RIZAL’S TRIP TO MADRID, BIARRITZ, BRUSSELS, GHENT, HONG KONG AND HIS SECOND HOMECOMING TO MANILA

MADRID BIARRITZ, BRUSSELS & GHENT HONGKONG MANILA

> Misfortunes in Madrid: > To seek solace for his disappointments > Reasons for leaving Europe: > Decisions to return to Manila:
in Madrid, Rizal took a vacation in the 1. Life was unbearable in Europe because 1. To confer with Governor General
1. Failure to get justice for family. resort city of Biarritz on the fabulous of his political differences with M. H. del Despujol regarding his Borneo
French Riviera. Pilar and other Filipinos in Spain. colonization project
2. Rizal’s eulogy to Panganiban. 2. To be near his idolized Philippines and 2. To establish the La Liga Filipina in
> He was a guest of the rich Boustead family. Manila.
3. Aborted duel with Antonio Luna. family at its winter residence – Villa Eliada. 3. To prove that Eduardo de Lete was
> The Christmas of 1891 in Hong Kong wrong in attacking him in Madrid that he
4. Rizal challenges Retana to duel. > He had a serious romance with Nellie was one of the happiest Yuletide had abandoned the country’s cause.
Bousted. celebrations in Rizal’s life for he had a
5. Infidelity of Leonor Rivera. happy family reunion. > At noon of June 26, 1892, Rizal and his
> Rizal finished the last chapter of his widowed sister Lucia arrived in Manila.
6. Rizal-Del Pilar rivalry. second novel, El Filibusterismo. > A Portuguese physician, Dr. Lorenzo P.
Marques, who became Rizal’s friend and > He had a brief interview with Despujol.
> Because of the intrigues of his jealous admirer, helped him to build up a wide
compatriots, Rizal retired from the clientele while in Hong Kong. > He visited his friends in Central Luzon
Propaganda movement while in Brussels. the following day (June 27).
> Rizal conceived the establishment of a
> Simultaneous with his retirement from Filipino colony in North Borneo (Sabah). > Rizal founded the La Liga Filipina on
the Propaganda movement, Rizal ceased July 3, 1892 at Ylaya Street, Tondo,
writing articles for La Solidaridad. > He wrote the Constitution of the La Manila. Ambrosio Salvador was elected
Liga Filipina which was printed in Hong president. Motto: Unus Instar Omnium
> He worked for the final revision of the Kong in 1892. (One Like All).
manuscript of El Fili.
>Rizal wrote a letter to governor general > He was placed under arrest and was
> Reasons for moving to Ghent: Eulogio Despujol of his coming to Manila imprisoned in Fort Santiago on July 6,
1. The cost of printing in Ghent was and placed himself under the protection of 1892.
cheaper that in Brussels, and the Spanish government.
2. To escape from the enticing attraction of > Despujol signed the deportation of Rizal
Petite Suzanne. to Dapitan on July 7, 1892.

> He published El Fili through the help of

Valentin Ventura.