RIZ1 - First Travel of Rizal

Jose Mercado

Rizal used this name

May 3, 1882

Rizal departed on board the Spanish steamer Salvadora bound for Singapore

Diariong Tagalog

the first Manila bilingual newspaper (Spanish and Tagalog)

Amor Patrio (Love of Country)

• nationalistic essay, Rizal’s first article written on Spain’s soil

• under his pen-name, appeared in print in Diariong Tagalog on August 20, 1882

Laong Laan

Rizal’s pen-name

Revista de Madrid (Review orf Madrid)

Rizal’s third article written in Madrid on November 29, 1882 but returned to him because the Diariong Tagalog had ceased publication for lack of funds

November 3, 1882

Rizal enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid (Central University of Madrid) in two courses—Medicine and Philosophy and Letters

Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

Rizal studied painting and sculpture

Me Piden Versos (They Ask Me For Verses)

Rizal’s wrote this poem which he personally declaimed during the New Year’s Eve reception of the Madrid Filipinos held in the evening of December 31, 1882

Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Eugene Sue’s The Wandering Jew

these two books aroused Rizal’s sympathy for the oppressed and unfortunate people

Lodge Solidaridad (Madrid)

Rizal transferred from a Masonic lodge called Acacia in Madrid, wherein he became a Master Mason on November 15, 1890

Science, Virtue and Labor

Rizal’s only Masonic writing; a lecture which he delivered in 1889 at Lodge Solidaridad, Madrid

June 21, 1884

Rizal completed his medical course in Spain; he was conferred the degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the Universidad Central de Madrid

June 19, 1885

on his 24th birthday, Rizal was awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters by the Universidad Central de Madrid with the rating of “Excellent”: (Sobresaliente)

Dr. Otto Becker

distinguished German ophthalmologist where Rizal worked—University Eye Hospital

April 22, 1886-

Rizal wrote a fine poem “A Las Flores de Heidelberg” (To the Flowers of Heidelberg)

Dr. Karl Ullmer

kind Protestant pastor where Rizal stayed, who became his good friend and admirer

July 31, 1886

Rizal wrote his first letter in German (which he had improved after his stay with the Ullmers) to Professor Blumentritt, Director of the Ateneo of Leitmeritz, Austria

Professor Friedrich Ratzel

famous German historian, Rizal befriend with him

Dr. Hans Meyer

German anthropologist, a friend of Rizal

Schiller’s William Tell

so that Filipino might know the story of that champion of Swiss independence

Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales

for his nephews and niece

October 29, 1886

Rizal left Leipzig for Dresden where he met Dr. Adolph B. Meyer, Director of the Anthropological and Ethnological Museum

Dr. Rudolf Virchow

introduced to Rizal by Dr. Jagor; father of the Cell Theory

Dr. Hans Virchow

son of Dr. Rudolf Virchow, professor of Descriptive Anatomy

Dr. W. Joest

noted German geographer

Dr. Ernest Schweigger (1830-1905)

famous German ophthalmologist where Rizal worked