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 The José Rizal WebRing
The José Rizal WebRing is dedicated to the Philippine humanist, poet, physicist and national hero Dr. José Rizal and to the Philippine Centennial Celebration (1896-1898).
Everybody who is interested in the history of the Philippine independence struggle, the life and work of Rizal and his friends is welcomed to join the ring.
Get the HTML Source Code for the José Rizal WebRing.
www.univie.ac.at /Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/rizal/ring.htm   (140 words)

  
 ipedia.com: José Rizal Article
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda (June 19, 1861- December 30, 1896) is the national hero of the Philippines.
He belongs to the greatest generation of Asian nationalist leaders- Jose Rizal and his fellow countrymen Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo along with Mohandas Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore of India, and Sun Yat-sen of China all were born in the decade of the 1860s.
José Rizal was quite well known for writing two novels, Noli Me Tangere (1887) and El Filibusterismo (1891), which are social commentaries of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule.
www.ipedia.com /jose_rizal.html   (571 words)

  
 Rizal, Jose --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Rizal has been identified as God, as the second, or Filipino, Christ, and as...
The Filipino hero José Rizal devoted his brief life to the cause of freeing his country from Spanish colonial rule.
any of numerous ethnic religious groups in the Philippines that believe in the divinity of José Rizal, the national hero martyred by the Spanish in 1896.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276740?tocId=9276740   (571 words)

  
 PhilippineIslands.html
José Rizal, the Filipino patriot, was born in 1861 at Calamba in Luzón, of pure Tagál stock, although some say that it was mixed with Chinese blood.
3 Throughout this work, all notes taken entire or condensed from José Rizal's edition of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas por el Doctor Antonio de Morga (Paris, 1890), will be signed Rizal, unless Rizal is given as authority for the note or a portion of it in the body of the note.
During this same administration, the province of Cagayan in the island of Luzon, opposite China, was first pacified2 by Captain Joan Pablos de Carrion, who founded there a Spanish colony, which he named Nueva Segovia.
www.bohol.ph /books/PhilippineIslands/PhilippineIslands.html   (571 words)

  
 José Rizal
Rizal, José, 1861–96, Philippine nationalist, author, poet, and physician, b.
Jose P. Rizal's 140th Birth Anniversary.(Opinion/Editorial) (Manila Bulletin)
Jose P. Rizal's 141st Birth Anniversary.(Opinion & Editorial) (Manila Bulletin)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0842028.html   (307 words)

  
 Jose Rizal --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Rizal has been identified as God, as the second, or Filipino, Christ, and as...
The Filipino hero José Rizal devoted his brief life to the cause of freeing his country from Spanish colonial rule.
More results on "Jose Rizal" when you join.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276740?tocId=9276740   (715 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com
Rizal, Jos?a> Rizal, Joséhōsā´ rēsäl´, 1861-96, Philippine nationalist, author, poet, and physician, b.
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 Rizal Marker Unveiled in Vienna
Rizal made a brief visit in Vienna on 20-24 May 1887 and stayed at the Metropole Hotel which used to stand at the site where the historical marker is installed.
It was in Austria where Dr. Rizal had a historic meeting with the Austrian scholar, Prof.
In commemoration of the 134th birth anniversary od Dr. José P. Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, Hon.
www.univie.ac.at /Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/rizal/marker.htm   (472 words)

  
 Laguna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rizal Shrine is located in Calamba City and features the home of José Rizal.
Laguna is subdivided into 27 municipalities and 3 cities.
Laguna was one of the first sites of the Philippine Revolution.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laguna   (472 words)

  
 José Rizal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rizal was a reformer for a more open society, rather than a revolutionary for political independence; as a leader of the Propaganda Movement of Filipino students in Spain, he contributed newspaper articles to
The surname was again changed by José himself, from Mercado to "Rizal", after he received advice from his younger brother, Paciano Mercado, to do so to avoid bringing the family into problems that he was embroiled in with the authorities.
A wealthy fifth generation Chinese-mestizo, Rizal is a direct male descendant of Domingo Lam-co, a full-blooded Chinese who sailed to the Philippines from Amoy, China in the latter part of the 17th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/José_Rizal   (472 words)

