RIZAL

• Rizal Left the Philippines for the first time


  May 03, 1882
• Rizal was boarded on SALVADORA ship using a passport of JOSE MERCADO procured by his uncle ANTONIO RIVERA
• 700 - allowance given by PACIANO
• DIAMOND RING - Gift given by SATURNINA
• Rizal arrived in BARCELONA


  JUNE 1882
• Rizal studied medicine at UNIBERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID
• Rizal enrolled in UCDM in two courses: Doctor of Medicine, Philosophy and Letters


  NOV. 03, 1882
• Rizal obtained Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters

  JUNE 19, 1885
• Rizal obtained Licentiate in Medicine


  June 21, 1884
• Rizal started writing the first novel NOLI ME TANGERE


  1884
• Rizal returned to PARIS to increase knowledge in OPTHALMOLOGY


  1885
• Rizal went to a famous doctor in Paris, DR. LOUIS DE WECKER, to learn
• Rizal trained in Highdelberg

  FEB. 3, 1886
• Rizal visited a renowned doctor in Germany, DR. OTTO BECKER
• MAXIMUM VERA lent money to publish Noli Me Tangere in BERLINER BUCHRUCKERIE
• Rizal wrote a poem A LAS FLORES DE HEILDERBERG


  APRIL 22, 1886
• Rizal completed the last part of Noli Me Tangere

  FEBRUARY 02, 1887
• Rizal's first homecoming


  AUGUST 1887
• Rizal returned to the Philippines for various reasons

  JULY 03, 1887
• Rizal went to Calamba but couldn't find Leonor Rivera
• Rizal established a Clinic and Gymnasium
• Rizal successfully operated on his mother and became known as "DR. ULIMAN"
• Rizal was summoned by Gov.-Gen Emilio Terrero

  SEPT 02, 1887
• Rizal was called to Malacañang but didn't show up as he was still looking for Leonor Rivera
• Rizal left the Philippines for Hongkong

  FEBRUARY 03, 1888
• Rizal arrived in Hongkong and met JOSE MARIA BASA


  FEBRUARY 8, 1888
• Rizal traveled to Macau for 2 days on "KIU-KIANG"


  FEB. 18, 1888
• Rizal left Hongkong for Japan


  Feb. 22, 1888
• Rizal arrived in America after 15 days in Japan


  Feb. 28, 1888
• Rizal admired the beauty of Japan, met Oseisan, and disliked RICKSHAW
• Rizal lived in London for 3 reasons


  MAY 1888 - MARCH 1889
• Reasons for living in London


  • To improve his knowledge in English Language
  • To study and annotate ANTONIO MORGA's SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS which was published on 1609. A rare copy that he heard to be available in the BRITISH MUSEUM
  • London was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny
• Rizal arrived in Liverpool, England


  May 24, 1888
• Rizal went to London


  May 25, 1888
• Rizal's greatest achievement in London was annotating the book SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS
• Rizal finished writing his second Novel El Fili


  March 1891
• El Fili was Published in Ghent to save on cost
• Valentine Ventura sponsored 150.00 for EL FILIBUSTERISMO
• Rizal left Hongkong for Manila with his sister Lucia


  June 21, 1892
• Rizal arrived in the Philippines. They were met at the dock by several carabineers and a major. They searched for the baggage and found the "package of seditious paper"


  June 26, 1892