Rizal

• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo


  Full name
• Sa aking mga kabata

  First poem written by Dr. Jose Rizal dedicated to the youth of the Philippines
• Teodora Alonzo


  Mother of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Don Francisco Mercado Rizal

  Father of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Paciano


  Only brother of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Segunda Katigbak


  First girlfriend of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Josephine Bracken


  Wife of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Maestro Josteñano Aquino Cruz


  First formal teacher of Dr. Jose Rizal
• F. Francisco de Paula Sanchez


  Favorite professor of Dr. Jose Rizal in Ateneo de Manila
• Ferdinand Blumentritt


  Bestfriend of Dr. Jose Rizal
• Successos de las es las Filipinas

  Book of Antonio Morga which Dr. Jose Rizal annotated
• Unibersidad Central de Madrid


  School in Spain by which Jose Rizal took his specialization in Ophthalmology
• Dr. Maximo Viola


  Person responsible for the funding of the publication of Noli Me Tangere
• El Filibusterismo


  An immortal novel of Dr. Jose Rizal about hatred and revenge
• Noli Me Tangere


  An immortal novel of Dr. Jose Rizal about love, aspiration, and dreams
• La Liga Filipina


  An organization of middle-class Filipinos by which Dr. Jose Rizal was the frontline
• Familia Sagrado Katoliko


  Genuinely religious
• Padre Collantes


  Baptized Rizal
• Rizal, The National Hero
• The day of his birth and the day of his execution are fittingly commemorated by all classes of our people throughout the country and even by Filipinos abroad
• His name is a byword in every Filipino home while his picture adorns the postage stamp and paper money of widest circulation. No other Filipino hero can surpass Rizal in the number of monuments erected in his honor; in the number of towns, barrios, and streets named after him; in the number of educational institutions, societies, and trade names that bear his name
• The Noli alone, Rizal among his contemporaries, had become the most prominent or the central figure of the Propaganda Movement
• Rizal was the most intelligent, most courageous, and most dangerous enemy of the reactionaries and the tyrants; therefore should be shot publicly in order to serve as an example and a warning to those of his kind
• Among the foreigners who recognized Rizal as the leading Filipino of his time were Blumentritt, Napoleon M. Kheil, Dr. Reinhold Rostg and Vicente Barrante. Professor Blumentritt told Dr. Axiom Viola in May,1887 that "Rizal was the greatest product of the Philippines and that his coming to the world was like the appearance of a rare comet, whose rare brilliance appears only every other century"
• Rizal's leadership was shown when in 1889 ,he was unanimously elected by the Filipinos in Barcelona and Madrid as honorary president of La Solidaridad. He organized in Paris the Indios Bravos where he became chief. In January, 1891 Rizal was again unanimously chosen Responsible (chief) of the Spanish-Filipino Association
• He was also the founder and moving spirit in the founding of the La Liga Filipina in Manila on July 3, 1892. The Katipunan acknowledged Rizal's leadership and greatness by making him its Honorary President and by using his family name Rizal as the password for the third-degree members
• General Emilio Aguinaldo and the other revolutionary chiefs exiled to Hong Kong held a commemorative program there on December 29, 1897, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the hero's execution and martyrdom. He also issued the first official proclamation making December 30 as Rizal Day on December 20, 1898
• The newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals throughout the civilized world- in Germany, Austria, France, Holland, London, the United States, Japan. Hongkong, Macao, Singapore, Switzerland, and in Latin American countries – published accounts of Rizal's martyrdom in order to render homage to his greatness
• That Bonifacio or Aguinaldo should be the National Hero, because they fought in the Revolution, while Rizal cautioned them about it. If we recall our historical data it could be recalled that Bonifacio lost all of his 29 battles while Aguinaldo surrendered to the Americans in 1901
• Rizal through the might of his pen waged a non-violent crusade and suffered political martyrdom. The ideas that he has propagated still live today not even the mighty armies of Spain and America could kill
• That Rizal was somehow an "American-made hero," This was refuted by the words of Justice Malcom in the article of Ocampo when he said " In those days under William Howard Taft, it was bruited about that the Americans had "made" Rizal a hero to serve their purposes. That indeed was a sinister interpretation of voluntary American action designed to pay tribute to a great man."
• American Panel


  • W. Morgan Shuster
  • Bernard Moses
  • Dean Warcester
  • Henry Clay Ide
• Philippine Panel


  • Trinidad Pardo de Tavera
  • Gregorio Araneta
  • Cayetano Arellano
  • Jose Luzuriaga
• Criteria in choosing a National Hero during the American Period

  • He must be a Filipino
  • He is already dead
  • He displayed unconditional love for his country
  • He has a lower temper
  • He had died dramatically
• The Nominees


  • Marcelo H. del Pilar
  • Jose Rizal
  • Emilio Jacinto
  • Graciano Lopez - Jaena
  • Antonio Luna
• Reasons for Choosing Rizal

  • First Filipino who displayed the true sense of nationalism
  • Model of Peace
  • Filipinos are sentimental
• Executive Order No.75


  Issued on March 28, 1993 by President Fidel V. Ramos. Creating the National Heroes Committee under the Office of the President. The principal duty of the Committee is to study, evaluate and recommend Filipino national personages / heroes in due recognition of their sterling character and remarkable achievements for the country
• Technical Committee


  • Onofre D. Corpuz
  • Samuel K. Tan
  • Marcelino Foronda
  • Alfredo Lagmay
  • Bernardita Churchill
  • Serafin Quiason
  • Ambeth Ocampo
  • Minerva Gonzales
  • Carmen Guerrero Nakpi
• Criteria For National Hero (June 3, 1993)

  • Who have a concept of nation and thereafter aspire and struggle for the nation's freedom
  • Who define and contribute to a system or life of freedom and order for a nation
  • Who contribute to the quality of life and destiny of a nation
  • A hero is part of the people's expression
  • A hero thinks of the future, especially the future generation
  • The choice of a hero involves not only the recounting of an episode or events in history, but of the entire process that made this particular person a hero
• Historical Figures Recommended as National Hero

  • Jose Rizal
  • Andres Bonifacio
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Apolinario Mabini
  • Marcelo H. del Pilar
  • Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat
  • Juan Luna
  • Melchora Aquino
  • Gabriela Silang