Midterm Lessons

• Jose Rizal's birthdate


  19 June 1861
• Jose Rizal


  Seventh child of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso y Quintos, born in Calamba, Laguna
• Jose Rizal baptized as Jose Rizal Mercado at the Catholic church of Calamba


  22 June 1861
• Parochial church of Calamba and canonical books, including Rizal's baptismal records, were burned

  28 September 1862
• Rizal learned the alphabet from his mother

  3 years old
• Rizal's sister Conception died at the age of 3

  4 years old
• Rizal's mother taught him how to read and write

  1. 6 years old
• Rizal was taught a Spanish family bible "Historia Sagrada" by his mother


  Age of 6
• Rizal created his first poem "Sa aking mga Kababata"


  Age of 8
• Rizal wrote the poem "Mi Primera Inspiracion" (My First Inspiration) dedicated to his mother


  Age of 9
• Teodora Alonso


  Rizal's first teacher, his mother
• Leon Monroy


  Classmate of Rizal's father, hired to teach Rizal the Latin language
• Rizal's uncles


  • Jose Alberto - nurtured his art appreciation
  • Gregorio - instilled love for education
  • Manuel Alberto - taught him athletic skills
• Rizal's education


  1. Monroy's death, Rizal's parents decided to send him to a private school in Biñan

  2. Rizal went to Biñan

  3. Fr. Magin F. Ferbando - the registrar of the school

  4. Paciano brought Rizal to the school of Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz

  5. Justiniano Aquino Cruz - Rizal's strict teacher

  6. Pedro - the teacher's son, a bully that Rizal challenged and defeated

  7. Andres Salandanan - challenged Rizal to an arm-wrestling match, and Rizal lost
• The legend of the Moth


  One of the stories told by Donya Teodora, teaching obedience or comparing Rizal's martyrdom to the death of the moth
• Martyrdom


  The death or suffering
• Sa aking mga kababata

  -also known by the title "To My Fellow Children." Written at the age of 8.

  -A poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog.
• A la juventud filipina" a spanish poem written by Rizal when he was 18 eighteen years old. The Poem address the Filipino youth as the one who can bring about change and progress to the nation.
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  Mi Primera Inspiracion a spanish poem  written by Jose Rizal. Also know as My first Inspiration. This poem was created and has been dedicated for his mother Teodora Alonso on her birthday.
• English name of  Rizal: Jose Alonso Mercado

  Complete name: Jose Protacio Realonda Alonso Mercado Rizal

   

  Nicknames: Pepe and Ute

  Ute: called by his brother and sisters.

  Pepe/Pepito: how townspeople of Calamba called him.
• The name RIZAL

  -It originated from the word Ricial, means rice field. The spelling was allegedly changed by his Father.

  -They changed his surname to protect his identity from the spaniards.
• Rizal's Lineage


  • Chinese Ancestral
  • Paternal Ancestor
  • Maternal Ancestor
• Paternal Ancestor


  Domingo Lam-Co, a native of Chinchew District in China, also known as Quanzhou
• Maternal Ancestor


  • Inez de la Rosa, daughter of Agustino Chinco, from Chinchew
  • Godfather parents: Chin-co and Zun-nio
• Rizal's wife


  Jacinta Rafaela, a Chinese mestiza of the Parian
• Mercado Clan


  • Francisco Mercado y Chinco (Francisco Mercado): father of Rizal
• Mercado


  Used for trader
• Alonso Clan


  • Teodora Alonso - mother of Rizal
  • Brigida de Quintos - mother of Teodora
• Siblings of Rizal


  • SATURNINA RIZAL
  • PACIANO RIZAL
  • NARCISA RIZAL
  • OLYMPIA RIZAL
  • LUCIA RIZAL
  • MARIA RIZAL
  • JOSE RIZAL
  • CONCEPCION RIZAL
  • JOSEFA RIZAL
  • TRINIDAD RIZAL
  • SOLEDAD
• SATURNINA RIZAL


  Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage, called Neneng, married to Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo
• Diariong Tagalog


  Philippine first bilingual newspaper
• PACIANO RIZAL


  Only brother of Jose Rizal, became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine Revolution
• Diariong Tagalog founded


  August 2, 1882
• NARCISA RIZAL


  The third child, known as Dona Sisa, married to Antonio Lopez
• "El Amor Patrio"


  Published under the pen name Laong-Laan, meaning "ever prepared"
• OLYMPIA RIZAL


  Married to Silvestre Ubaldo, who died, their son Aristeo was a retired physician and professor of U.P (Rizal's nephew)
• LUCIA RIZAL


  Married to Matriano Herbosa, died of cholera
• Marcelo H. del Pilar

  Translated "El Amor Patrio" to Tagalog
• MARIA RIZAL


  Married to Daniel Faustino
• Francisco Calvo


  Editor-in-chief of Diariong Tagalog, urged Rizal to write more articles