1) Rizal was secretly contacted by members of the Katipunan who wanted him to support their plans for revolution. However, Rizal objected due to concerns about Filipino preparedness and the Katipunan's lack of organization. 2) Rizal later offered his services as a military doctor to help with the Cuban revolution. However, this was seen as a threat by the Spanish authorities. Rizal was detained on his voyage to Spain and imprisoned upon arrival. 3) Rizal was then transported back to Manila to stand trial. Despite attempts to save him, Rizal was ultimately tried and convicted of sedition, before being executed by firing squad on November 30,

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Life and Works of Rizal

2. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 2 OF 17
A TALK IN THE GARDEN “NAILS IN THE COFFIN” THE TRAP IS LAID
“EL ÚLTIMO VIAJE” A “DANGEROUS FILIPINO” LAST ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE HERO
THRILLA IN MANILA

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A TALK IN THE GARDEN
MAY 2, 1986 BITUKANG MANOK RIVER in PASIG
SECRET MEETING IN WHICH THE GROUP AGREED TO
SEND PIO VALENZUELA AS REPRESENTATIVE TO DAPITAN
AND WOULD INFORM RIZAL OF THE KATIPUNAN’S PLAN.
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION
JUNE 21, 1986 DAPITAN
VALENZUELA ARRIVED AT DAPITAN WITH THE STEAMSHIP
VENUS AND USED THE NAME PROCOPIO BONIFACIO.
HE WAS WITH JOSEPHINE BRACKEN, RIZAL’S SISTER
NARCISSA, RIZAL’S NIECE, ANGELICA LOPEZ.
VALENZUELA, RAYMUNDO MATA AND RUFINO MAGOS
WENT TO THE HOUSE OF RIZAL.

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A TALK IN THE GARDEN
BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION
JUNE 21, 1986 DAPITAN at night
RIZAL INVITED VALENZUELA OVER A DINNER AND TALKED IN
THE GARDEN. VALENZUELA TOLD HIM OF THE KATIPUNAN’S
PLAN.
RIZAL OBJECTED BONIFACIO’S PREMATURE IDEA
REASONS WERE: (1) FILIPINOS WERE STILL UNPREPARED FOR
BLOODY REVOLUTION. (2) THE KATIPUNAN LACKED
MACHINERY.
RIZAL ADVISED THE LEADERS TO “ATTRACT ALL WEALTHY
AND INFLUENTIAL PERSONS OF MANILA AND THE
PROVINCES” TO JOIN THE SECRET ORGANIZATION.
RIZAL SUGGESTED TO SEEK HELP FROM ANTONIO LUNA.
VALENZUELA TOLD HIM THEIR PLANS TO RESCUE RIZAL IN
DAPITAN, BUT RIZAL DISAGREED.
VALENZUELA WENT BACK TO MANILA WITHOUT
CONVINCING RIZAL.

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“NAILS IN THE COFFIN”
RIZAL OFFERED HIS SERVICE AS A MILITARY DOCTOR.
FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT INFORMED HIM OF THE
SITUATION IN CUBA.
DECEMBER 17, 1895
RIZAL SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL RAMON
BLANCO ABOUT RENDERING HIS SERVICE IN CUBA THE LETTER ALSO STATES THAT RIZAL WILL BE GIVEN A PASS
SO THAT HE COULD GO TO MANILA, THEN TO SPAIN,
WHERE ITS MINISTER OF WAR WOULD ASSIGN HIM TO THE
ARMY OF OPERATIONS IN CUBA
DURING THE PEAK OF CUBAN REVOLUTION IN 1896
BEFORE THE KATIPUNAN CONTACTED RIZAL
JULY 30, 1896
RIZAL RECEIVED A LETTER FROM RAMON BLANCO DATED
JULY 1, 1896, ACCEPTING HIS OFFER.

6. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 6 OF 17
“NAILS IN THE COFFIN”
RIZAL AT THAT POINT COULD BE COMPARED TO A
YOUNG MOTH ALLURED BY THE FLAME OF AN OIL LAMP.
HIS BURNING DESIRE TO LEAVE FOR CUBA TO
HELP THE NEEDY MEAN TRIUMPH OVER HIS
ENEMIES’ DOUBT. RELATIVELY IT WAS NOT. IT W
AS BUT NAILS IN THE COFFIN.
RIZAL BEING A YOUNG MOTH
BEFORE THE KATIPUNAN CONTACTED RIZAL

7. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 7 OF 17
THE TRAP IS LAID
RIZAL’S 4-YEAR EXILE IN DAPITAN CAME TO A SUDDEN
END
HE LEFT TOWN ON BOARD ON THE STEAMER ESPAÑA
WITH JOSEPHINE, NARCISSA, ANGELICA, THREE NEPHEWS,
AND SIX OF HIS STUDENTS.
ON THEIR WAY TO MANILA
RIZAL SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED AN OPTHALMIC
OPERATION TO A MERCHANT, PAYING HIM PHP 50.00.
AUGUST 6, 1896
RIZAL WAS SUPPOSED TO BOARD ISLA DE LUZOB, BUT IT
LEFT AHEAD OF TIME.
HES WAS TRANSFERRED TO A SPANISH CRUISER- CASTILLA.
TO STAY AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT MAIL SHIP THAT WOULD
SAIL TO SPAIN NEXT MONTH.
JULY 31, 1896 DAPITAN at midnight
CEBU
ARRIVAL IN MANILA
SPANISH TRAP TO RIZAL IN MANILA

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THE TRAP IS LAID
BONIFACIO AND THE KATIPUNEROS WREAKED HAVOC IN
MANILA.
RIZAL LEARNED THE ERUPTION OF THE REVOLUTION. IN
EFFECT, HE WAS PROHIBITED FROM LEAVING THE VICINITY.
BUT WAS ALLOWED TO ACCEPT VISITORS.
BUT THEN ALL THE DELAYS WERE JUST PART OF THE SPANISH
DEADLY TRAP TO RIZAL.
TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST 1896 MANILA
SPANISH TRAP TO RIZAL IN MANILA

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“EL ÚLTIMO VIAJE”
EIGHT PROVINCES OF LUZON WAS PUT UNDER MARTIAL
LAW.
RIZAL RECEIVED TWO LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION FOR THE
MINISTER OF WAR AND MINISTER OF COLONIES FROM
RAMON BLANCO.
IN WHICH THE COVER LETTER STATES THAT RIZAL WAS
EXEMPLARY AND HAD NO CONNECTION IN THE
OUTBREAK OF THE PHILIPPINES REVOLUTION.
THREE DAYS LATER
RIZAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO BOAT ISLA DE PANAY AT 6:00
PM.
HE WAS MET BY CAPTAIN ALEMANY.
HE WROTE LETTER TO HIS MOTHER, INFORMING HER OF
HIS GOOD HEALTH ON BOARD THE SHIP.
AUGUST 30, 1896 LUZON
ISLA DE PANAY
RIZAL’S TRIP FROM MANILA TO SPAIN

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“EL ÚLTIMO VIAJE”
THREE DAYS LATER
HE INFORMED HIS MOTHER OF HIS DEPARTURE TO CUBA.
COMFORTING HER BY SAYING “EVERYTHING IS IN THE
HANDS OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE”
HE ALSO URGED HIS SISTERS TO TAKE GOOD CARE AND
LOVE THEIR AGED PARENTS.
ISLA DE PANAY
RIZAL’S TRIP FROM MANILA TO SPAIN
THE NEXT DAY ISLA DE PANAY
RIZAL WAS GIVEN A NEW CABIN NO.22.
THE BOAT ANCHORED NEAR MANILA TO LOAD
PASSENGERS AMONG WHOM WERE PEDRO ROXAS,
MARIA TUASON, AND PEDRO PATERNO.
HE THEN LEFT MANILA FOR SPAIN.

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1 OF 17
A “DANGEROUS FILIPINO”
RIZAL WAS UNAWARE THAT GOVERNOR-GENERAL
BLANCO, AND THE MINISTERS OF WAR AND COLONIES
CONSPIRED FOR HIS DESTRUCTION AS A “DANGEROUS
FILIPINO”
THEY WERE EXCHANGING TELEGRAMS AND PRIVATE
MESSAGES FOR HIS ARREST AT BARCELONA. AND THAT HE
WAS AN EXILE SECRETLY KEPT UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
SINCE HIS DEPARTURE FROM MANILA BAY
CONSPIRED DESTRUCTION OF RIZAL
EN ROUTE TO SPAIN
HE LEARNED PART OF THE WHOLE LIES HE WAS ABOUT TO
WITNESS. RIZAL BECAME OBJECT OF MALICIOUS TALKS.
HE INFORMED THAT SAN ROQUE WAS BEING
BOMBARDED.
A YOUNG STUDENT ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT AROUND
600 FILIPINOS WERE ALREADY ORDERED SHOT BY THE
SPANISH AUTHORITIES DUE TO THE REVOLUTION.

12. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 12 OF 17
A “DANGEROUS FILIPINO”
RIZAL CALLED TO THE CABIN’S CAPTAIN, WHERE HE WAS
INFORMED OF THAT HE WAS BEING IMPLICATED IN THE
REVOLUTION THAT HAD RAGED IN MANILA.
RIZAL BELATEDLY REALIZED THAT THE SPANISH OFFICIALS
DUPED HIM.
EN ROUTE TO SPAIN
CONSPIRED DESTRUCTION OF RIZAL
SEPTEMBER 28, 1896 EN ROUTE TO SPAIN
HE WROTE A LETTER TO BLUMENTRITT EXPRESSING HIS
DISGUST AND BITTERNESS.
APART OF THE LETTER ARE AS FOLLOWS:
…
(Signed)

13. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 13 OF 17
A “DANGEROUS FILIPINO”
CAPTAIN ALEMANY INFORMED RIZAL TO STAY IN HIS
CABIN UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS FROM MANILA.
THE FOLLOWING DAY
CONSPIRED DESTRUCTION OF RIZAL
OCTOBER 3, 1896 BARCELONA
ISLA DE PANAY ARRIVED IN BARCELONA WITH RIZAL AS
PRISONER ON BOARD.
GENERAL EULOGIO DESPUJOL BECAME HIS WARDEN.
WHO WAS ALSO THE MAN WHO ORDERED HIS
DEPORTATION TO DAPITAN.
AFTER THREE DAYS BARCELONA
RIZAL WAS IMPRISONED IN MONTJUICH CASTLE IN
BARCELONA.
8:00 PM RIZAL HAS TAKEN ON BOARD THE COLON. IN
WHICH THE SHIP LEFT BARCELONA FOR MANILA VIA
SINGAPORE.

14. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 14 OF 17
A “DANGEROUS FILIPINO”
RIZAL WAS FREE TO ROAM THE VESSEL WHEN IT WAS
ALREADY IN HIGH SEAS.
HE WAS PROHIBITED FROM DISEMBARKING AT ANY PORT
WHERE THEY STOPPED FOR FUEL AND SUPPLIES.
HE WAS PUT BEHIND BARS HOURS BEFORE REACHING THE
PORT.
THE OFFICERS CONFISCATED HIS DIARY AND CRITICALLY
SCRUTINIZED IT.
EN ROUTE TO MANILA VIA SINGAPORE
CONSPIRED DESTRUCTION OF RIZAL
TWICE HE WAS HANDCUFFED.
SIXTEEN HOURS BEFORE DOCKING AT SINGAPORE, RIZAL
WAS AGAIN PUT BEHIND BARS. HERE A WRIT WAS
REQUESTED FOR HIM.

15. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 15 OF 17
LAST ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE HERO
ANTONIO MARIA REGIDOR WAS INFORMED OF RIZAL’S
DILEMMA. AND HE DISPATCHED TWO TELEGRAMS TO
FAMILIAR FRIENDS IN SINGAPORE REQUESTING THEM TO
PETITION THE SINGAPORE COURT TO ISSUE A WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE FRIGHTENED. INSTEAD, THEY HIRED
ENGLISH LAWYERS IN SINGAPORE INCLUDING MR. FORT
TO DO IT FOR THEM.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF SINGAPORE DISCARDED THE
APPLICATION .
EUROPE
EUROPE FRIENDS TRIED TO SAVE RIZAL
THREE TIMES, ENGLAND TRIED TO AID RIZAL.
AN ENGLISH WOMAN EVEN HAD SOUGHT AN INTERVIEW
IN MADRID WITH THE QUEEN REGENT.
NEVERTHELESS, RIZAL WAS SHIPPED HOME.

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THRILLA IN MANILA
COLON REACHED MANILA.
SPANIARDS AND FRIARS CELEBRATED, WHILE FILIPINO
PATRIOTS WORRIES FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THEIR ELUSIVE
QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE.
THE REST OF MANILA HAD BEEN FRIGHTENED BY THE
INSURRECTION WHILE RIZAL WAS BEING TRANSFERRED TO
FORT SANTIAGO.
JAILS CROWDED, EXECUTIONS WERE MADE IN PUBLIC TO
DISHEARTEN PATRIOTISM
NOVEMBER 3, 1896
ARRIVAL OF RIZAL BACK TO MANILA
GOVERNOR-GENERAL CAMILO DE POLAVIEJA
SUPERSEDED BLANCO WHO HAD DARED TO REMAIN
CALM.
SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE
AGAINST HIM.
FILIPINOS WHO HAD RECOGNIZED AT HIS SIDE WERE
BRUTALLY TORTURED TO IMPLICATE HIM..
MANILA

17. MAY 2-NOV. 3 1896 LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL PAGE 17 OF 17
THRILLA IN MANILA
SOME OF THEM WERE: DEODATO ARELLANO, PIO
VALENZUELA, DOINGO FRANCO, PEDRO SERRANO,
MOISES SALVADOR, JOSE DIZON, AND TEMOTEO PAEZ.
PACIONO- HIS ONLY BROTHER, WAS ARRESTED AND
INFLICTED WITH PAINS. BUT HIS GALLANT FILIPINO SPIRIT
REMAINED UNBROKEN.
NOVEMBER 3, 1896
ARRIVAL OF RIZAL BACK TO MANILA
MANILA