LIFE OF JOSE RIZAL

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Short Audio and Video Presentation about Life of Jose Rizal. JOSE RIZAL, the national hero of the Philippines and pride of the Malayan race, was born on June 19, 1861, in the town of Calamba, Laguna. He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children , 9 girls and 2 boys His father, Francisco Mercado Rizal, an industrious farmer whom Rizal called "a model of fathers," came from Biñan, Laguna; while his mother, Teodora Alonzo y Quintos, a highly cultured and accomplished woman whom Rizal called "loving and prudent mother," was born in Meisic, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Both his parents were educated and belonged to distinguished families. Jose Rizal came from a 13-member family consisting of his parents, Francisco Mercado II and Teodora Alonso Realonda, and nine sisters and one brother. Namely: Saturnina rizal, eldest child of the rizal-alonzo marriage. Paciano rizal, only brother of jose rizal and the second child. Narcisa rizal, the third child. Olympia rizal, the fourth child. Lucia rizal, the fifth child. Maria rizal, the sixth child. Jose rizal, the second son and the seventh child. Concepcion rizal, the eight child. Died at the age of three. Josefa rizal, the ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster. Trinidad rizal, the tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die. Soledad rizal, the youngest child. EDUCATION The first teacher of Rizal was his mother, On her lap, he learned at the age of three the alphabet and the prayers. Private Tutors of Rizal -Maestro Celestino -Maestro Lucas -Leon Monroy Rizal goes to Binan,Laguna on June 1869 -He was taught by Maestro Justiniano -In academic studies, Rizal beat all Binan boys in Spanish, Latin, and other subjects Rizal entered in 1872 in Ateneo -He was considered as an inferior, by the end of the month he became the emperor and received a prize, a religious picture -He graduated on March 23, 1877 and Received the degree of bachelor of arts, with highest honors not a valedictiorian University of Sto. Thomas was under the Dominicans. -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. In May of 1882, Jose Rizal got on a ship to Spain without informing his parents of his intentions. He enrolled at the Universidad Central de Madrid. Inspired by his mother's advancing blindness, Rizal next went to the University of Paris and then the University of Heidelberg to complete further study in the field of ophthalmology. RIZAL'S LIFE IN EUROPE Jose Rizal lived in Europe for 10 years. During his European sojourn, he also began to write novels. Rizal finished his first book, Noli Me Tangere. JOSE RIZAL'S LOVE LIFE There were about nine significant women in Rizal's life. They were: Segunda Katigbak, Leonor Valenzuela, Leonor Rivera, Consuelo Ortega, O-Sei San, Getrude Beckette, Nelly Boustead, Suzanne Jacoby, and Josephine Bracken. EXPERTISE Having traveled extensively in Asia, Europe and America, he mastered 22 languages. These include Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Malayan, Portuguese, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, and other native dialects. A versatile genius, he was an architect, artists, businessman, cartoonist, educator, economist, ethnologist, farmer, historian, inventor, journalist, linguist, musician, nationalist, novelist, opthalmologist, poet, propagandist, psychologist, scientist, sculptor, sociologist, theologian and others JOSE RIZAL'S LAST HOURS On December 26, 1896, the military court tried Jose Rizal and later found him guilty of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy. The Spanish authorities believed that Rizal's writings "fatally and necessarily" incited the rebellion which, by 1896, had already become a revolution. On December 29 at 6 a.m., Capt. Rafael Dominguez read before Rizal his death sentence. At around 7 a.m. of December 29, Rizal was transferred to his death cell in Fort Santiago. By 6:30am, He - in his black suit, black necktie, black hat, black shoes and white vest - calmly walked from his prison cell in Fort Santiago to the execution site, In his right arm was a rosary which he kept on holding until his final breath. At 7 a.m. on December 30, 1896 at Luneta, Manila, the 35-year-old patriot was shot in the back by a firing squad. He hesitated, turned halfway around to face his executioners, and fell on his back to face the Philippine sun in the east JOSE RIZAL'S LEGACY Jose Rizal is remembered today throughout the Philippines for his brilliance, his courage, his peaceful resistance to tyranny, and his compassion. Filipino school children study his final literary work, his two famous novels noli and el filibusterismo Spurred on by Rizal's martyrdom, the Philippine Revolution continued until 1898.