RIZAL'S

LIFE IN

EUROPE

Jose Rizal was disgusted of the educational system

and racial issue in the UST, that's why he decided
to study in Europe.

His mission was to study the life and law in Europe

for Philippine liberation vs. Spanish Imperialism.

MAY 3, 1882

Rizal went Singapore through the steamer

Salvadora without the knowledge of his mother
and Spanish Authorities and Friars.

MAY 8, 1882

During his stay in Singapore, he carefully observed

the people and things on board the steamer.

 Rizal boarded the ship Djemnah, which was a

French steamer and go to Colombo.

 The Djemnah took five days to traverse Suez

Canal.

JUNE 11, 1882

Rizal reached Marseilles.

JUNE 12, 1882

The streamer docked at the French harbor of

Marseilles.

JUNE 15, 1882

Rizal left Marseilles to proceed to Spain via train.

JUNE 16, 1882

He finally reached Barcelona.

Rizal wrote a nationalistic essay entitled "Amor
Patrio" which was his first written article on Spain
Soil, "Los Viajes (Travel), and "Revista de Madrid"
(Review of Madrid).

Rizal left Barcelona in the fall of 1882 and

proceeded to Madrid.

NOVEMBER 3, 1882

Rizal enrolled in the Universidad Central de

Madrid by taking up Medicine and Philosophy and
Letters.

He also studied painting and sculpture in the

Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernnado.

Rizal then had a love affair with Consuelo Ortiga y

Perez, the daughter of Don
Pablo.

Their love did no flourish because he was still

engaged to Leonor Rivera and a friend of Rizal is
also in love with Consuelo.

Rizal joined the Circulo Hispano-Filipino and wrote

a poem entitled "Mi Piden Versos" (They Ask Me
For Verses).

MARCH 1883

He joined the Masonic Lodge called Acacia in

Madrid.

JUNE 1883

Rizal left Madrid to visit Paris.

JUNE 21, 1884

Rizal completed his medical course in Spain, the

degree of Licentiate in Medicine by the
Universidad Central de Madrid.

NOVEMBER 20,21, AND 22, 1884

Rizal was involved in Student's Demonstrations

and they shouted "Viva Morayta! Down with
Bishops!".

JUNE 19, 1885

He was awarded the degree of Licentiate in Philosophy

and Letters by the Universidad Central de Madrid with the
rating of "Excellent" (Sobresaliente).

Rizal went to Paris and Germany for his

specialization in Opthalmology.
He stopped over at Barcelona on his way to Paris
to visit his friend Maximo Viola who is also a
medical student.

He worked as an apprentice of Dr. Louis de

Weckert who is a leading French Ophthalmologist.

Rizal spent many happy hours in the studio of

Luna.

He was one of the Egyptian Priests in Luna's

painting "The Death of Cleopatra".

FEBRUARY 1, 1886

 Rizal left Paris after not acquiring enough

experience in the clinic of Dr. Weckert.

He was set to go to Germany. He visited

Strasbourg and other German towns.

FEBRUARY 3, 1886

He arrived in Heidelberg, a historic city in Germany

famous for its old university and romantic
surroundings.

Rizal was a good chess player and made him a

member of the Chess Player's Club.

He worked at the University Eye Hospital under

the direction of Dr. Otto Becker.

APRIL 22, 1886

He wrote a poem to the beautiful blooming flowers at the

Neckar River which is entitled "A Las Flores de Heidelberg"
(To the Flowers of Heidelberg).

He spent three-month summer vacation at

Wilhelmsfeld at the vicarage of a kind Protestant
Pastor, Dr. Karl Ullmer.

JULY 31, 1886

Rizal wrote his first letter in German to Professor

Ferdinand Blumentritt.

AUGUST 6, 1886

Rizal was fortunate to be sojourning in Heidelberg when

the famous University of Heidelberg held its fifth
centenary celebration.

AUGUST 9, 1886

Three days after the fifth centenary of University of

Heidelberg, RIzal left the city.
AUGUST 14, 1886

He arrived in Leipzig.

He attended some lectures in the University of Leipzig

and befriended Professor Friedrich Ratzel, a famous
German historian, and Dr. Hans Meyer, German
Anthropologist.

During his stay, he corrected some chapters in his

second novel and also had time for exercise.

He also worked as a proof-reader in a publishing

firm and earning some money.

OCTOBER 29,1886

Rizal left Leipzig to set course on Dresden.

