Rizal Lifes

José Rizal

José Rizal

Born José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

June 19, 1861[1]

Calamba, Laguna[1]

Died December 30, 1896 (aged 35)[2]

Bagumbayan, Manila[2]

Cause of death execution by firing squad

Monuments Rizal Park, Manila

Calamba, Laguna

Nationality Filipino

Other names Pepe[3][4]

Alma mater

Ateneo Municipal de Manila,University of Santo Tomas,Universidad Central de Madrid

Organization La Solidaridad, La Liga Filipina

Influenced by Paciano Rizal

Religion Roman Catholicism

Spouse(s) Josephine Bracken (1896)

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Children Francísco Rizal y Bracken (who died after birth)

Parents Francisco Mercado (father)

Teodora Alonso (mother)

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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda[6][7] (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896), was a Filipino nationalist and reformist. He is considered one of the national heroes of the Philippines, together with Andrés Bonifacio.[8] Studying in Europe, he was the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He was wrongly implicated as the leader of the Katipunan Revolution, and that led to his execution on December 30, 1896, now celebrated as Rizal Day, a national holiday in the country.

Rizal was born to a wealthy family in Calamba, Laguna and was the seventh of eleven children. He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, earning a Bachelor of Artsdiploma and studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. He continued his studies at the Universidad Central de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, earning the degree ofLicentiate in Medicine, making him eligible to practice medicine. He also attended lectures at the University of Paris and the University of Heidelberg.

Rizal was a polymath; besides medicine, he was also an artist who dabbled in painting, sketching, sculpting and woodcarving. He was a prolific poet, essayist, and novelist whose most famous works were his two novels, Noli Me Tángere and its sequel, El...