RIZAL Flashcards
birth date of Jose Rizal.
June 19, 1861 –
Jose was Born in
Calamba, Laguna Province.
In this year, Jose was baptized in the Catholic church of his town at the age of 3.
June 22, 1862
He baptized Rizal.
Father Rufino Collantes
Rizal’s godfather.
Father Pedro Casañas
He is nephew of Casañas who will marry Lucia (Rizal’s sister).
Mariano Herbosa
– full name of Jose Rizal.
Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda
He is the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born.
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemary
It was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph).
Jose
It was from Gervacio P. which came from a Christian calendar.
Protacio
It was adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the paternal great-great grandfather of Jose
Rizal). The Spanish term “Mercado” means “market” in English
Mercado
in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.
Rizal
And meaning
Y
old surname of his mother.
Alonzo
It is used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her godmother.
Realonda
- Born on May 11, 1818.
- Born in Biñan, Laguna.
- Studied Latin and Philosophy at the College of San Jose in Manila.
- June 28, 1848 – he married Teodora.
- The youngest of the 13 children of Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado.
Francisco Mercado Rizal
- Born on November 09, 1827.
- Educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a well-known college for girls.
- Died in Manila on August 16, 1911 at the age of 85.
Teodora Alonzo Realonda
She is the oldest of the Rizal children; nicknamed Neneng.
Saturnina (1850-1913)
He older brother and confident of Jose Rizal; second father of Rizal; Pilosopo
Tasio in Noli Me Tangere.
Paciano (1851-1930)
pet name: Sisa.
Narcisa (1852-1939)
pet name: Ypia.
Olimpia (185501887) –
She is married Mariano Herbosa, who died of cholera in 1889 and was denied
Christian burial because he was a brother-in-law of Dr. Rizal.
Lucia (1857-1919)
nickname: Biang
Maria (1859-1945)
He is the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius; nickname: Pepe.
JOSE (1861-1896)
pet name: Concha; she died of sickness at the age of 3; her death was
Rizal’s first sorrow in life.
Concepcion (1862-1865)
pet name: Panggoy; died an old maid at the age of 80.
Josefa (1865-1945)
pet name: Trining; also died an old maid at the age of 83.
Trinidad (1868-1951)
She is the youngest of the Rizal children; pet name: Choleng.
Soledad (1870-1929)
He is the great-great grandfather of Rizal; a Chinese immigrant from Changchow; he
was married to a Chinese Christian girl of Manila named Ines de la Rosa
Domingo Lamco
He is Domingo Lamco’s son; married Cirila Bernacha.
Francisco Mercado
In this year, Domingo Lamco adopt the name Mercado meaning Market
1731
He is Francisco’s son married to Cirila Alejandro.
Juan Mercado
descendant; last native king of Tondo
Lakan Dula
He is youngest son of Juan Mercado; Rizal’s father.
Francisco Mercado
He is great-great grandfather of Rizal; Japanese married to a Filipina named Benigna.
Eugenio Ursua
She is daughter of Eugenio, married Manuel de Quintos (Filipino-Chinese lawyer).
Regina
She is daughter of Regina who married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso (Spanish-Filipino mestizo).
Brigida
A 2-storey building, rectangular in shape, built of adobe stones and hardwoods, and roofed with
red tiles.
Behind the house were poultry yard full of turkeys and chickens, and a big garden of tropical fruit
trees (atis, balimbing, chico, macopa, papaya, santol, tampoy, etc.).
The Rizal Home
It is a town aristocracy in Spanish Philippines was one of the distinguished families in
Calamba.
Principalia
It is a status symbol of the ilustrados in Spanish Philippines.
Carriage
It is the largest in Calamba; consisted of more than 1,000 volumes.
Private Library
Natal town of Rizal.
Named after a big native jar.
Happiest period of Rizal’s life was spent in this lakeshore town, a worthy prelude to his
Hamlet-like tragic manhood.
Hacienda town which belonged to the Dominican Order.
Picturesque town nestling on a verdant plain covered with irrigated rice fields and sugar lands.
A few kilometers to the south looms of the legendary Mt. Makiling and beyond this mountain is
the province of Batangas.
East of the town is the Laguna de Bay.
Calamba
A poem written by Rizal in 1876 when he was 15 years old and a student of Ateneo de Manila.
Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memory of My Town)
“When I was four years old,” he said, “I lost my little sister Concha, and then for the first time
I shed tears caused by love and grief…
Death of Little Concha (Concepcion)
At the age of, he began to take part in the family prayer. His mother taught him the Catholic
Prayers.
At the age of 3
At the age of, he was able to read the Spanish family bible.
At the age of 5
He was so seriously devout that he was laughingly called _________ by the Hermanos &
Hermanas Terceras.
Manong Jose
He is the town priest, one of the men he esteemed & respected in Calamba during his
boyhood.
Father Leoncio Lopez
The first memory of Rizal, in his infancy, was his happy days in the family garden when he was 3
years old. He was given the tenderest care by his parents because he was frail, sickly, and
undersized.
