José Rizal

José Rizal (full name: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda) (Calamba, the nineteenth June the 1861st - Manila, 30 december the 1,896th) is the national hero of the Philippines and was a writer, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines At the end of the Spanish colonial era and the eventual independence. The militaryTRIAL and execution of Rizal in 1896 (he was executed) made ​​him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution. His death is still commemorated by the Philippine National Day Rizal Day.

Rizal was a prolific writer. He wrote poems, essays, diaries, letters and novels. His two most famous works are the novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. [1] This work, which comment was made ​​on the Filipino society, were the core of the literature that inspired dissent among peaceful reformists and spurred the militancy under armed revolutionaries.

Rizal was the founder of La Liga Filipina, an organization which resulted in the revolutionary movement Katipunan led by Bonifacio and Aguinaldo originated. [2] Rizal advocated peaceful institutional reform rather than violent revolution. However, the general consensus is that has worked its martyrs death as a catalyst for the Philippine Revolution.