NHCP Photo Collection, 2025
Jose Rizal (1861-1896)
Location:
Jose Rizal Park, Samo Road, Brampton City, Ontario, Canada
Category:
Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date
20 June 2025
Installed By:
National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
JOSE RIZAL
(1861-1896)
A FILIPINO HERO, BORN ON 19 JUNE 1861. DOCTOR, SCIENTIST, WRITER AND EDUCATOR.
AUTHORED WORKS ABOUT THE ILLS OF THE PHILIPPINE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF THE TIME. HE ADVOCATED REFORMS BUT WAS CHARGED WITH REBELLION, SEDITION, AND ILLEGAL ASSOCIATION.
AN ICON OF THE 1896 PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION. HE WAS EXECUTED ON 30 DECEMBER 1896.
HIS MARTYRDOM CONTRIBUTED TO THE BIRTH OF THE FILIPINO NATION.
