Jose Rizal (1861-1896)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

Location: Sariaya Public Plaza, Gov. Sariaya, Quezon

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 9 October, 2025

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861-1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA, ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY-AKDA NG NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA PILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, HILAGANG MINDANAO, 6 HULYO, 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896, NGUNIT MULING DINAKIP PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG NA REBELYON. BINARIL SA BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO’Y LIWASANG RIZAL), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG PILIPINO SA PILIPINAS.

PINASINAYAAN ANG NEOKLASIKONG MONUMENTO NA LIKHA NI EUSEBIO CORTEZ SA LIWASANG DISENYO NI JUAN ARELLANO, 30 DISYEMBRE 1924.

Jose Rizal (1861-1896)

Photo taken from the Philippine Embassy in Germany website

© Eugene Alvin Villar/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 1.0

Location: Jägerstrasse 71, Berlin, Germany

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2003

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

JOSÉ RIZAL 1861–1896

NATIONALHELD DER PHILIPPINEN. WAR ARZT UND DICHTER. ALS REFORMER UND KRITIKER DER KILONIALREGIERUNG SPANIEN STAND RIZAL FUR DEN GEWALTLOSEN WIDERSTAND UND VOLLENDETTE IN DIESEM HAUS SEINEN STARK AUTOBIOGRAPHISCH GEPRAG TEN ROMAN. NOLI ME TANGERE.

Dr. Jose Rizal (1861-1896)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1998

Marker unveiled: 21 June 2025

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

DR. JOSE RIZAL

(1861-1896)

THE NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES VISITED THIS MAGNIFICENT FALLS AND PAUSED BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS ON MAY 12, 1888.

Jose Rizal (1861-1896)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2025

Location: 55 Waterford Green Common, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 19 June 2025

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861-1896)

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HERO, BORN ON 19 JUNE 1861. PHYSICIAN, POET, WRITER EDUCATOR, LINGUIST, INVENTOR.

AUTHORED NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891) WHICH BARED COLONIAL OPRESSION OF THE FILIPINOS. HE ADVOCATED NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BUT WAS CHARGED WITH INCITING DISSENT.

THE LIVING SOUL OF THE 1896, PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION HE WAS EXECUTED ON 30 DECEMBER 1896.

HIS MARTYRDOM INSPIRED A SENSE OF NATIONHOOD THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN 1898.

Jose Rizal (1861-1896) (Tuguegarao City, Cagayan)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Cagayan Public Information Office, Francis Jorque

Cagayan Public Information Office, Francis Jorque

Location: Rizal Monument, Rizal Park, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 19 June 2023

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL 

(1861–1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA, ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY-AKDA NG NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA FILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, HILAGANG MINDANAO, 6 HULYO, 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896, NGUNIT MULING DINAKIP HABANG PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG NA REBELYON. BINARIL SA BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO’Y LIWASANG RIZAL), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAN AT PAGKABANSANG FILIPINO.

Jose Rizal (1861-1896)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Earl Bales Park, Toronto, Canada

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 22 June 2022

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861-1896)

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HERO, BORN ON 19 JUNE 1861, PHYSICIAN, POET, WRITER, EDUCATOR, LINGUIST, INVENTOR.

AUTHORED NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891) WHICH BARED COLONIAL OPRESSION OF THE FILIPINOS. HE ADVOCATED NON-VIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BUT WAS CHARGED WITH INCITING DISSENT.

THE LIVING SOUL OF 1896 PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION, HE WAS EXECUTED ON 30 DECEMBER 1896.

HIS MARTYRDOM INSPIRED A SENSE OF NATIONHOOD THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN 1898.

Jose Rizal (1861-1896)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Airdrie City, Alberta, Canada

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 19 June 2022

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861-1896)

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HERO, BORN ON 19 JUNE 1861, PHYSICIAN, POET, WRITER, EDUCATOR, LINGUIST, INVENTOR.

AUTHORED NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891) WHICH BARED COLONIAL OPRESSION OF THE FILIPINOS. HE ADVOCATED NON-VIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BUT WAS CHARGED WITH INCITING DISSENT.

THE LIVING SOUL OF 1896 PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION, HE WAS EXECUTED ON 30 DECEMBER 1896.

HIS MARTYRDOM INSPIRED A SENSE OF NATIONHOOD THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN 1898.

Jose Rizal (Tuy, Batangas)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

Location: Tuy Municipal Plaza, Tuy, Batangas

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 28 December 2021

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861–1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA, ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY-AKDA NG NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA FILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, MINDANAO, 6 HULYO 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896, NGUNI’T MULING DINAKIP HABANG PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG REBELYON. BINARIL SA BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO’Y RIZAL PARK), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAN AT PAGKABANSANG FILIPINO.

