Name: Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Y Alonzo RealondaNickname:Pepe

Pen Name: Laong Laan, Dimasalang

Birthdate: June 19, 1861

Birthplace: Calamba, Laguna

Date of Baptism: June 22, 1861

Baptized by: Father Rufino Collantes

Godparent: Father Pedro Casana

Place of Baptism: Calamba Catholic Church

Parents Name: Don Francisco Mercado and Dona Teodora Alonzo

Children in Chronology:

Name

Birthdate

Nickname

Married to

Saturnina

1850

Neneng

Manuel T. HidalgoPaciano

1851

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Narcisa

1852

Sisa

Antonio Lopez

Olimpia

1855

Ypia

Silvestre Ubaldo

Lucia

1857

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Mariano HerbosaMaria

1859

Biang

Daniel Faustino Cruz

Jose

1861

Pepe

Josephine Bracken

Concepcion

1862

Concha

(died at the age of three)

Josefa

1865

Panggoy

(died an old maid at the age of 80)

Trinidad

1868

Trining

(died an old maid at the age of 83)

Soledad

1870

Choleng

Pantaleon QuinteroRaces of Rizal: Negrito, Malay, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish

Grandfather from fathers side: Juan Mercado

Occupation: Gobernadorcillo of Binan, Laguna

Great Grandfather from fathers side: Domingo Lamco (Chinese) Occupation: MerchantGreat Grandfather from mothers side: Manuel de Quintos (Chinese Mestizo) married to Regina Ursua (with Japanese Ancestry)Economic status of the Rizal Family: typical middle class

Rizals childhood days:

Age of 3

He learned the alphabet, learned how to pray and read the bible

4

Experienced the first sorrow when Concepcion died

5

He learned to read and write

8

Wrote the first poem Sa Aking mga Kabata (To My Fellow Children)

Teachers of Rizal:

Dona Teodora Alonzo

Maestro Celestino

Lucas Padua

Leon Monroy

Maestro Justiniano Cruz

O-Sei-San (Japanese language)

Schools attended:

Achievements

Binan, Laguna

Surpassed all Binan boys in Latin and other subjects

Ateneo

Excelled in all subjects and earned the moniker The pride of Jesuits

Wrote the poem: Mi Primera Inspiracion

UST

Founded the secret society called Companerismo

Wrote the Poem: A la Juventud Filipina (To the Filipino Youth)

Rizal was unhappy in USTbecause:

(1) Dominican professors were hostile to him

(2) Filipino students were racially discriminated against by the Spaniards

(3) The method of instruction was obsolete and repressive

Europe

Continued his studies in Medicine at the Universidad Central de Madrid

Degree of Licentiate in Medicine in 1884Degree of Philosophy and Letters in 1885

University of HeidelbergEarned a second doctorateInducted as a member of the Berlin Ethnological Society and the Berlin Anthropological Society under the patronage of the famous pathologist Rudolf VirchowWrote the poem A las Flores del Heidelberg

Poems:

Sa Aking Mga kabata

(To My Fellow Children)

Mi Primira Inspiracion

(My First Inspiration)

A la Juventud Filipina

(To the Filipino youth)

Amor Patrio

(Love of Country)

A La Senorita C.O.y.P

(To Miss C.O.y.P)

Me Paden Versos

(They Ask Me for Verses)

Famous Novels:

Noli Me Tangere

(English:Touch Me Not;Tagalog;Huwag Mo Kong Salingin)

El Filibusterismo

(English:The Filibuster ;Literal Translation:The Reign of the Greed)Known for many Inclinations: Artist, Painter, Sculptor, Linguist, Poet, Doctor, Leader and many more

Date of death: December 30, 1896

Age: 35

Cause of death: Executed by the Spaniards because he was accused as anti-government of Spain