  
 Rizal Day bombings
The Rizal Day bombings were a series of bombings that occurred in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines on December 30, 2000 within a span of a few hours killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
December 30 is Rizal Day in the Philippines and a national holiday, commemorating the execution of the country's national hero, José Rizal.
Sunny Day Real Estate is one of those great, unique bands you can't help to not notice with such a distinctive name.
www.freeglossary.com /Rizal_Day_Bombings   (472 words)

  
 ipedia.com: December 30 Article
2000 - Rizal Day Bombings : A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a span of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
1896 - José Rizal;, national hero, Philippines (b.
December 30 is the 364th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining.
www.ipedia.com /december_30.html   (472 words)

  
 Salman Rushdie - Jose Rizal
Although Rizal believed in peaceful reform — as well as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to a fair trial &; he was banished several times for his reform efforts.
Rizal showed, in such works as Noli Me Tangere, literally, Don't Touch Me (1887), and El Filibusterismo (Subversion, 1891) not only the oppression of Filipinos, but the corruption of Spanish priests and monks — who exacted heavy taxes, stole ancestral lands (including Rizal's own), and sexually violated the women in their parishes.
Also on this date, June 19, 1861, José Rizal was born on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com /rants/0619a-almanac.htm   (532 words)

  
 Angel descends on Morong - Feb. 23, 2004
ON the morning of Feb. 8, painter-sculptor Rafael Pacheco and wife Cely hosted a gathering of artists and art lovers in Uugong Park at Barrio San Guillermo in Morong, Rizal.
The landscape on this part of Morong is shaped by slopes, terraces, precipices.
Known for his finger-painting and underwater imagery, Pacheco thrives on the tradition of folk art in that area of the lakeshore towns as popularized by Jos‚ Blanco, Nemisio Miranda and Perdigon Bocalan of Angono.
www.inq7.net /lif/2004/feb/23/lif_2-1.htm   (534 words)

  
 RIZal
Rizal speech delivered in German was well phrased that the audience could not believe that he had been learning German only eleven months.
The passage of the Act may be attributed in part to José Rizal and his stirring last farewell to his beloved country immortalized in his poem, Mi Ultimo Adios, that he wrote in his cell at Fort Santiago on the eve of his execution by the Spaniards on December 30, 1896.
Bluementritt later confided to Viola that Rizal was the greatest son of the Philippines, and that he was like a rare comet that appeared only once or twice in centuries.
members.tripod.com /philipppines/rizal.html   (1139 words)

  
 rizalhudson
In this centennial decade Rizal Monuments are planed for construction in the various cities of the United States as reported by the PNA..
The city council is schedule to pass the resolution as various city agencies spearheded by the Filipino Deputy Mayor Linda Mayo is working to establish the Dr Jose P Rizal Plaza in his honor and to acknowledge the Philippine-American community contribution to Jersey City.
Among the prime movers of the project are the Knights of Rizal and
members.tripod.com /philipppines/rizalhudson.htm   (951 words)

  
 José Rizal - Noli Me Tangere
This new translation is based on the facsimile edition of the original manuscript and restores previously unpublished sections of the novel, making it the most faithful rendering of Rizal's original manuscript.
By José Rizal, his second major novel about Spanish colonialism in the Philippines, which he called a "continuation" of Noli Me Tangere.
By Herbert S. Bigelow, Feb. 12, 1899, an American anti-imperialist assesses Rizal's career and writings a week after the beginning of the Philippine-American War.
www.boondocksnet.com /centennial/rizal   (290 words)

  
 encyclopedia jose rizal by Philippine Website Index
Manuel Luis Quezon Elpidio Quirino Fidel Valdez Ramos JosE Rizal Manuel Roxas...
Dr. Jose P. Rizal Month.(Opinion and Editorial) (Manila Bulletin).
mga Guardia Civil ang pambansang bayaning si Dr. Jose Rizal noong Disyembre...
www2.nfsp-philippines.org /pinoypedia/encyclopedia-jose-rizal/index.html   (340 words)

  
 rizal
The province was named after the country's national hero, José Rizal.
Rizal is surrounded by Metro Manila to the east, the province of Bulacan to the north, Quezon to the east and Laguna to the south.
Rizal is a mountainous province perched on the western slopes of the southern portion of the Sierra Madre mountain range.
www.fact-library.com /rizal.html   (819 words)

