Rizal

• JULIA


  Girl in the Pagsanjan River, who used to catch butterflies
• SEGUNDA KATIGBAK


  Rizal's teenage crush, also known as "Paisana" but Rizal referred to her in his diary as "K"
• MARGARITA ALMEDA GOMEZ


  Young lady from Pakil, Laguna, believed to be Leonor Valenzuela but she was not fair complexion, seductive and attractive eyes
• LEONOR VALENZUELA


  Daughter of Capitan Juan and Sanday Valenzuela, a tall girl with regal bearing, Rizal sent her love notes written in invisible ink
• VICENTA Y BARDOZA


  A "pretty colegiala" (high school girl) who Rizal got attracted to when he played a harp
• LEONOR RIVERA


  "Taimis", a lady from Camiling, Tarlac, daughter of Antonio Rivera, Rizal courted her when she was 13 years old, a love affair by correspondence
• CONSUELO ORTEGA Y REY


  A "pretty Manileña", daughter of Don Pablo Ortega, Rizal dedicated a poem to her "A LA SENORITA C.OYR"
• EDUARDO DE LETE


  Madly in love with Consuelo
• SEIKO USUI


  A Japanese samurai's daughter who taught Rizal the Japanese art of painting and helped him improve his knowledge of the Japanese language
• SU-MIE


  Japanese art of painting
• GERTRUDE BECKETT


  An English girl with brown hair, blue eyes and pink cheeks, when Rizal was in London, he boarded in the Becket family's house and they helped him mix his colours for paintings
• SUZANNE JACOBY


  A pretty girl in Brussels, Belgium, a pretty niece of Rizal's landlady, she was deeply in love with Rizal
• NELLIE BOUSTEAD


  "Almost wife", daughter of Eduardo Bousted, they met when Rizal was a guest in the Boustead household, she was described as gay-hearted and sports-minded
• ANTONIO LUNA


  Had previously loved and lost Nellie
• PASTORA NECESARIO


  A weaver of cloth at Dapitan, as a sign of love, Rizal gave her a statue of a woman and also sent her letters of love
• JOSEPHINE BRACKEN


  An "unhappy wife", a petite Irish girl who was the adopted daughter of George Taufer, Rizal was physically attracted to her but suspected she was an agent of the Friars, she refused to marry Rizal and Fr. Obach refused to marry them without the permission of the Bishop of Cebu
• Josephine was accompanied by Narcisa at Fort Santiago, Rizal requested Fr. Balaquer that they be married canonically, his wedding gift to her was a religious book "IMITACION DE CRISTO"


  DECEMBER 30, 1894
• ANTONIO LUNA


  Collaborated with other Filipino expatriates like Rizal in working for the Propaganda Movement, writing for La Solidaridad, used the pen name "Taga slog"
• Antonio Luna was killed


  JUNE 5, 1899
• PEDRO JANOLINO


  Killed Antonio Luna, a Filipino captain with other elements of the Kawit Troop
• MARIANO PONCE


  Quit his studies to join the Filipino Movement in Spain, co-founded La Solidaridad, served as secretary of the Propaganda Movement, used the aliases Kalipulad and Tigbalang
• EMILIO AGUINALDO


  In 1898, he chose Ponce to represent the newly founded First Philippine Republic and commissioned him to design a framework of the revolutionary government
• SUN YAT-SEN


  Ponce met and negotiated with him and became a close friend, the founder and first president of the Chinese Republic
• ANG WIKA AT LAHI


  In 1917, Ponce published a discussion on the significance of having a national language
• GRACIANO LOPEZ-JAENA


  Anonymously wrote a satire "FRAY BOTOD" which revealed the Friars' greed, immorality, cruelty and false piety, he became known as a great orator in socio-political clubs
• Jose Rizal invited Graciano Lopez Jaena to join the Kidlat Club in Paris, France through a mail
• JOSE ALEJANDRINO


  Came from a rich family, joined the Propaganda Movement, served as an editorial staff of La Solidaridad, was the one who canvassed a printing press for El Filibusterismo
• EMILIO AGUINALDO


  Leader of the revolutionary army, assisted Alejandrino
• EDILBERTO EVANGELISTA


  Came from a poor family in Sta. Cruz, Manila, had to work hard to have an education, was asked to draft a constitution by the Magdalo and Magdiwang, two rival factions in the Katipunan, on which he remained neutral
• Edilberto Evangelista's composed constitution was accepted at the Imus Assembly


  DECEMBER 31, 1896
• Edilberto Evangelista was killed during the battle of Zapote Bridge


  FEBRUARY 17, 1897
• MIGUEL MALVAR


  The hero who could have been listed as the second Philippine president for taking over the revolutionary government after Aguinaldo's arrest
• ANDRES BONIFACIO


  Joined Rizal's La Liga Filipina, being one of the 20 attendees in the meeting administered by Rizal, elected as honorary president and the Katipuneros used his name as one of their passwords
• KATIPUNAN


  Founded by Andres Bonifacio on July 7, 1892 when Rizal was to be deported to Dapitan
• AGAPITO BAGUMBAYAN


  Bonifacio's pen name
• DASALAN AT TOC SOHAN

  A work of Bonifacio, a mock prayer book and satire on the Friar
• MARCELO DEL PILAR


  Became the owner of La Solidaridad and had taken the place of Jaena as editor-in-chief
• Jose Rizal won the election because of the vote of Mariano Ponce but declined the position
• MARCELO H. DEL PILAR


  The building and houses the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School was named after him
• EMILIO AGUINALDO


  Provided Josephine with lessons in shooting and horseback riding, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Government