RIzal 5

• Rizal's first European sojourn

  A journey westward to Europe, seemingly in response to Burgos' exhortation, for further studies
• Structure of the chapter

  1. Pre-university sojourns

  2. Rizal as a student in Europe

  3. Post-university life

  4. Timeline of Rizal's journey
• Purpose of tracing Rizal's journey

  • Give everyone a feel of what travel was like back then
  • Observations Rizal made will tell more about his observant quality
• Purpose of discussing Rizal as a student in Europe


  • Offer another look into the man behind the hero
  • Amazement and disappointments about new places
  • Adventures encountered
  • Relationships with women
• Purpose of discussing Rizal's post-university life

  • Detail the adventures of Rizal after obtaining his licentiates
  • Significant events that saddle the three main topics
• Purpose of the timeline

  • Show the temporal relationship between events
  • Serve as a reference point for events that saddled the three main topics
• Rizal's departure from the Philippines was done discreetly to avoid persecution of his family and suspicion from the Spanish authorities
• Rizal's observations during his journey

  Revealed his observant quality
• Rizal's observations in Singapore

  • Natives were confident of their rights and not fearful of the authorities
  • Contrast to the atmosphere back home
• Rizal's observations in Colombo

  • Colombo was more beautiful, smart and elegant than Singapore, Point Galle, and Manila
• Rizal prayed to a "Creative Spirit" during his journey, rather than seeking the intercession of saints, which was a sign of his waning interest and trust in his Catholic faith
• This chapter will be on Rizal as he journeyed westward to Europe in a seeming response to Burgos' exhortation
• Rizal's expressed purpose in going abroad was for further studies
• Main topics


  • The pre-university sojourns
  • Rizal as a student in Europe
  • His post-university life
• A timeline of Rizal's journey will also be presented
• Pre-university travels


  1. Departure in Manila

  2. Reached Madrid
• Tracing Rizal's journey will give everyone a feel of what travel was like back then
• Rizal's observations will tell more about his observant quality than the qualities of the places he saw or visited
• The discussion about Rizal as a student in Europe will offer another look into the man behind the hero
• The post-university life will detail the adventures of Rizal after he obtained his licentiates
• Significant events that saddle two or all three of the main topics will also be included
• The chronological presentation of the events during Rizal's travels is intended to show an easier way to identify the temporal relationship between said events
• Rizal, on board Salvadora, left Manila for Singapore


  May 3, 1882
• Rizal arrived in Singapore


  May 9, 1882
• Rizal left Singapore on board the French steamer Djemnah


  May 11, 1882
• The Djemnah reached Colombo


  May 17, 1882
• Rizal reached the British colony Aden


  May 27, 1882
• Rizal reached the port city of Suez, the southern terminal of the Suez Canal


  June 2, 1882
• Rizal arrived at Port Said, the northern terminal of the Suez Canal


  June 7, 1882
• Rizal arrived at the Italian city Naples


  June 11, 1882
• Rizal reached and disembarked at Marseilles


  June 12, 1882
• Rizal left Marseilles on a train for Barcelona


  June 15, 1882
• Rizal reached Barcelona


  June 16, 1882
• Rizal arrived at Madrid


  September 12, 1882
• Rizal enrolled in Universidad Central de Madrid (taking Medicine and Philosophy and Letters)


  November 3, 1882
• Rizal declaimed his Me Piden Versos


  December 31, 1882
• Rizal joined the Madrid Masonic Lodge Acacia

  March 1883
• Rizal traveled to Paris


  June 17, 1883
• Rizal proposed to his compatriots the writing of a novel about the Philippines by Filipinos (the idea behind the Noli)


  January 2, 1884
• Rizal obtained his Licentiate in Medicine


  June 21, 1884