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  • NAME: José Rizal
  • OCCUPATION: Activist, Doctor, Journalist
  • BIRTH DATE: June 19, 1861
  • DEATH DATE: December 30, 1896
  • EDUCATION: University of Madrid
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Calamba, Philippines
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Manila, Philippines
  • Full Name: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

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José Rizal was a patriot, physician and man of letters who was an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement.


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José Rizal was born June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Philippines. In 1891, when he published a sequel to his first book, he became the leading spokesman of the Philippine reform movement and later the leader of the Propaganda Movement. In 1892 he founded a nonviolent-reform society in Manila, and was deported. He remained in exile for four years. In 1896 he was tried for sedition and publicly executed.

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