AI Generated Flashcards: Recit Life of Jose Rizal
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Full name of Dr. Jose Rizal
Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Y Realonda
Date and time of Jose Rizal’s birth
June 19, 1861, between eleven and midnight
Place of birth of Jose Rizal
Calamba, Laguna, Philippines
Date of Jose Rizal’s baptism
June 22, 1861
Name of the priest who baptized Rizal
Father Rufino Collantes
Name of Jose Rizal’s godfather
Father Pedro Casanas
Governor-General of the Philippines when Rizal was born
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery
Meaning of ‘Jose’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Named after St. Joseph, chosen by his mother
Meaning of ‘Protacio’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Taken from Gervacio P., a name from the Christian calendar
Meaning of ‘Mercado’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Adopted in 1731 by his great-great-grandfather Domingo Lamco; means ‘market’
Meaning of ‘Rizal’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Derived from ‘Ricial’ meaning a field where wheat grows again after being cut
Meaning of ‘Alonzo’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Old surname of his mother
Meaning of ‘Realonda’ in Jose Rizal’s name
Surname used by his mother, adopted from her godmother’s name
Rizal’s father’s full name
Don Francisco Mercado
Birthplace of Don Francisco Mercado
Biñan, Laguna
Rizal’s mother’s full name
Doña Teodora Alonso Realonda
Number of siblings of Jose Rizal
10 (He was the seventh of 11 children)
The oldest sibling of Jose Rizal
Saturnina Rizal
Rizal’s closest sibling and his mentor
Paciano Rizal
The youngest sibling of Jose Rizal
Soledad Rizal
Name of Rizal’s first sorrow
The death of his sister Concha at age 3
The first teacher of Jose Rizal
His mother, Doña Teodora Alonso
Title of Rizal’s first poem
Sa Aking Mga Kabata (To My Fellow Children)
Rizal’s first school in Biñan
A private school under Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
Rizal’s literary work dedicated to the martyrdom of GomBurZa
El Filibusterismo
The year when Rizal entered Ateneo Municipal
1872
The degree Jose Rizal obtained from Ateneo Municipal
Bachelor of Arts with highest honors
The university where Rizal pursued medical studies
University of Santo Tomas
Field of medicine Rizal specialized in
Ophthalmology
The real reason Rizal left for Spain
To complete his studies and to secretly observe European culture and politics
The pseudonym Rizal used for his first essay in Spain
Laong Laan
Title of Rizal’s first essay in Spain
Amor Patrio (Love of Country)
Rizal’s novel that exposed Spanish abuses
Noli Me Tangere
Rizal’s character in Noli Me Tangere representing his brother Paciano
Pilosopo Tasio
Place where Rizal wrote the last chapters of Noli Me Tangere
Wilhelmsfeld, Germany
The country where Rizal completed his medical degree
Spain (Universidad Central de Madrid)
Masonic lodge Rizal joined in Spain
Acacia Lodge
German ophthalmologist under whom Rizal trained
Dr. Otto Becker
Rizal’s reason for choosing ophthalmology
To treat his mother’s worsening blindness
Language used by Rizal in his letters to Professor Blumentritt
German
City where Rizal was exiled
Dapitan
Person who accompanied Rizal in his exile in Dapitan
Josephine Bracken
Title of the sad song Rizal composed during exile
La Deportacion
The fate of Rizal’s son with Josephine Bracken
Died hours after birth and was named Francisco
Date of Jose Rizal’s execution
December 30, 1896
Place of Jose Rizal’s execution
Bagumbayan (now Luneta Park), Manila
Poem written by Rizal before his execution
Mi Último Adiós (My Last Farewell)
Cause of death of Rizal
Execution by firing squad
The significance of December 30 in the Philippines
Rizal Day, a national holiday in his honor
