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Coates's Rizal Philippine Nationalist and Martyr is the second biographical account of the life and career of Rizal authored by a non-Filipino (the first was Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal or "Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal" written by W.E. Retana that was published in 1907, thus Coates's book on Rizal was the first European biography of Rizal since that year).
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda [7] (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal,-ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
This is a timeline of Philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Philippines and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of the Philippines .
July 3 – Rizal forms the La Liga Filipina. [1] July 6 – Rizal is arrested for establishing the La Liga Filipina. [2] July 7 – Andres Bonifacio secretly established the Katipunan. July 17 – Rizal is exiled to Dapitan. [3]
6 July 1892 – Spanish authorities arrested Rizal for organizing La Liga Filipina. 7 July 1892 – The Katipunan was established. 7 July 1892 – A decree was issued deporting Rizal to Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte. 17 July 1892 – Rizal was exiled to Dapitan. 16 April 1893 – The Grand Lodge of Philippine Masonry was founded.
On July 4, 1946, the United States recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines as a separate self-governing nation. [41] On October 16, 1947, the United Kingdom transferred the administration of the Mangsee Islands and the seven Philippine Turtle Islands to the Philippines. Before that the islands were under Philippine ...
Early in the 20th century, the American translator Charles Derbyshire (whose English translation of Rizal's "Mi Ultimo Adios" is the most popular and most often recited version) translated the poem, but the translation contained flaws, as can be seen for example in the fifth line, where he translates "bella esperanza de la patria mia!"
Rizal Day (Spanish: Día de Rizal, Filipino: Araw ni Rizal; Tagalog:) is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. It is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution at Bagumbayan (present-day Rizal Park ) in Manila .