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THE LAST DAYS OF JOS RIZAL: A Timeline of His Arrival, Last Arrest,
Incarceration, Execution
DATE
6 October, 1896
3 November, 1896
20 November, 1896
26 November, 1896
8 December, 1896
11 December, 1896
EVENT
3:00 AM - On his 4th day of being held in his cabin at the MV Isla de
Panay docked at Barcelona, Spain on his way to Cuba, Rizal was
awakened to be brought to Montjuich Prison in Barcelona, Spain.
2:00 PM - Interview with General Eulogio Despujol
8:00 PM - Aboard the Colon, Rizal left Barcelona for Manila.
Rizal was brought to Fort Santiago, where other patriots, including his
brother Paciano, were being tortured to implicate him. Paciano
refused to sign anything despite being his body broken and his left
hand crushed.
Preliminary investigation began with Rizal appearing before Judge
Advocate Colonel Francisco Olive. The investigation lasted five days.
The records of the case were handed over to Governor General
Ramon Blanco who then appointed Captain Rafael Dominguez as
special Judge Advocate.
From a list submitted to him by the authorities, he chose the brother
of his friend, Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade to become his trial lawyer. He
was only made to choose among army officers and not a civilian
lawyer.
In his prison cell, Rizal was read the charges against him: principal
organizer and the living soul of the Filipino insurrection, the founder of
societies, periodicals and books dedicated to fomenting and
propagating the ideas of rebellion.
13 December, 1896
15 December, 1896
25 December, 1896
26 December, 1896
29 December, 1896
29 December, 1896
30 December
not facing the firing squad. As he was hit, he resists and turns himself
to face his executors. He falls down, and dies facing the sky.