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BSBA 3 Major in Business Economics
HISTORY 24
Chapter 20: Ophthalmic Surgeon in Hong Kong
Rizal and the German Ladies
- There was an incident involving Rizal and the German ladies but eventually, the latter end up
treating the former with admiration and respect.
Purpose/Importance of the Borneo Colonization Project
- Rizal planned to move the landless Filipino families to North Borneo (Sabah), riched British
owned island and carve ot of its virgin wildness a New Calamba so he went to Sandakan on
board the ship Menon to negotiate with the British authorities for the establishment of a Filipino
colony
Reasons to Return Home
- To confer with Governor Despujol regarding his Borneo Colonization Project
- To establish the Liga Filipina in Manila
- To prove that Eduardo de Lete was wrong in attacking him in Madrid that he (Rizal), being
comfortable and safe in Hong Kong, had abandoned the countrys cause
- A letter signed Dimasalang ( Rizals pseudonym) to Tenlunz (Juan Zuluetas pseudonym), dated Hongkong,
May 24, 1892,stating that he was preparing a safe refuge for Filipinos who may persecuted by
the Spanish authorities.
- A letter to Dimasalang to an unidentified committee, dated Hongkong, June 1, 1892, soliciting
the aid of the committee in the patriotic work
- An anonymous and undated letter to the Editor of Hongkong Telegraph, censuring the banishment of Rizal to
Dapitan.
- A letter to Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal, dated Manila,informing an unidentified correspondent
of the arrest and the banishment of Doroteo Cortes and Ambrosio Salvador.
- A letter to Marcelo H. del Pilar to Don Juan A. Tenluz (Juan Zulueta), dated Madrid, June 1, 1893
recommending the establishment of a special organization, independent of Masonry, to help the cause of the
Filipino people.
- Transcript of a speech of Pingkian (Emilio Jacinto) in a reunion to a Katipunan on July 23, 1893, in which the
following cry uttered Long Live the Philippines! Long Live Liberty! Long live Dr. Rizal Unity!
- Transcript of speech of Tik-Tik (Jose Turiano Santiago) in the same Katipunan reunion wherein
the katipuneros shouted Long Live the eminent Dr. Jose Rizal! Death to the oppressor nation!
- A poem by Laong Laan (Jose Rizal) entitled Talisay, in which the author makes Dapitan school
boys sing that they know how to fight of their rights.
Testimonial evidence
- consisted of the oral testimonies of Martin Constantino, Aguedo del Rosario, Jose Reyes,
Moises Salvador Jose Dizon, Domingo Franco, Deodato Arellano,Ambrosio Salvador, Pedro
Serrano Laktaw, Dr. Pio Valenzuela,Antonio Salazar, Francisco Quison, and Temoteo Paez.
Rizals defender
-Rizal chooses a defense council which is the only right given to him by the Spanish authorities.
December 8, 1896 100 first and second lieutenants in the Spanish Army was presented to Rizal.
Lt. Taviel de Andrade chosen by Rizal to be his defense, he was the brother of Jose Taviel de
Andrade his previous bodyguard
Chapter 25: Martyrdom at Bagumbayan
Last Hours of Rizal
- He was busy meeting visitors, including Jesuit priests, Josephine Bracken and members of his
family, a Spanish newspaper correspondent (Santiago Mataix), some friends, and secretly
finishing his farewell poem. Rizal exactly died at 7:03 am on December 30, 1896 at
Bagumbayan, Manila.