Jose Rizal, National Hero of the Philippines

Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Philippines' national hero. He was executed in Bagumbayan, now called Luneta, in Manila on December 30, 1896. His death sparked the revolution in the country, which was ruled by Spain from 1565 to 1898.

For more details about this great Malayan hero, click on the following:

Jose Rizal Website , by Jose Rizal University

The Foremost Atenean , Ateneo de Manila University

Jose Rizal and the Revolution, by Floro Quibuyen, University of Hawaii

Jose Rizal Biography, Western Washington University

Jose Rizal, edited by Johann Stockinger, University of Vienna

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