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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a national hero of the Philippines, although no official proclamation formally declares him as such. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement…
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culture · Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath (1861–1896) · writer · linguist · ophthalmologist · painter · political activist · poet · surgeon · physician · politician · revolutionary · also José Rizal, Dimasalang, Laong Laan, José P. Rizal, José Protasio Rizal, Rizal
Born 19 June 1861 · Died 30 December 1896 · Q1500
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“I spend half of the day in the study of German and the other half, in the diseases of the eye. Twice a week, I go to the bierbraueriei, or beerhall, to speak German with my student friends.”
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BusinessMirror: Remastered ‘JosÉ Rizal’ movie to stream on Netflix Philippines on December 30
Rappler rated the claim “A photo shows a monument of detained former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, which some believe fulfills his joke about having a statue beside Jose Rizal's.” False.
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Rappler rated the claim “The Dutertes are related to national hero Jose Rizal.” Missing Context.
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GMA Network: Remastered 'Jose Rizal' film premieres on Netflix this Rizal Day
philstar.com: Restored MMFF winner 'Jose Rizal' to be screened at Fiesta in America 2024
philstar.com: Jose Rizal bust draws attention
Rappler rated the claim “The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released a P150 bill that features Jose Rizal.” False.
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VERA Files rated the claim “The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issued new currency, including a P500 banknote featuring a tarsier and a P150 bill featuring a portrait of national hero Jose Rizal” False.
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Rappler rated the claim “The corvettes acquired by the Department of National Defense for the Philippine Navy in December 2021 are larger than the Jose Rizal-class frigates previously bought by the country.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photograph shows late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos with Jose Rizal” False.
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A bust of Rizal (by sculptor Gérard Lartigue) was erected in the square which is in the Rue de Maubeuge, a street frequented by Rizal
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Rappler rated the claim “National hero Jose Rizal owned a “White Vatican Account” and transferred it to Former President Ferdinand Marcos.” False.
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Rappler rated the claim “Former President Ferdinand Marcos and national hero Jose Rizal established together the “global debt facility,” also known as the World Bank.” False.
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Jane's Information Group: Philippine Navy commissions second and final José Rizal-class guided-missile frigate
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “World Bank and IMF established by Philippine nationalist Jose Rizal, former dictator Ferdinand Marcos” Misleading.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer: José Rizal’s high school honor certificates to be auctioned off
On Rizal's 158th birth anniversary, he was honored with a Google Doodle
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As a gift from the Filipino Canadian community of Markham to the City of Markham
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manilatimes: Embracing the sĕlĕsîlah: José Rizal and the Moro
A commemorative sandstone plaque was placed there in Rizal's honor
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The University of Chicago Chronicle: Library to receive two works by Filipino hero José Rizal
Jean Paul Verstraeten, after convincing the home owner in Brussels arranged for an historical marker honoring Rizal to be placed at the house (see I-Witness Little Bad Boy: Binatang Rizal sa Europe)
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Jean Paul Verstraeten traced this book and the wooden top, as well as Rizal's personal watch, spoon and salter
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And El filibusterismo in 1970; and his 1939 overture, Mariang Makiling, was inspired by Rizal's tale of the same name
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By the Philippine legislature requiring all high schools and colleges to offer courses about his life, works and writings
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Philippine Literature and José Rizal Archived March 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, articles by José Tlatelpas, Edmundo Farolán and others
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Was not in Rizal's handwriting
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The monument, designed and made by Swiss sculptor Richard Kissling, was inaugurated
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The urn was transferred from Binondo to the Marble Hall of the Ayuntamiento de Manila, the municipal building, in Intramuros where it remained on public display from 9:00 a
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And was buried at the Happy Valley Cemetery
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The American Governor General William Howard Taft suggested that the U
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Under the sponsorship of the Club Filipino
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When a copy of the poem and an accompanying photograph came to J
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Died 1896-12-30.
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By a squad of Filipino soldiers of the Spanish Army, a backup force of regular Spanish Army troops stood ready to shoot the executioners should they fail to obey orders
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After the Philippine Revolution broke out; the revolution was inspired by his writings
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With letter of recommendation from Blanco
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Valenzuela surrendered to the Spanish authorities and testified in military court that Rizal had strongly condemned an armed struggle for independence when Valenzuela asked for his support
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Had consulted Rizal in Dapitan on behalf of Bonifacio and the Katipunan
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A few days after establishing the secret society La Liga Filipina within Manila, Rizal was arrested by Spanish authorities for alleged possession of a seditious document, being banished to Dapitan in the island of Mindan
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Formed a civic movement called La Liga Filipina
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Rizal, 29, left Paris for Brussels as he was preparing for the publication of his annotations of Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (1609)
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A rivalry developed between Rizal and Marcelo H
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Memorias de un Gallo, two-page unfinished satire
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Rizal stopped receiving letters from Rivera for a year, although he continued to write to her
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Rivera and her family had moved back to Dagupan, Pangasinan
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Rizal wrote a petition on behalf of the tenants of Calamba, and later that year led them to speak out against the friars' attempts to raise rent
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And El Filibusterismo, published in Ghent in 1891
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Rizal attended a celebratory party for Juan Luna and Félix Resurrección Hidalgo after they won medals in the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes (transl
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Is a play located in Mount Olympus where Greek gods contend on the best moral writer
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Encouraged the youth to work hard and to create a bright future
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And gained a high school certificate as a Bachelor in Arts
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“Por la educación recibe lustre la patria”
Upon receiving a letter from his family, Rizal left Biñan using a steamboat named Talim
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Born 1861-06-19.
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