Concordia College

© Roel Balingit/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 4.0

Location: Paco, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 14 September 1998

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

CONCORDIA COLLEGE

SA KOLEHIYONG ITO, ITINATAG NI DONYA MARGARITA DE AYALA NOONG 1868 AT PINANGASIWAAN NG DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY, NAG-ARAL ANG TATLONG BUTIHING KAPATID NG PAMBANSANG BAYANING SI DR. JOSE RIZAL NA SINA SATURNINA, SOLEDAD AT OLYMPIA. DITO NAKILALA NI RIZAL ANG KANYANG UNANG PAG-IBIG SA KATAUHAN NI SEGUNADA KATIGBAK, GAYUNDIN SI LEONOR RIVERA NA PINAG-UKULAN NIYA NG TUNAY NA PAGMAMAHAL AT BINIGYANG-BUHAY SA KANYANG WALANG KAMATAYANG NOBELANG NOLI ME TANGERE.

Jose P. Rizal

Location: Freedom Park, Daet, Camarines Norte

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Monument

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 19 June 1991

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

JOSE P. RIZAL

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS AT DANGAL NG LAHING KAYUMANGGI. BILANG PAGDAKILA SA KANYANG KABAYANIHAN, ANG BANTAYOG NA ITO AY INIAALAY NG PAMAHALAANG PANLALAWIGAN NG CAMARINES NORTE. ITO ANG PINAKAMALAKING BANTAYOG SA LABAS NG KALAKHANG MAYNILA.

Si Rizal sa Binyang

Location: Biñan, Laguna

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1960

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

SI RIZAL SA BINYANG

POOK NA KINATAYUAN NG BAHAY NG MAESTRONG SI JUSTINIANO AQUINO CRUZ NA SIYANG GURO NI JOSE RIZAL BUHAT NOONG HUNYO 1870 HANGGANG IKA-17 NG DISYEMBRE 1871.

Rizal in Biñan

Location: Gen. M. Capinpin Street, Biñan, Laguna

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1948

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

RIZAL IN BIÑAN

IN THIS TOWN OF BIÑAN IN 1871, DR. JOSE RIZAL RECEIVED HIS FIRST FORMAL SCHOOLING UNDER MAESTRO JUSTINIANO CRUZ, WHO LATER ADVISED HIM TO STUDY IN A HIGHER SCHOOL IN MANILA.

Jose Rizal (1861–1896)

Location: Taytay Elementary School, L. Wood Street, Brgy. Dolores, Taytay, Rizal

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2011

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL (1861–1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA, ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY-AKDA NG NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA FILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, HILAGANG MINDANAO, 6 HULYO 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896, NGUNI’T MULING DINAKIP HABANG PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG REBELYON. BINARIL SA BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO’Y LIWASANG RIZAL), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG FILIPINO.

Jose Rizal (1861–1896)

Location: Bangan Hill National Park, Brgy. Casat, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: June 18, 2011

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861–1896)

PAMBANSANG BAYANI NG PILIPINAS. DOKTOR, AGRIMENSOR, DALUBWIKA, MANUNULAT, MAKATA, ESKULTOR AT PINTOR. ISINILANG SA CALAMBA, LAGUNA, 19 HUNYO 1861. MAY-AKDA NG NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AT EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891), MGA NOBELANG HIGIT PANG NAGPAALAB SA MGA FILIPINO NA MAGHIMAGSIK LABAN SA ESPANYA. DINAKIP AT IPINATAPON SA DAPITAN, HILAGANG MINDANAO, 6 HULYO 1892. NAGBOLUNTARYO BILANG MANGGAGAMOT NG PUWERSANG ESPANYOL SA CUBA, 1896, NGUNI’T MULING DINAKIP HABANG PATUNGONG ESPANYA SA BINTANG REBELYON. BINARIL SA BAGUMBAYAN (NGAYO’Y LIWASANG RIZAL), MAYNILA, 30 DISYEMBRE 1896. PATULOY NA INSPIRASYON PARA SA KALAYAAN AT PAGKABANSANG FILIPINO.

