The Early Life Of Rizal

Rizal's Father

Don Francisco Mercado (1818-1898) ✓born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11, 1818 ✓studied Latin and Philosophy at College of San Jose Manila ✓tenant-farmer of Dominican-owned hacienda ✓Rizal affectionately called him - a model father ✓youngest among his siblings

Rizal's Mother

Doña Teodora Alonzo Realonda (1826-1911) ✓born in Manila on Nov 8, 1826 ✓educated at the College of Santa Rosa

Rizal's full name

Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

Rizal's godfather

Father Pedro Casanas - close family friend

Siblings of Rizal

Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olymphia, Lucia, Maria, Concepcion, Josefa, Tirinidad, Soledad

El Filibusterismo

-he described how Filipino students were humiliated and insulted by their Dominican professors -Chapter XIII ( The Class in Physics)

Unhappy Days in UST

-he found UST as suffocating because: 1. The Dominican professors were hostile to him 2. The Filipino students were racially discriminated by Spaniards 3. The method of instruction was obsolete and repressive

Manuel Xerez Burgos

-helped Rizal to be admitted at Ateneo

Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)

-honour for his hometown Calamba

The story of the moth

-made the profoundest impression to Rizal

Compañerismo

"Comradeship" -secret society of Filipino students in UST founded by Rizal

Rizal

"Ricial" means a field where a wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again -second surname given by a Spanish Alcalde Mayor of Laguna

Lucia

-married to Mariano Herbosa of Calamba (nephew of Father Cansanas)

Francisco de Marcaida and Manuel Marzan

-most famous lawyers of Manila that defended Doña Teodora

Paciano

-older brother and confident of Rizal -second father to Rizal -the wise Piloposopong Tasyo on Noli Me Tangere -combat general in Philippine Revolution

Perito Agrimensor

- Rizal took vocational course at Ateneo which led him to the title of Expert surveyor

Father Sanchez

- cultivated Rizal's literary talent

January 20, 1872

-200 Filipino soldiers rose in mutiny because of the abolition of their usual privilege under the leadership of Sgt. Lamadrid

Dr. Feodor Jagor

-Author of the book "Travels in the Philippines" -Rizal was impressed on this book because; ✓Jagor's keen observation of the defects of Spanish Colonization ✓his prophecy that Spain would lose Philippines on America

Maria

-Biang -married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna

Soledad

-Choleng -maried to Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba

Concepcion

-Concha -died at 3 because of illness -Rizal's first sorrow in life

Rizal's poems in Ateneo

-Felicitacion -Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Good Education -Through Education The Country Receives Light -The Heroism of Columbus -A Farewell Dialogue of the Students -To the Virgin Mary

February 17, 1872

-GomBurZa (Mariano Gomez, Jacinto Zamora, Jose Burgos) were executed by the order of Governor-General Izquierd -Rizal dedicated his second novel El Filibusterismo to them

Un Recuerdo A mi Pueblo

-In Memory of My Town -written about his town when he was 15yrs old

Commencement Day

-March 23, 1877, Rizal was 15 years old, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with highest honor

Josefa

-Panggoy -old maid, died at 80

Information about his parents

-Rizal called her sisters Doña or Señora (married) and Señorita (single)

The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)

-Rizal's first favorite novel

A religious picture

-Rizal's first prize for being brightest pupil

Narcisa

-Sisa -married to Antonio Lopez (nephew of Father Leoncio Lopez) a school teacher of Morong

Trinidad

-Trining -old maid, died at 83

Olympia

-Ypia -married to Silvestre Ubaldo, a telegraph operator

Father Magin Ferrano

-college registrar who refused to admit Rizal due to the reason of; 1. he was late; 2. he was sickly and undersized for his age

Childhood Memories

-daily angelus prayer by nightfall -death of Concha -at 3 began to partake in the family prayers -at 5 was able to read Spanish family bible, make sketches and mould clay & wax

Sa Aking Mga Kabata

-first poem written in native language

Father Jose Bech

-first teacher of Rizal in Ateneo

Escuela Pia (Charity School)

-formerly name of Ateneo, a school for poor boys in Manila

Padre Francisco de Paula Sanchez

-great educator and scholar at Ateneo who inspire Rizal to study harder at write poetry

Saturnina

-oldest -nickmame Neneng -married to Manuel T. Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas

Rizal's Home

-one of the distinguished houses in Calamba -two-storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hard-woods and roofed with red tiles -Rizal family belonged to the PRINCIPALIA, town of aristocracy -Calamba was a hacienda town which belonged to Dominican Order

Mi Primera Inspiracion

-poem written by Rizal dedicated to his mother's birthday when he was 14 in his 3rd yr at Ateneo

Mercado

-real surname adopted by Domingo Lamco (paternal great-great grandfather of Jose Rizal) means market

Marian Congregation

-religous society wherein Rizal was an active member and later become the secretary

Father Lieonart

-requested carved image of Sacred Heart of Jesus from Rizal

A Filipinas

-sonnet written to urged all Filipino artists to glorify the Philippines

Jesuits System of Education

-trained the character of the students by rigid discipline and religious instructions

Agusti Saez and Romualdo de Jesus

1. Spanish painter 2. Filipino Sculptor

Influences on the Hero's Boyhood

1.Hereditary Influence 2.Environmental Influence 3.Aid of the Divine Providence

Three women he fell in love with

1st yr - Miss L 2nd yr - Leonor Valenzuela 3rd yr - Leonor Rivera (Whom he was engaged with and used TAIMIS as a code name)

Governor-general of the Philippines when Rizal was born

Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery

Born date

Wednesday June 19, 1861 at Calamba, Laguna baptized 3 days after by Rev. Rufino Collantes

Jose

chosen by his mother who was devotee of the Christian St. Joseph

Protacio

from Gervacio P which came from a Christian calendar, in consideration of the day of his birth

Doctor

grant degree of Licentiate in Medicine by Universidad Central de Madrid at Spain

Alonzo

old surname of his mother

Realonda

surname of Doña Teodora's godmother based on the culture by that time

Early education

✓Doña Teodora - his first teacher ✓Maestro Celestino - first private tutor ✓Maestro Lucas Padua - Science Tutor ✓Leon Monroy - Spanish & Latin Tutor, former classmate of his father ✓Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz - first teacher in Biñan

Injustice to Rizal's Mother

✓June 1872 maliciously charge of poisoning her brother's wife Jose Alberto ✓Antonio Vivencio del Rosario - Calamaba's gobernadorcillo who helped to arrest Doña Teodora ✓forced to walk from Calamba to Santa Cruz, Laguna (50 km)

Early education (2)

✓Pedro - his classmate that challenge him to fight ✓Andres Lakindanan - challenge Rizal to arm wrestling match ✓Arturo Camos - a French friend of Rizal's father who took care of him on board

Rizal's uncles that influences him

✓Tiyo Jose Alberto - he developed the artistic ability of Rizal ✓Tiyo Manuel - he guided Rizal on his physical exercise ✓Tiyo Gregorio - intensified Rizal's reading of good books ✓Father Leoncio Lopez - fostered Rizal's love for scholarship and intellectual honesty