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In 1901, the American Governor General William Howard Taft suggested that the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Commission name Rizal a national hero for Filipinos. Jose Rizal was an ideal candidate, favourable to the American occupiers since he was dead, and non-violent, a favourable quality which, if emulated by Filipinos, would not threaten the ...
Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos (November 9, 1827 – August 16, 1911) was a wealthy woman in the Spanish colonial Philippines.She was best known as the mother of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal.
On July 3, 1892, Dr. Jose Rizal establishes La Liga Filipina, a peaceful reform movement that aims to unite all Filipinos and give them one voice. One of its members is Andres Bonifacio, who is currently supporting his siblings, as both their parents died due to illness. Rizal is later arrested after the Spanish authorities uncover the ...
28 March 1891 – Rizal finished writing El Filibusterismo, the sequel of Noli Me Tangere in Biarritz, France. 1 January 1892 – The Katipunan idea was conceived. 26 June 1892 – Rizal arrives in the Philippines via Hong Kong. 3 July 1892 – Shortly after his arrival, Rizal established the reformist society, La Liga Filipina.
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]
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
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 .
La Liga Filipina (lit. ' The Philippine League ') was a secret society.It was founded by José Rizal in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco at Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila on July 3, 1892.