Rizal Joined Protest When He Was A Student

Rizal joined protest
when he was a
student.
• November 20, 21, and 22, 1884- the serene
city of Madrid exploded in bloody riots by the
students of the Central University
•These student demonstrations were caused by
the address of Dr. Miguel Morayta, professor
of history, at the opening ceremonies of the
academic year on November 20, in which he
proclaimed “the freedom of science and the
teacher”
• 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
• The next year, he passed all his subjects leading to Doctors of Medicine but
was not able to get his Doctor’s Diploma for he wasn’t able to pay
corresponding fees.
• Rizal was awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters by the
Universidad Central de Madrid with the rating of “Excellent”:
(Sobresaliente)
• November 26, 1884- a letter to Rizal’s family written in Madrid wherein he
said “My doctorate is not of very much value to me… because although it
is useful to a university professor, yet, I believe they (Dominican friars—Z)
will never appoint me as such in the College of Santo Tomas. I say the
same thing of philosophy and letters which may serve also for a
professorship, but I doubt if the Dominican fathers will grant it to me.”
Paris to Berlin
• (1885-1887) Rizal went to Paris and Germany in order to specialize in
ophthalmology—Rizal chose this branch of medicine because he
wanted to cure his mother’s eye ailment
• He stopped in Barcelona to see his friend Maximo Viola- a medical
student and a member of a rich family of San Miguel, Bulacan
• He then met Señor Eusebio Corominas- editor of the newspaper La
Publicidad and made a crayon sketch of Don Miguel Morayta, owner
of La Publicidad and a statesman
*Rizal gave Editor Corominas an article on the Carolines Question,
then a controversial issue, for publication
• November 1885, Rizal was living in Paris
where he sojourned for about four months
• Rizal worked as assistant of Dr. Louis de
Weckert a leading French ophthalmologist.
He worked there from November 1885 to
February 1886.
•He spent most of his leisure time in Pardo de
Tavera’s residence together with our
Filipinos.
• Rizal spent his time fraternizing with other
Filipinos in France.
• Namely Juan Luna who was then engaged to Paz Pardo
de Tavera- was a pretty girl.
At the studio of Luna, Rizal spent many happy hours.
Rizal helped Luna by posing as model in several
paintings
• In Luna’s canvas “The Death of Cleopatra,“ Rizal
posed as an Egyptian priest. In another of Luna’s great
paintings, “The Blood Compact,” he posed as
Sikatuna, with Trinidad Pardo de Tavera taking the role
of Legazpi
• November 27, 1878- Rizal told Enrique Lete that he “learned
the solfeggio, the piano, the voice culture in one month and a
half” “my voice was like braying of the asses.”
• By sheer determination and constant practice, Rizal came to
play the flute fairly well. He was a flutist in various impromptu
reunions of Filipinos in Paris
• Alin Mang Lahi (Any Race)-a patriotic song written by Rizal
which asserts that any race aspires for freedom
• La Deportacion (Deportation)- a sad danza which Rizal
composed in Dapitan during his exile
Rizal goes to Germany: Heidelberg
• February 1, 1886- Rizal reluctantly left gay Paris for
Germany
• February 3, 1886- Rizal arrived in Heidelberg, a historic
city in Germany famous for its old university and romantic
surroundings
• Chess Player’s Club- a club wherein the students made
Rizal as a member because of being a good chess player
• Rizal worked under Dr. Otto Becker, a distinguished
German ophthalmologist of University Eye Hospital
• April 22, 1886- Rizal wrote a fine poem “A Las Flores de
Heidelberg” (To the Flowers of Heidelberg)
• In the spring of 1886, Rizal was fascinated by the blooming
flowers along the cool banks of the Neckar River. Among them
was his favorite flower— the light blue “forget-me-not”
• Rizal went to Wilhelmsfeld, a mountainous village near
Heidelberg where he spent a three-month summer vacation.
• He stayed at Dr. Karl Ullmer’s residence, a kind Protestant
pastor who became his good friend and admirer .
June 25, 1886- Rizal ended his sojourn at Pastor Ullmer’s
home
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Dried Forget-Me-Not Flowers
• 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
• Aritmetica (Arithmetic)-Rizal sent this book he
mentioned and was published in two languages—
Spanish and Tagalog—by the University of Santo Tomas
Press in 1868. the author was Rufino Baltazar
Hernandez, a native of Santa Cruz, Laguna
• August 6, 1886- the famous University of Heidelberg
held its fifth centenary celebration
In Leipzig and Dresden
• August 9, 1886- Rizal left Heidelberg ( boarded by a train)

• In August 14, 1886 Rizal arrived in Leipzig.
• He attended some lectures at University of Leipzig on history and
psychology
• Professor Friedrich Ratzel- a famous German historian, Rizal befriend
with him
• Dr. Hans Meyer- German anthropologist, a friend of Rizal
• In Leipzig, Rizal translated Schiller’s William Tell from German into
Tagalog so that Filipino might know the story of that champion of
Swiss independence
• Rizal found out that the cost of living in Leipzig was cheapest in
Europe so that he stayed two months and a half
• Because of his knowledge of German, Spanish, and other European
languages, Rizal worked as proof- reader in a publisher’s firm
• October 29, 1886- Rizal left Leipzig for Dresden where he met Dr.
Adolph B. Meyer, Director of the Anthropological and Ethnological
Museum
• Rizal heard Mass in a Catholic church; evidently, this Mass impressed
him very much, for he wrote on his diary: “Truly I have never in my
life heard a Mass whose music had greater sublimity and intonation.”
• Morning of November 1, 1886- Rizal left Dresden by train reaching
Berlin in the evening
Berlin
• Rizal met for the first time Dr. Feodor Jagor, celebrated
German scientist-traveler and author of Travels in the
Philippines, a book which Rizal read and admired during his
student days in Manila
• Dr. Rudolf Virchow- introduced to Rizal by Dr. Jagor; famous
German anthropologist
• 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
• Rizal became a member of the Anthropological Society,
the Ethnological Society, and the Geographical Society
of Berlin, upon the recommendation of Dr. Jagor and Dr.
Meyer
• Tagalische Verkunst (Tagalog Metrical Art)- Rizal wrote
this scholarly paper in German which he read before the
society in April 1887
• This paper was published by the society in the same year,
and elicited favorable comments from all scientific quarters
• Rizal lived in Berlin, famous capital of unified Germany for five reasons:
• to gain further knowledge of ophthalmology
• to further his studies of sciences and languages
• to observe the economic and political conditions of the German nation
• to associate with famous German scientists and scholars
• to publish his novel, Noli Me Tangere
• Madame Lucie Cerdole-Rizal’s professor of French in order to master
the idiomatic intricacies of the French language
• Unter den Linden- the most popular boulevard of Berlin wherein Rizal
enjoyed promenading, sipping beer in the city’s inns and talking with
the friendly Berliners
• March 11, 1886 - one of Rizal’s important letters written while he
was in Germany that addressed to his sister, Trinidad - in this letter,
Rizal expressed his high regard and admiration for German
womanhood –
• The German woman, said Rizal to his sister, is serious, diligent,
educated, and friendly. She is not gossipy, frivolous and
quarrelsome
• Aside from the German women, Rizal admired the German customs
which he observed well

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• August 9, 1886- Rizal left Heidelberg ( boarded by a train)

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