckett sisters
March 25, 1889
Rizal’s first article in the La Solidaridad entitled Los Agricultores Filipinos
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was published.
Rizal’s Second Sojourn in Paris and the
Universal Exposition of 1889
- Rizal lived in the house of his friend Valentin Ventura.
- He lived with two other Filipinos, Captain Justo Trinidad, and Jose
Albert.
March 19, 1889
- Rizal formed Kidlat club. The kidlat club was then replaced by
Indios Bravos.
- Another secret society that Rizal formed was the R.D.L.M. Paris
1890: annotated edition of Morga’s Sucesos was published. Rizal wrote
the “Philippines within a Colony” and the essay “Indolence of the
Filipinos”
May 6, 1889
- Rizal was fascinated in the opening of Exposition of Paris.
January 28, 1890
- Rizal left Paris for Brussels, capital of Belgium.