Life and Works of Rizal

• Rizal Law is also known as RA 1425
• Suez Canal connects Europe to Asia by creating a direct shipping route without circumnavigating the African continent
• Rizal was born in Calamba on June 19, 1861
• Fr. Rufino Collantes predicted that Jose Rizal would become great someday because of his unusual head
• Teodora named Jose Rizal after Saint Joseph, as she was a devout of him
• Jose's siblings called him Ute as a nickname
• Rizal's family belonged to the social class of Creoles
• Paciano, Rizal's brother, influenced him about his nationalistic ideas
• Trinidad was the custodian of Mi Ultimo Adios, a poem given by Jose Rizal before his execution
• Narcissa, the second daughter, played a significant role in Jose Rizal's education abroad
• Jose Rizal's big black dog was named Usman
• Maestro Leon Monroy was the tutor of Rizal and his father's classmate before
• Rizal first formally studied in Binan
• Jose Rizal's poem expressing his love for Calamba is titled In Memory of My Town
• Teodora Alberto, the wife of Jose Alberto, accused Doña Teodora of poisoning her
• Colegio San Juan de Letran was the first choice of school for Rizal's secondary education, later changed by his father
• Carthaginian Empire was the group of Ateneo's eternos or non-borders
• During the first quarter of his stay in Ateneo, Rizal reached the position of Emperor
• Francisco Paula de Sanchez was Rizal's favorite teacher in Ateneo
• Mi Primera Inspiracion was the first poem Rizal wrote in Ateneo, dedicated to his mother
• Rizal took up Philosophy and Letters because the rector couldn't reply immediately, which was also his father's degree
• Rizal enrolled in a vocational course for Land Surveyor
• A La Juventud Filipina is considered the crowning glory of Rizal as a young poet
• Junto al Pasig was the zarzuela written by Rizal to be performed by Ateneans on the feast of Immaculate Concepcion
• Rizal didn't like the education in UST due to racial discrimination
• El Amor Patrio was Rizal's first nationalistic essay published in Diariong Tagalog on August 20, 1882
• Rizal enrolled in Universidad Central de Madrid for Medicine and Philosophy and Letters
• Brindis was the impromptu speech by Rizal in the celebration of Luna and Hidalgo's success
• Rizal became an apprentice of the leading French ophthalmologist Dr. Louis de Wecker
• Circulo-Hispano Filipino was a group founded in 1882 by Filipinos and Spaniards pushing for government reform in the Philippines
• Mi Piden Versos was the poem written by Rizal under Circulo-Hispano Filipino, showing the sadness of the son of art away from his origin
• Noli Me Tangere was published in Berlin, Germany
• Ferdinand Blumentritt was Rizal's best friend
• Emilio Terrero, the governor general, sent Rizal a letter requesting his presence at Malacanang Palace a few weeks after his arrival in 1887
• Fr. Payo, Fr. Echevarria, and Fr. Rodriguez declared Noli Me Tangere as heretic and anti-patriotic
• Terrero advised Rizal to flee to Hongkong
• Graciano Lopez-Jaena was the founder and first editor of La Solidaridad
• Rizal's first article published in La Solidaridad was To the Young Women of Malolos
• Si Pagong at si Matsing was the fable written by Rizal while in France in July 1899
• The Indolence of the Filipino People was the essay by Rizal used as evidence that he encouraged the Filipino revolution against Spain