José Rizal
Doctor and novelist whose Noli Me Tángere exposed Spanish colonial rule; he was executed in Manila in 1896.
| Lived | 1861 – 1896 |
| Known as | Filipino national hero |
| Birthplace or main place | Calamba |
| Places on the map | Manila |
CalambaSee the world of José Rizal in the interactive map
Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1880) |
|---|---|---|
| Calamba | Philippines | same |
| Manila | Philippines | same |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1819 – 1901 | Queen Victoria | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| 1828 – 1910 | Leo Tolstoy | Writer |
| 1835 – 1908 | Empress Dowager Cixi | De facto ruler of Qing China |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1852 – 1912 | Emperor Meiji | Emperor of Japan |
| 1853 – 1910 | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | King of Siam |
| 1856 – 1939 | Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalysis |
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
| 1853 – 1895 | José Martí | Cuban poet and independence leader |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.