The Expedition of Jose Rizal

 MAY 3, 1882
o LEFT PHILIPPINES
o FIRST TRIP ABROAD
o BOARDED BARKONG SALVADORA

 SINGAPORE (MAY 9, 1882)

o HE BOARDED THE SALVADORA,
o STOP OVER AT SINGAPORE,
o AND CHECKED IN HOTEL DELA PAZ FOR 2 DAYS ON HIS WAY TO PURSUE HIS STUDIES
IN SPAIN

 BOARDED THE BOAT DJEMNAH TO CONTINUE HIS TRIP TO SPAIN

o May 17, 1882 Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales
o May 18,1882 At 7:30 a. m. he left Punta de Gales for Colombo
 COLOMBO, CEYLON
o RIZAL ARRIVED COLOMBO AND IN THE EVENING THE TRIP WAS RESUMED 27 MAY
1882
o SRI LANKA
o HE LANDED AT ADEN
o HE MADE OBSERVATION AT THE TIME JUNE 2 1882
o He arrived at the Suez Canal en route to Marseilles

 JUNE 2,1882
o He arrived at the Suez Canal en route to Marseilles
o He went to chateau f'if where Dante jailed from his favorite Novel, Monte Cristo
 JUNE 15, 1882
o He left Marseilles for Barcelona in an Express Train
 JUNE 16, 1882
o Arrived at Barcelona, Welcomed by his colleagues in Ateneo
 o Boarded in the Fonda De Espana

 MADRID SPAIN
o SEPTEMBER 2, 1882
o Universidad Central de Madrid
 Course in Medicine
 Course in Philosophy
 Joined Circulo Hispano-Filipino and Masonic Lodge Acasia
 Started writing Noli Me Tangere
 BERLIN
o AUGUST 14, 1886
 Visited some cities
o November 1, 1886
 Accepted in Circulo Scientist
 Here he enhanced his knowledge of ophthalmology with the help of his
colleague
 Lived in poverty, he was hungry, got sick but this did not stop him from
publishing his Novel
 PARIS, FRANCE
o Dr. Louis De Weckert
 He entered as an assistant to the well-known physician there Dr. Louis de
Weckert, which greatly helped him in specializing in the treatment of the eyes.
 Leitmeritz, Bohemia
o Ferdinand Blumentritt
o May 13, 1887
 the train arrived at the leimeritz station where he was waiting for Rizal who has
beautiful memories of this place
 Vienna, Austria
o Maximo Viola
o May 20, 1887
  Came to Vienna to meet Norfenfal, on the recommendation of Blumentritt, who
was a great novelist at the time
 Switzerland
o They stayed in this city from JUNE 2-3, 1887
 to visit Schaffhausen which is considered one of the most charming places in the
alpine nation. then viola had to return to Barcelona and Rizal continued his
journey
 After sightseeing in Lausanne, Rizal and Viola left on a little boat, crossing the
foggy Leman Lake to Geneva.
 ITALY
o In Italy Rizal went to the place of Turin, Milan, Venice and Florence,
o On June 27, 1887 he went to Roma, after a week of sightseeing in Roma he returned
to the Philippines.
 HOME IN CALAMBA
o August 8, 1888
 established a Medical Clinic
 Opened a gymnasium for young folks and introduced European Sports
o Recieved a Letter from Governor General Emilio Terrero
o Governor General assigned a young Spanish Lieutenant as bodyguard of Rizal
o The friars approached the governor general and filed a complaint against Noli Me
Tangere
o Due to Noli Me Tangere and Rizal's interference in the agrarian problem at the hacienda
in Calamba, Rizal is very hated by the Dominican friars
o Rizal was forced to leave the country again because the lives of his parents, siblings, and
friends were in danger and he could fight more for the sake of the people if he writes
freely in the country
 HongKong
o Febraury 8, 1888
 Checked in Victoria Hotel where he stayed
 Macao
o Febraury 18, 1888
  Visited Macao with Jose Maria Basa
o February 20, 1888
 They returned to HongKong
o February 22, 1888
 Left HongKong boarded in Oceanic for Japan
 Tokyo
o Went to Tokyo and was visited by Juan Perez Caballero, secretary of the Spanish
Legation.
o Febraury 28 - April 23, 1888
 arrived and stayed at Hotel Grande
 States
o April 28, 1888
 the Belgic ship landed in San Francisco and he saw America for the first time
 Rizal had good and bad impressions of the US
o May 8, 1888
 Rizal began to travel to different corners of the United States
o May 16, 1888
 From New York, sailed to England