His father built a little nipa cottage in the garden for him to play in the daytime.
An aya (nurse maid), a kind old woman, was employed to look after him.
He watched from the cottage, the culiauan, maya, maria capra, & martin pitpit and other birds and
listened with “wonder and joy” to the twilight songs.
The daily Angelus prayer.
The happy moonlit nights at the azotea after the nightly Rosary.
The imaginary tales told by the aya aroused Rizal’s interest in legends and folklore.
The aya would threaten Rizal with asuang, nuno, tigbalang, or a terrible bearded and turbaned
Bombay would come to take him away if he would not eat his supper.
The nocturnal walk in the town esp. when there was a moon with his aya by the river
Earliest Childhood Memories
Young Rizal is a religious boy. He grew up a good Catholic.
At the age of 3, he began to take part in the family prayer. His mother taught him the Catholic
Prayers.
5 years old, he was able to read the Spanish family bible.
He was so seriously devout that he was laughingly called Manong Jose by the Hermanos &
Hermanas Terceras.
Father Leoncio Lopez, town priest, one of the men he esteemed & respected in Calamba during his
boyhood.
Devoted Son of the Church
In this year.
Jose and his father left Calamba to go on a pilgrimage to Antipolo.
June 06, 1868
First trip of Jose across Laguna de Bay and his first pilgrimage to Antipolo. They rode in a Casco
(barge).
He was awed by “The magnificence of the water expanse and the silence of the night”.
After praying at the shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo, Jose and his father went to Manila and visited
Saturnina, who was then a boarding student at La Concordia College in Santa Ana.
Pilgrimage to Antipolo
In this age, Jose started making sketches with his pencil and to mould in clay and wax objects which
attracted his fancy.
Age 5
A religious banner was always used during fiesta and it was spoiled; Rizal painted in oil colors a
new banner that delighted the townfolks.
Jose had the soul of a genuine artist.
Artistic Talents
In this age, his sisters laughed at him for spending so much time making those images rather than
participating in their games. He told them “All right laugh at me now! Someday when I die, people
will make monuments and images of me!”
Age of 6
Age 8, Rizal wrote his first poem in the native language entitled ______ He wrote it in an appeal to our people to love our national language. First poem by Rizal
“Sa Aking Mga Kabata” (To My
Fellow Children).
in the age of, Rizal wrote his first dramatic work which was a Tagalog Comedy. It was staged in a
Calamba festival.
Age 8
He purchased the manuscript for 2 pesos.
A gobernadorcillo from Paete
He learned various tricks such as making a coin appear and disappear in his fingers and making a
handkerchief vanish in thin air.
Entertained his town folks with magic-lantern exhibitions. This consisted of an ordinary lamp
casting its shadow on white screen.
Also gained skill in manipulating marionettes (puppet shows).
In Chapter XVII and XVIII of his second novel, El Filibusterismo (Treason), he revealed his wide
knowledge of magic
Rizal as Boy Magician
Rizal used to meditate at the shore of Laguna de Bay, accompanied by his pet dog, on the sad
conditions of his oppressed people.
He wrote to his friend, Mariano Ponce: “In view of these injustices and cruelties, although yet a
child, my imagination was awakened and I made a vow dedicating myself someday to avenge the
many victims. With this idea in my mind, I studied, and this is seen in all my writings. Someday
God will give me the opportunity to fulfill my promise.”
Lakeshore Reveries
It inherent qualities which a person inherits from his ancestors and parents.
Hereditary Influence
It means of love for freedom, desire to travel, and indomitable courage.
Malayan Ancestors
It means of serious nature, frugality, patience, and love for children.
Chinese Ancestors
It means of elegance of bearing, sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to ladies.
Spanish Ancestors
It means of sense of self-respect, love for work, and habit of independent thinking.
Father
It means of religious nature, spirit of self-sacrifice, passion for arts and literature.
Mother
It means of environment, as well as heredity, affects the nature of a person;
includes places, associates, & events.
Environmental Influence
It stimulated the inborn artistic and literary talents of
Jose Rizal.
Calamba and the garden of the Rizal family
It fortified his religious nature.
Religious atmosphere at his home
He love of freedom and justice.
Paciano
They should to be courteous and kind to women.
Sisters
interest in folklores and legends
Fairy tales told by his aya
He have artistic ability, who studied 11 years in a British school in Calcutta
Tio Jose Alberto
He is Rizal’s voracious reading of good books.
Tio Gregorio
He develop his frail body by means of physical exercises including horse riding
Tio Manuel
He fostered Rizal’s love for scholarship and intellectual honesty.
Father Leoncio Lopez
- A person cannot attain greatness in the annals of the nation despite having everything life
(brains, wealth, and power) without this. - Rizal was providentially destined to be the pride and glory of his nation; endowed by God with
versatile gifts of a genius, vibrant spirit of a nationalist, and the valiant heart to sacrifice for a
noble cause.
Aid of Divine Providence
his mother, was his first teacher
Doña Teodora
He is his first tutor during Early Education
Maestro Celestino
He is his second tutor during Early Education
Maestro Lucas Padua