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• Las Islas Filipinas were named after King Phillip II of Spain.
• At the time of his trip in Europe, Rizal published "El Filibusterismo" in Ghent, Belgium. He was so glad about the printing but his funds were extremely low and he had to leave the printing half-done. Joy turned to despair and Rizal was about to burn the novel ... Then a hero came to his aid and the printing resumed. Who was this hero?


  Valentin Ventura
• Rizal traveled to Biarritz in France, where he had an affair with a Protestant girl. This girl wanted Rizal to become a Protestant, like herself. As a Catholic, Rizal declined her request, and this resulted in Rizal's early departure.


  Nellie Boustead
• Dr. Jose Rizal traveled to Madrid in 1890 and discovered his "bitter enemy of the pen". This enemy was an editor of a newspaper named "La Epoca". In an article he wrote, he repeatedly maligned Rizal's family. Who was this "bitter enemy?


  Wenceslao Retana (Retana retracted his statement and apologized to Rizal. After that, Rizal and Retana became good friends. Retana afterwards became the first Spanish writer to write a book-length biography of Rizal entitled Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal)
• When "Noli Me Tangere", Rizal's most famous novel, was first published, a priest masterminded its banning. This priest is the subject of Rizal's "Por Telefono in Paris". Who was this priest?


  Fr. Salvador Font
• When Rizal excelled as a top student at Ateneo de Manila, a school administered by the Jesuit priests, he loved reading books and novels. Among other books, he read a novel by Alexander Dumas. This was the first novel that he really loved. What was it?

  The Count of Monte Cristo
• Who was the first woman councilor of Manila?

  Carmen Planas
• He founded the Socialist Party of the Philippines in 1929, which merged with the older Communist Party of the Philippines(PKP) in 1939.


  Pedro Abad Santos (The founder and head of the "Aguman Ding Maldang Talapagobra (AMT)" and also the "General Workers Union (1933)".)
• Who was the first Filipino president (1915-1920) of the University of the Philippines?

  Ignacio Villamor
• The first Sulu-United States Treaty concluded on August 20,1899 allowing American presence in Sulu.


  Bates Treaty
• The first president of the Katipunan.

  Deodato Arellano