Early Life & Family
This is the birthplace of Jose Rizal.
Calamba, Laguna
The place where Rizal completed his medical studies in Europe.
Universidad Central de Madrid
Rizal’s most famous novel that exposed abuses of the friars.
Noli me Tangere
The secret society of Filipino reformists in Spain that Rizal helped inspire but never formally joined.
Propaganda Movement
The governor-general who ordered Rizal’s exile to Dapitan
Gov. Gen. Eulogio Despujol
The national hero’s full name, including his middle names.
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda
The ship Rizal boarded when he returned to the Philippines in 1892.
SS Don Juan
Rizal’s second novel, written as a sequel to Noli Me Tangere.
El Felibusterismo
The organization Rizal founded aiming for peaceful reforms in the Philippines.
La Liga Filipina
The group falsely linked to Rizal, giving Spain justification to arrest him.
Katipunan
The poem Rizal wrote at age 8, showing his early love for country.
"Sa Aking Mga Kabata"
The Belgian city where Rizal had El Filibusterismo published.
Ghent
The essay where Rizal criticized Spain’s failure to uplift the Philippines.
"The Philippines a Century Hence”
The civic organization Rizal founded during his exile to promote development in Dapitan.
Sociedad de Amigos/La Liga Dapitan
The date of Rizal’s execution in Bagumbayan.
December 30, 1896
This national hero’s older brother who encouraged him to study harder.
Paciano Rizal
The European scholar and close friend who preserved many of Rizal’s letters and works.
Ferdinand Blumentritt
The pen name Rizal sometimes used for his writings.
Laong Laan
The profession Rizal practiced in Dapitan that helped cure many residents.
ophthalmologist/doctor
The religious sect that declared Rizal as a divine figure long after his death.
Rizalista Movement
The language in which Rizal originally wrote Noli Me Tangere.
Spanish
The woman considered Rizal’s “great love” whom he met in Japan.
O-Sei-San/Seiko Usui
The poem Rizal wrote before his execution.
Mi Último Adiós
The scientific contribution of Rizal involving the classification of species in Dapitan.
discovering new species of fauna and flora
The scientific instrument Rizal used to teach astronomy in Dapitan.
Telescope