Rizal

In
London
• May 1888 to March 1889 – Rizal lived in
London

Reasons in choosing London

➢To improve his knowledge of the

English language
➢To study and annotate Morga’s
“Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”
➢London was a safe place for him to
carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny.
Trip Across the
Atlantic
➢Won many friends of different
nationalities on board
➢Entertained the American and
European passengers with his yo-yo
as an offensive weapon.

➢Rizal arrived at Liverpool,

England, on May 24,1888.
Liverpool,
England
Adelphi Hotel
stayed one day and spent his
night
Life In
London
Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
➢Rizal stayed as a guest at the home
of Dr. Regidor an exile 1872 and
practicing lawyer in London
 • Rizal was a boarder
of the Beckett family

Gertrude Beckett
“Gettie or Pettie”
Dr. Reinhold Rost

- called Rizal
“ a pearl of a man “
( una perla de hombre )
News from Home,
Good and Bad
BAD NEWS:
➢Persecution of the Filipino patriots who
signed the “ Anti- Friar Petition of 1888”
➢Persecution of the Calamba Tenants
➢Furious attacks on Rizal
➢Manuel Hidalgo was exiled to Bohol
➢Laureano Viado was arrested and jailed in
Bilibid Prison
➢Good news
cheered Rizal
– Rev. Vicente
Garcia’s
defense of the
Noli against
the attacks of
the friars.
Annotating Morga’s Book
➢Annotating of Morga’s book
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
(Historical Events of the Philippine Islands)
➢Published in Mexico 1609
“Morga’s work is an
excellent book”
 Short Visit to
Paris and Spain
 September 1888
-visited Paris for a week in order to
search more historical materials

■Bibliotheque Nationale
• Dec, 11,1888
> Rizal went to
Spain , visited
Madrid and
Barcelona.

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Mariano Ponce
Christmas in
London
(1888)
Dec.24 – Rizal returned to London

Blumentritt >>> bust of Emperor Augustus

Dr. Carlos Czepelak >>> bust of Julius Caesar

Mrs. Beckett <<< book “The Life and Adventures

of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist”
 Rizal Becomes
Leader of Filipinos
in Europe
• Asociacion La Solidaridad ( Solidaridad
Association )

• Galicano Apacible – President

• Graciano Lopez Jaena – V- Pres.
• Manuel Santa Maria – Secretary
• Mariano Ponce – Treasurer
• Jose ma. Panganiban – Accountant
 ➢Rizal was chosen
honorary president

➢ No one should resent defeat

➢ No member should expect rewards
or honors for what he has does.
 Rizal and the
La Solidaridad Newspaper
 Feb.15,1889
➢ Founded La
Solidaridad

Graciano Lopez Jaena

AIMS
➢To work peacefully for political and social
reforms.
➢To portray the deplorable conditions of the
Philippines
➢To oppose the evil forces of reaction and
medievalism
➢Advocate liberal ideas and progress
➢To champion the legitimate aspiration of the
Filipino people to life, democracy and
happiness.
 Before Leaving London
• Rizal finished 4 sculptural works
1.Prometheus Bound
2.The Triumph of Death over Life
3.The Triumph of Science over Death
4.A composite carving of the heads of the
Beckett sisters
Prometheus Bound
The Triumph of Death over Life
The Triumph of Science over Death
 Adios, London
➢ March 19, 1889

Rizal bade goodbye to the kind Becket family

(Particularly Gertrude) and left for Paris
End Of Presentation