• EARLY LIFE OF RIZAL – RIZAL WAS BORN ON JUNE 19, 1861 IN CALAMBA LAGUNA PHILIPPINES.

• EDUCATION – HE STUDIED AT ATENEO MUNICIPAL DE MANILA AND LATER PURSUED HIGHER

EDUCATION ON EUROPE.
• NATIONAL HERO – RIZAL CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES DUE TO HIS
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTRY’S INDEPENDENCE.
• NOLI ME TANGERE – RIZAL’S FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1887, WHICH EXPOSED THE SOCIAL ISSUES
AND INJUSTICES DURING THE SPANISH COLONIAL.
• EL FILIBUSTERISMO – RIZAL’S SECOND NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1891, WHICH DELVES DEEPER INTO THE
OPPRESSIVE SPANISH AND THE FILIPINO STRUGGLE FREEDOM.
• LA SOLIRIDAD – RIZAL WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH AIMED TO FIGHT FOR
REFORMS AND ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE FILIPINO.
• EXILE IN DAPITAN – AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION ,
RIZAL WAS SENT TO DAPITAN, WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AND ENGAGED IN VARIOUS
COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
• RIZAL’S TRAVELS – RIZAL TRAVELLED TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SUH AS SPAIN, GERMANY,FRANCE,
AND UNITED STATES, WHERE HE GAINED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCED HIS
NATIONALIST VIEWS.
• THE RIZAL MONUMENT – A MONUMENT DEDICATED TO RIZAL LOCATED IN MANILA WHICH
SIMBOLZES HIS HEROISM AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
• RIZAL’S FAMILY – RIZAL CAME FROM A FAMILY OF INTELLECTUALS AND PATRIOTS WHO ALSO PLAYED
• RIZAL’S MARTYRDOM – RIZAL WAS EXECUTED BY THE SPANISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT ON DECEMBER 30, 1896
AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH REBILLION AND EDITION.
• RIZAL’S LEGACY – RIZAL’S WRITTINGS AND IDEALS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FILIPINO TO FIGHT JUSTICE ,FREEDOM,
AND NATIONAL IDENTITY.
• RIZAL’S AS A POLYGLOT – RIZAL WAS PROFICIENT IN MANY LANGUAGES INCLUDING SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH,
GERMAN, CHINESE
• RIZAL’S LOVE LIFE – RIZAL HAD SEVERAL ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS INCLUDING HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH LEONOR
RIVERA AND HIS ADMIRATION FOR JOSEPHINE BRACKEN.
• RIZAL’S REFORMS – RIZAL ADVOCATED FOR VARIOUS REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR FILIPINOS, EDUCATION REFORMS, AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE.
• RIZAL AND RELIGION – RIZAL QUESTIONED SOME ASPECTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUT REMAINED A DEEPLY
SPIRITUAL PERSON.
• RIZAL’S PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES – RIZAL WAS ALSO TALENTED ARTIST AND CREATED SEVERAL PAINTINGS
AND SCULPTURES DURING HIS LIFETIME.
• RIZAL’S POETRY – RIZAL EXPRESSED HIS THOUGHTS AND EMOTION TROUGH POETRY, REFLECTING HIS LOVE FOR
HIS COUNTRY AND HIS DESIRE FOR FREEDOM.
• RIZAL’S INFLUENCE ON OTHER NATIONALIST – RIZAL’S WRITTINGS AND IDEAS GREATLY INFLUENCED OTHER
FILIPINO NATIONALISTS WHO FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE
• RIZAL AS RENAISSANCE MAN – RIZAL WAS NOT ONLY A WRITTE AND A THINKER BUT ALSO A PHYSICIAN,
OPHTHALMOLOGIST, EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL REFORMS.