 London England
o May 1888 - March 1889
 Rizal lived in London to expand his knowledge of english and make annotations
on “Succesos de las Islas Filipinas” of Antonio Morga.
 he sent articles of “Filipinas Dentro de Cein Anos” (Ang Pilipinas sa Darating ng
Sandaang Taon) and “Sobre La Indolencia de los Filipinos” (Ang Tungkol sa
Katamaran ng mga PIlipino)
o March 1889
 Rizal left London for Paris
o Early in September 1888
  Rizal visited Paris for just a week for some historical materials at Bibliotheque
Nationale
 On December 11, 1888
o Rizal Went to Madrid and Barcelona in Spain to meet with Marcelo H. Del Pilar and
Mariano Ponce
 December 24, 1888
o Rizal returned to London to celebrate christmas and new year with Beckett's family
 March 19,1889
o Rizal established Samahang Kidlat. Next, Indios Bravos and Redencion de los Malayos
(Para sa Katubusan ng mga Malayo)
o Rizal wrote Por Telepono, a catholic against Padre Labrador Font who masterminded the
ban on Noli Me Tangere in the Philippines.
o Used Dimas-alang as pen name

 Brussels, Belgium
o JANUARY 18, 1890
 because of the pandemic in Paris and the city's obstacle to writing El
filibusterismo, he left Paris for Brussels, Belgium.
 Rizal was busy writing El Filibusterismo and wrote articles for La Solidaridad
o Rizal also received letters from home that worries him. The Calamba agrarian trouble
was getting worse. The management of the Dominican hacienda continually raised the
land rents
 MADRID
o Life in Madrid could be described as full of misfortunes.
o his brother-in-law; Silvestre received a copy of eviction order by the Dominicans. He also
learned of the deportation of Paciano, Antonio, Silvestre, Teong and Dandoy to
Mindoro. He further learned from Saturnina’s letter that their parents had been forcibly
ejected from their home
o Adding to his misfortunes was the death of Jose Panganiban—his co-worker in the
Propaganda Movement
 BIARRITZ
 o It was in Biarritz where he had finished the last chapter of his second novel, El
Filibusterismo
o On March 30, 1891, Rizal proceeded to Paris by train. Rizal retired from the Propaganda
Movement and retired also from La Solidaridad.
o In Brussels Rizal worked day after day revising the finished manuscript of El
Filibusterismo and readied it for printing
 GHENT
o He stayed at Ghent because the cost of printing is cheaper. Rizal had limited funds and
lived in a cheap boarding house
o The El Filibusterismo was dedicated to the martyrdom of the Gom-Bur-Za
o Rizal left Europe for Hong Kong
 HONGKONG
o He lived there from November, 1891 to June 1892
o During the voyage he began writing his third novel in Tagalog. Makamisa, Dapitan, and
another untitled novel were some of the unfinished novels of Rizal
o This Christmas was one of the happiest moments in Rizal’s life for he had a happy family
reunion
o There he became a well-known medical practitioner
o In May, 1892, Rizal made up his mind to return to Manila
o JUNE 26, 1892 - Rizal returned to Manila
 JUNE 26, 1892
o Rizal returned to Manila
 Rizal was deported to Dapitan for allegedly sending anti-church pamphlets
 for the last time Rizal left the country for Spain
 October 3, 1896
o The ship Isla De Panay arrived in Barcelona and was sent to Munjuich Castle which was
then headed by General Eulogio
 October 6, 1896
o Rizal was released from prison to be returned to Manila aboard the ship Colon
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