Jose Rizal sa Dumaguete

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Quezon Park, Gov. Perdices Street, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: February 7, 2012

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL SA DUMAGUETE

NAGWAKAS ANG PAGKAKATAPON NI RIZAL SA DAPITAN, MINDANAO NANG PAHINTULUTANG MANILBIHAN BILANG SIRUHANO SA HUKBONG ESPANYOL SA CUBA. NILISAN ANG DAPITAN PATUNGONG MAYNILA, KASAMA SINA JOSEPHINE BRACKEN, AT KAPATID NA SI NARCISA, AT IBA PA, LULAN NG BARKONG ESPAÑA, HATINGGABI NG 31 HULYO 1896. PANSAMANTALANG TUMIGIL SA DUMAGUETE ANG BARKO, BUKANG-LIWAYWAY, 1 AGOSTO. DITO NAKIPAGKITA SI RIZAL KINA GOBERNADOR EMILIO REGAL, PUNONG LALAWIGAN NG NEGROS ORIENTAL, AT FAUSTINO HERRERO REGIDOR, DATING KAMAG-ARAL. KINAHAPUNAN, INOPERA SA MATA ANG KAPITAN NG KONSTABULARYA NG LALAWIGAN. NILISAN ANG DUMAGUETE MULING SAKAY NG ESPAÑA, IKA-10 NG GABI NG ARAW RING IYON.

Jose Rizal (1861–1896)

Location: 801 E. Carson Street, Carson, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: September 29, 2012

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861–1896)

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HERO. BORN ON 19 JUNE 1861. DOCTOR, POET, WRITER, EDUCATOR, LINGUIST, INVENTOR.

AUTHORED NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891) WHICH BARED COLONIAL OPPRESSION OF THE FILIPINOS. HE ADVOCATED NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BUT WAS CHARGED WITH INCITING DISSENT.

THE LIVING SOUL OF THE 1896 PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION, HE WAS EXECUTED ON 30 DECEMBER 1896.

HIS MARTYRDOM INSPIRED A SENSE OF NATIONHOOD THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN 1898.

INSTALLED IN COMMEMORATION OF JOSE RIZAL’S 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY.

Jose Rizal 1861–1896

Location: 42 Rue Philippe de Champagne, Midi-Lemonnier Quarter, City of Brussels, Belgium

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2007

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL 1861–1896

HEROS NATIONAL DES PHILIPPINES

HABITAIT DAN CETTE MAISON LORSQU’IL ECRIVIT SON ROMAN ‘EL FILIBUSTERISMO’ EN 1890–1891

Dr. Jose Rizal (1861–1896)

Location: Rizal Community Center, 1332 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1993

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

DR. JOSE RIZAL

(1861–1896)

NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES ARRIVED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON MAY 11, 1888 AT 8:14 A.M. HE VISITED PLACES OF INTEREST AND LEFT THE CITY AT 8:25 P.M.

Jose Protacio Rizal (1861–1896)

Location: Christopher Columbus Drive cor. Brunswick Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States of America

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: October 24, 2000

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL

(1861–1896)

THE NATIONAL HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PRIDE OF THE MALAY RACE. HE WAS A PHYSICIAN, POET, LINGUIST AND POLYGLOT, SCULPTOR AND POLITICAL ESSAYIST. AUTHOR OF THE TWO FAMOUS NOVELS, NOLI ME TANGERE (THE SOCIAL CANCER), 1887, AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO (THE REIGN OF GREED), 1891, WHICH DRAMATIZED THE COLONIAL OPPRESSION OF THE FILIPINOS DURING THE SPANISH REGIME. ARRESTED ON JULY 6, 1892 FOR ORGANIZING LA LIGA FILIPINA, AN ASSOCIATION SEEKING TO DEFEND FILIPINO RIGHTS. DEPORTED ON JULY 15, 1892 TO DAPITAN, ZAMBOANGA IN MINDANAO. VOLUNTEERED AS A MILITARY DOCTOR FOR THE SPANISH FORCES FIGHTING IN CUBA. ENROUTE TO SPAIN, RIZAL WAS AGAIN ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BACK TO MANILA WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH INSPIRING THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION. EXECUTED BY MUSKETRY AND DIED AS A MARTYR ON DECEMBER 30, 1896 IN BAGUMBAYAN (NOW RIZAL PARK), MANILA.

THIS HISTORICAL MARKER IS INSTALLED BY THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN NEW JERSEY IN HONOR OF DR. JOSE RIZAL. UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ON 24 OCTOBER 2000.

Jose Rizal (1861–1896)

Location: Rizal Park, Anthony Drive, Rosemeadow, Menangle, City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: October 26, 2012

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

JOSE RIZAL

(1861–1896)

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HERO. BORN ON 19 JUNE 1861. DOCTOR, POET, WRITER, EDUCATOR, LINGUIST, INVENTOR.

AUTHORED NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE (1887) AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO (1891) WHICH BARED COLONIAL OPPRESSION OF THE FILIPINOS. HE ADVOCATED NONVIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM BUT WAS CHARGED WITH INCITING DISSENT.

THE LIVING SOUL OF THE 1896 PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION, HE WAS EXECUTED ON 30 DECEMBER 1896.

HIS MARTYRDOM INSPIRED A SENSE OF NATIONHOOD THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN 1898.