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20 August 1883
Rizal was back in Madrid from his summer vacation in Paris.
6 September 1883
He changed his residence from Barquillo St. N0. 34, 4 to San
Miguel no. 7, 1 Centro.
28 September 1883
He enrolled at the central Universidad de Madrid for the
second course in medicine.
October 1883
He came to know of the imprisonment, by order of Sr. Vicente
Barrantes, of the 14 rich innocent persons in Manila. The Prisoners
who knew nothing is the cause of their detention and who became sick
later, were kept in a humid prison cell. Rizal was indignant of his
inhuman act.
16 October 1883
He learned from Mariano Katigbak about the 400 cholera
victims in Lipa and 3 of beri-beri.
28 October 1883
He had a new address. He live with Eduardo Lete and the two
Llorente brothers, Julio and Abdon, in Bano 15 Pral.
21 November 1883
Rizal informed his family of his plan to graduate in medicine
at the end of the course in June.
27 November 1883
His sister Maria that Soledad was married on November 4, 1883
informed Rizal in a letter. Narcisa also informed him that the
causes of the delay of sending him a letters were the cholera, the
typhoon, and the death of the parish priest, events, which occurred
in succession.
31 December 1883
In the evening Rizal delivered a speech in a banquet held at
the Café de Madrid. Many Filipinos were gathered in the restaurant
to bid goodbye to the year 1884.
2 January 1884
Rizal proposed to the member of the Circulo assembled in the
house of the Pateros, the publication of a book by association. This
idea became the embryo of this first novel Noli Me Tangere .
3 January 1884
Early in the morning, Rizal went to the University of San
Carlos only to find out that there was no class. He immediately went
to the Café de Madrid to meet members of the Circulo who were
gathered again to discuss the proposed book.
4 January 1884
Rizal received letter from his Uncle Antonio Rivera. They
were, according to him, full of good and interesting news.
5 January 1884
Rizal and the Filipino student were reunited again in the
house of Pateros to reorganized the association. Since no action was
taken on that day, it was agreed to gather again the next Sunday.
6 January 1884
Rizal meet Valentine Ventura. They took their supper in the
English restaurant in Madrid.
7 January 1884
Rizal’s professor in Greek slashed at the students accusing
them insubordination. The students of the San Carlos University were
on strike, thus preventing him to attend the strike.
8 January 1884
Rizal finished two drawings. He met Ruiz who proposed him
that if there be someone who would pay the expenses of the Circulo,
Rizal would be made president.
9 January 1884
He did a single centavo on He attended. |
