Rizal was summoned to a military tribunal where he was accused of rebellion, sedition, and forming illegal organizations for his role in the Philippine Revolution. Despite his lawyer's defense, Rizal was found guilty and sentenced to death by firing squad. On December 30, 1896, Rizal was executed in Bagumbayan, offering his life for Philippine freedom. His remains were later buried and transferred to the Rizal Monument.

2. On November 20, 1896, the
assigned judge to summon Rizal
was Colonel Francisco Olive, an
advocate of the Spanish Military
Tribunal.
Oral testimonies were taken and
were used to implicate Rizal in
the Philippine Revolution.

3. He was accused of being the main
organizer of the revolution by
having proliferated the ideas of
rebellion and of founding illegal
organization.

4. Rizal’s lawyer, Lt. Luis Taviel de
Andrade, tried his best to save Rizal.
Rizal was charged with 3 crimes:
rebellion; sedition; and formation of
illegal association.
In defending himself, Rizal
presented 12 arguments.

5. However, on December 26, 1896, the
trial ended and the sentence was read.
Jose Rizal was found guilty and
sentenced to death by firing squad.

6. On December 28, 1896, Governor-
General Camilo de Polaveija signed
the court decision.
He later decreed that Rizal be executed
by firing squad at 7:00 a.m, of
December 30 in Bagumbayan.
Rizal signed the decree saying that he
was innocent.

8. Rizal was transferred to the
prison chapel.
Fr. Miguel Saderra Mata, Rector
of the Ateneo Municipal and Fr.
Luis Visa.
Fr. Antonio Rosell ate breakfast
with Rizal.

9. Lt. Taviel de Andrade also arrived
and Rizal thanked him for his
gallant services.
Fr. Balaguer stayed until noon but
when he went back at the afternoon,
he tried to persuade Rizal to retract
his masonic beliefs.
Rizal remained firm.

10. When his mother and sisters visited him
on December 29, 1896, Rizal gave away
his remaining possessions.
He handed his gas lamp to his sister
Trinidad and murmured softly in
English, “there is something inside.”
Eventually, Trining and her sister Maria
would extract from the lamp the copy of
Rizal’s last poem.

11. Rizal, on his last remaining days,
composed his longest poem Mi Ultimo
Adios, which was about his farewell to
the Filipino people.

12. Rizal also told his sisters to look
inside his shoes after he was
executed.
At 5:00 a.m., Rizal had his last
breakfast and autographed his
remaining books that became his
last souvenirs.

13. Afterwards, he wrote 3 farewell
letters to his parents, Dr.
Blumentritt, and to his older
brother, Paciano.
At 6:30 in the morning of
December 30, 1896, Rizal, in black
suit with his arm tied behind his
back, walked to Bagumbayan.

14. Rizal has requested to spare his head
which was granted.
He also requested to be shot in the front
but was denied.
Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo took his pulse
and found that it was normal.
The orders were given and shots were
fired. Consummatum est! (“It is finished!”)
Rizal died offering his life for his country
and its freedom.

15. The Spanish spectator shouted ‘Viva
España!’.
Rizal’s body was secretly buried at
Paco Cemetery where later it was
later traced by his sister.
The remains of Rizal were cleaned in
Higino Mercado’s house in Binondo
and were later given to Doña
Teodora.

16. His remains were laid to rest
inside the Rizal monument in
Luneta.
Not all are buried, Rizal’s
vertebra is in Rizal Shrine.