Rizal met Dr. Adolph Meyer, the director of the

Anthropological and Ethnological Museum.

NOVEMBER 1,1886

 Rizal left Dresden by train reaching Berlin in the

evening.

Rizal met Dr. Feodor Jagor author of "Travels in the

Philippines", a book that Rizal admired because of
its keen observances in the Philippine setting.

Rizal worked in the clinic of Dr. Karl Ernest

Schweigger, a famous German ophthalmologist.

Rizal was the first Asian to be accorded with

honors for being a member of Anthropological
Society, and the Geographical Society of Berlin.

 Rizal wrote a scholarly paper entitled Taglische

Verkunst (Tagalog Metrical Art) which elicited
favorable comments from all scientific quarters.

 Rizal took private lessons in the French language

under Madame Lucie Cerdole in order to master
the French language.

Noli Me Tangere was published with the help of

Maximo Viola who gave him necessary funds to
publish the novel.
DECEMBER 25, 1886

Rizal and Viola happily celebrated the Christmas

of 1886 in Berlin.

MARCH 21, 1887

The Noli Me Tangere came off the printing press. Rizal

immediately sent copies to Blumentritt, Dr. Antonio
Jaena, Mariano Ponce, and Felix R. Hidalgo.

MARCH 29, 1887

Rizal gave Viola the galley proofs of Noli carefully rolled

around the pen that he used in writing.

Rizal received his money from Paciano worth 1,000 pesos.

He immediately paid Viola the sum of 300 pesos from his
kind loan.

MAY 11, 1887

Rizal and Viola left Berlin by train. Their destination was

Dresden.

They visited Adolph Meyer, who was overjoyed to

see them.

Rizal and Viola set a wire to Blumentritt, as

suggested by Dr. Jagor.

MAY 13, 1887

Thetrain with Rizal and Viola on board arrived at the

railroad station of Leitmeritz, Bohemia.

Rizal and Viola were invited to a meeting of the Tourists'

Club of Leitmeritz, of Blumentritt was secretary.

Rizal also met another renowned scientist of Europe

namely, Dr. Carlos Czepelak.

Blumentritt also introduced Rizal to Professor Robert

Klutschak, an eminent naturalist.

MAY 16,1887

Rizal and Viola left Leitmeritz by train.

They carried recommendation letters from Blumentritt to

Dr. Willkomm, a professor of natural history in the
University of Prague.
They visited the tomb of Copernicus, the museum of natural history,
the bacteriological laboratories, the famous cave where San Juan
Nepomuceno was imprisoned, and the bridge from which the saint
was hurled into the river.

MAY 16,1887

They arrived at the beautiful Vienna.

Rizal and Viola presented a letter of recommendation,

from Blumentritt, to Norfenfals, one of the greatest
novelists in Europe during that time.

 Rizal received his lost diamond stickpin.

MAY 24, 1887

Rizal and Viola left Vienna on a river boat to see

theRizal
beautiful sights
and Viola of Vienna
left the Danube Rivera.
on a river boat to see
the beautiful sights of the Danube Rivera.

Rizal examined carefully the horrible torture

machines used by the Inquisition.

JUNE 2-3, 1887

They stay in Switzerland.

JUNE 19, 1887

-It was Rizal's 26th birthday and treated Viola to a

blow-out.

JUNE 23, 1887

Viola decided to return to Barcelona while Rizal

continued his tour to Italy.

JUNE 27, 1887

He reached Rome.

JUNE 29, 1887

He visited for the first time the Vatican, the "City of

the Popes" and the capital Christendom.

After a week of staying in Rome, he prepared to

return to the Philippines. He had already written
to his father that he was coming home.

He was determined to go home for the following reasons:

1. to operate his mother's eye, 2. to serve his people who had long
been oppressed by Spanish tyrants, 3. to find out for himself how
the Noli and his other writings were affecting Filipinos and
Spaniards in the Philippines, and 4. to inquire why Leonora Rivera
remained silent.
 JULY 3, 1887

He boarded the steamer Djemnah.

JULY 30, 1887

 He transferred to another steamer Haiphong.

AUGUST 5, 1887

The steamer arrived in Manila.

AUGUST 8, 1887

He returned to Calamba.

NOVEMBER 15, 1890

He transferred to Lodge Solidaridad (Madrid) where he

became a Master Mason and wrote his Masonic writing
entitled "Science, Virtue and Labor".

FEBRUARY 1892

He was awarded the diploma as Master Mason by Le

Grand Orient de France in Paris.

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