  
 José Rizal
Rizal, José, 1861–96, Philippine nationalist, author, poet, and physician, b.
Jose P. Rizal's 141st Birth Anniversary.(Opinion and Editorial)
December is Dr. Jose P. Rizal Month.(Opinion and Editorial)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0842028.html   (272 words)

  
 Are you related to any FAMOUS people?
there is a Rizal street in San Francisco and a Rizal Park in Seattle, there could be more).
As for me, I'm related to Dr. José Rizal (1861-1896), a reformer for a more open society in the Philippines.
www.collegeconfidential.com /discus/messages/68281/81271.html   (272 words)

  
 Laguna
Calamba City is the birthplace of José Rizal, the country's national hero.
Laguna was one of the eight provinces to rise in revolt against the Spanish misrule led by Generals Paciano Rizal of Calamba, Severino Taino of Pagsanjan, Agueda Kahabagan (woman general) of Calauan, and Miguel Malvar of Batangas.
Rizal Shrine, Calamba City - The Rizal Shrine is located in Calamba City and features the home of José Rizal.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Laguna.htm   (1712 words)

  
 RMS & GS - Dolmetscher- und Übersetzungsbüro - KIEL
José Rizal at the age of 16 years when he was a student at the Ateneo Municipal in Manila.
This wooden sculpture was carved by Rizal while he was a student at the Ateneo Municipal.
He was the one who had adviced his "little brother" José to change his Family name from Mercado to Rizal before he had to enroll into the Ateneo Municipal College in order to avoid that "little" José immediately would get "problems" at school because of his brother.
www.rms-gs.de /liteng/galerie.html   (1712 words)

  
 Rizal, Jose --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Filipino hero José Rizal devoted his brief life to the cause of freeing his country from Spanish colonial rule.
any of numerous ethnic religious groups in the Philippines that believe in the divinity of José Rizal, the national hero martyred by the Spanish in 1896.
In 1521 Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer working for Spain, arrived in the Philippines on ships that were making the first circumnavigation of the globe.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=65462   (1712 words)

  
 Noli me tangere
Noli Me Tangere is the peak creation of the Filipino patriot Jose Rizal, in life one of the most emblematic Spaniards from overseas in the controverted history of the Spanish colonization as well as one of his times’ most polemic characters.
Noli Me Tangere es la obra cimera del patriota filipino José Rizal, en vida uno de los españoles de ultramar más emblemáticos de la polémica historia de la dominación española.
Rizal's Noli, independently of Rizal's objectives in writing it clearly outlined in its beginning, is a novel, a work of literary fiction.
de.geocities.com /hispanofilipino/Noli/NoliInt.html   (1172 words)

  
 noli.htm
Noli Me Tangere is Latin for "touch me not," an allusion to the Gospel of St. John where Jesus says to Mary Magdelene: "Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my father." In this modern classic of Filipino literature, José P. Rizal exposes "matters...
José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines, completed Noli Me Tangere in Spanish in 1887 while he was studying in Europe, and it was first published in Berlin.
Rizal continued to write, completing a second novel and many other poems and essays, until he was executed by firing squad in 1886.
pages.prodigy.net /manila_girl/rizal/noli.htm   (299 words)

  
 filipino history
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www.filipinobooks.com /history.htm   (299 words)

  
 Jose Agustin --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Filipino hero José Rizal devoted his brief life to the cause of freeing his country from Spanish colonial rule.
Spanish mathematician, economist, statesman, and playwright José Echegaray was Spain's most popular dramatist in the latter part of the 19th century.
On Sept. 16, 1810, in the town of Dolores Hidalgo, the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church's bells and exhorted the local Indians to “recover from the hated Spaniards the land stolen from your forefathers…” This is celebrated as Mexican...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9104069   (648 words)

  
 Jose Agustin --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Filipino hero José Rizal devoted his brief life to the cause of freeing his country from Spanish colonial rule.
U.S. dancer and choreographer José Greco was born in Montorio nei Frentani, near Campobasso, Italy, and came to the United States in 1928.
Agustín was educated at National Autonomous University of Mexico and at Centro Mexicano de Escritores.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9104069   (648 words)

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