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José Rizal

1861–1896 · 19th century

José Rizal was a Filipino physician, writer and reformer, and the national hero of the Philippines. His novels Noli Me Tángere (1887) and El filibusterismo (1891) exposed the abuses of Spanish colonial rule and the friars. Exiled to Mindanao in 1892, he was arrested after the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution, tried for rebellion and executed in Manila on 30 December 1896.

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Captaincy General of the Philippines

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). José Rizal. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-rizal
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