INTRODUCTION

Rizal’s Life, Works and Writings

Zshyna Mae C. Vargas, MPA

 RA 1425
• Republic Act No. 1425, otherwise known
as the Rizal Law, was promulgated on
June 12, 1956 by Senator Claro. M.
Recto. It requires the curricula of
private and public schools, colleges
and university courses to include the
life, works and writings of our
national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal,
particularly his novels, Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
 BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL

• Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo

Realonda was born on June 19, 1861,
near midninght of Wednesday at Calamba,
Laguna.
 BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL
• He was baptized three days after his
birth in the Catholic Church of Calamba
by Batangueño Rev. Rufino Collantes
with Rev. Pedro Casanas as the sponsor.
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• Pepe’s father was
Francisco Mercado
Rizal, the youngest
of 13 offsprings of
Juan and Cirila
Mercado. Born in
Biñan, Laguna on may
11, 1818, he was an
educated farmer.
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• Ute’s mother was

Teodora Alonzo
Realonda, the second
child of Lorenzo
Alonzo and Brigada
de Quintos. She was
born in Santa Cruz,
Manila on November
8, 1826.
BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL
• Mercado-Rizal Children
• 1. Saturnina
• 2. Paciano
• 3. Narcisa
• 4. Olympia
• 5. Lucia
• 6. Maria
• 7. Jose
• 8. Concepcion
• 9. Josefa
• 10. Trinidad
• 11. Soledad
 BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL

Saturnina Paciano Narcisa

‘Neneng’ ‘Sisa’
 BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL

Olympia
‘Ipya’ Maria
‘Biang’

Lucia
 BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL

Jose Josefa Trinidad Soledad

‘Pepe’ ‘Panggoy’ ‘Trining’ ‘Choleng’
 REDISCOVERING JOSE RIZAL
• He could speak with ease 22 languages.
• He had 34 professions.
• His favorite breakfast was hot
chocolate, a cup of rice and sardinas
secas (tuyo). For lunch, he usually
have rice and ayungin.
 REDISCOVERING JOSE RIZAL
• He was kuripot or stingy. He makes
accounts of his daily expenses.
• He had 35 hectares of land in Dapitan.
• Rizal is about 5’3” in height.
• None of Rizal’s final instructions
before his death were followed.
• Rizal had an unfinished third novel in
Tagalog entitled “Makamisa”.
• Rizal had a black dog named “Usman”.
• Rizal’s best friend is Prof. Ferdinand
Blumentritt.
 THE WORLD AND THE PHILIPPINES
IN RIZAL’S TIME
• Relevant Events and Conditions in the
Philippines during Rizal’s Time
• 1. Social System and Political System
• 2. Frailrocracia
• 3. The Philippines and World Commerce
• 4. Opening of the Suez Canal
• 5. The Secularization Movement
• 6. Democratic Rule of Dela Torre
• 7. The Cavite Mutiny and GomBurZa
• 8. Discontent with Spanish Institutions
• 9. Union of Church and State
• 10. Racial Discrimination