Lesson 4: Rizal in Spain

Chapter 6: In Sunny Spain (1882-1885)

Rizal Secret departure for spain

- it was kept secret to avoid detection by the Spanish authorities and the friars
- even his own parents didn't know this and Leonora Rivera

People who knew Rizal's departure for spain

1.Paciano (his older brother)
2. Antonio Rivera (his uncle)
3. Neneng and Lucia (his sisters)
4. Capitan Juan , Capitana Sanday and Orang (Valenzuela Family)
5. Pedro A. Paterno
6. Mateo Evangelista (his compadre)
7. Ateneo Jesuits fathers
8. Some intimate friends including Chengoy or Jose M. Cecilio

May 3, 1882

Rizal departed on board the spanish streamer "Salvadora" bound for singapore

Donato Lecha

- The ship captain from Asturias, Spain
- befriended Rizal

May 8, 1882

- The steamer was approaching singapore
- Rizal saw a beautiful Island and remembered "Tanim Island with susong dalaga"

May 9, 1882

- the salvadora docked at singapore
- Rizal registered at Hotel de la paz

Djemnah

a french steamer that Rizal used to leave singapore

May 11, 1882

Rizal Left singapore to transfer to Europe

May 17, 1882

the Djemnah reached point galle, a seacost town in southern ceylon (now sri lanka)

June 16, 1882

Rizal reach his destination, Barcelona

Amor Patrio

- Means love of country
- his first article written in on Spain's soil
- he sent this article to his friend in manila

Basilio Teodoro Moran

- his friend in manila and publisher of Diaryong Tagalog

Diaryong Tagalog

- first Manila bilingual newspaper (Spanish and Tagalog)

Laong Laan

Rizal's pen name appeared in print in Diaryong Tagalog A

August 20, 1882

His article was published
- it was published in two text, in spanish and tagalog

Spanish text of Amor Patrio

- originally written by Rizal in Barcelono

Tagalog text of Amor Patrio or love of country

- translated by M.H del Pilar

Los Viajes

- Means travels
- Second artile Rizal wrote for Diaryong Tagalog

Revisita de Madrid

- Means Review of Madrid
- 3rd article
- Rizal wrote it in Madrid on November 29, 1882
- returned to him because Diaryong tagalog ceased publication for lack of funds

sad news from the Philippines

- Many people are dying because of the cholera (disease) according to his brother paciano dated September 25, 1882
- From Chengoy, about leonora rivera, her lover, who was getting thinner because of the absence of a loved one

May 16, 1882

date of one of the letters of paciano to rizal that advise him to finish his medical course n madrid

Fall season of 1882

- Rizal left barcelona and established himself in madrid, the capital of spain, as an obedience to the advise of his brother

November 3, 1882

- Rizal enrolled in the universidad central madrid (central university of madrid)

Courses Rizal took in Madrid

- Medicine
- Philosophy and letters

Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

- Studied painting and sculpture

Private instructors

Took lessons in
- french
- german
- english

Hall of arms of sanz y carbonell

- practiced fensing and shooting

Consuelo Ortiga y Perez

- Daughter of Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey
- fell in love with rizal (naks pogi)

A La Senorita C.O. y P. (To miss C. O. y P.)

- A poem he composed for Consuelo on August 22, 1883

Rizal suddenly backed out for two reasons

1. he was still engaged with Leonor Rivera (🙄)
2. His friend and co-worker in the propaganda movement, Eduardo de Lete, was madly inlove with consuelo and he had no wish to break their friendship because of a pretty Girl

Circulo Hispana-Filipino

- Hispano-Philippine Circle
- a society of spaniards and filipinos he joined shortly after his arrival in Madrid.

Me Piden Versos

- They ask me for verses
- a poem that he wrote upon the request of the members of the society
- declaimed during the new year's eve reception (december 31, 1882)

March 1883

Rizal joined the masonic lodge called "Acacia" in madrid

Reason why he become a mason

- to secure freemasonry's aid in his fight against friars in the Philippines

Lodge Solidaridad (Madrid)

- Rizal transferred here and became a master Mason on November 15, 1890

February 15, 1892

- was awarded the diploma master mason by le grand orient de france in paris

Science, virtue and labor

Rizal's only masonic writing
- delivered in 1889 at Lodge Solidaridad, madrid

June 24, 1884

- touching incident in Rizal's life in madrid
- he was unable to eat breakfast because he was broke
- still attended his class at the univ, participated in a contest in greek language and won gold medal
- in the evening, he was able to eat dinner because he's the guest speaker in a banquet held in honor of Juan Luna, and Felix Resurrection Hidalgo at Restaurant Ingles, Madrid

June 25, 1884

- the banquet was sponsored by the filipino community to celebrate the double victory of the Filipino artist in the national exposition of fine arts in madrid

Double victory that they celebrated

- Juan Luna's Spoliarium winning first place
- felix hidalgo's Christian virgins exposed to the populace winning second place

November 20 - 22, 1884

Rizal invovled in student demonstration

June 21, 1884

- Rizal complete his medical course in spain
- he was conferred the degree of licentiate in medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid

Next academic year 1884-1885

Rizal studied and passed all subjects leading to the degree of doctor of medicine

He was not awarded his doctor's diploma

because he did not present the thesis required for graduation nor paid the corresponding fees

June 19, 1885

- rizal 25th birthday
- He finished his studies in Philosophy and letters with higher grades
- He was awarded the degree of licentiate in philosophy and letters by the universidad central de madrid with the rating of excellent

professions of rizal

- by obtaining the degree of licentiate in philosophy and letters, he became qualified to be a professor of humanities in any spanish university
- and by receiving his degree of licentiate in medicine, he became a full pledge physician, qualified to practice medicine