August 6, 1896 – Rizal’s travel was postponed because the cruiser left earlier than they expected.

August 6 – September 2, 1896 - Rizal was kept under arrest aboard the cruiser “Castilla”, in Cañacao,
Cavite.

August 12, 1896 – Rizal sent a letter to Narcisa, asking her to let Josephine Bracken send him clothes and
fruits for the officers who treated him well. He also thanked his sister for letting Josephine Bracken stay
at her house.

September 2, 1896 - Rizal boarded a cruiser named “Isla de Panay”. He then wrote a letter to his mother
informing her that he will be departing to Cuba ,and he is in good condition aboard the ship.

September 3, 1896 – The Isla de Panay begun its journey from Manila to Spain.

September 4, 1896 - Rizal was informed of the rumors that he was the cause of the disturbances in
Manila. A young student, a native of Aragon, informed him that around 600 Filipinos were already
ordered shot by the Spanish authorities.

September 28, 1896 – A passenger told Rizal that he would be arrested by the order of Governor
General Blanco and would be sent to prison in Morocco. He then wrote a letter to his friend, Prof.
Blumentritt, disclosing the contents of the letters of recommendation issued to him by Governor Blanco.

September 29, 1896 - Rizal was the object of malicious talk on this day. Some passengers were inventing
fantastic stories against him. He was informed that San Roque, a district of Cavite City, was being
bombarded.

30 September 1896 - Rizal received an order from Capt. A. Alemany, to the effect that after taking
dinner, Rizal should stay inside the cabin until another order is received. He asked the captain for the
reason and the Captain answered that it was due to some rumors that Rizal would remain in Malta.

October 3, 1896 - After exactly 30 days of travel, the Isla de Panay arrived at Barcelona. The passengers
were placed under quarantine for three days.

6 October 1896 - At three o’clock in the morning a sergeant woke Rizal up in his cabin, ordering him to
prepare his baggage. At four o’clock, Rizal was whisked away from the boat by one military man and
another in civilian clothes. Rizal arrived at the grim and infamous prison-fortress called “Montjuich” at
exactly five o’clock, after one-hour walk under heavy guard. At about two o’clock in the afternoon, after
staying in Montjuich for about 8 hours, Rizal was notified by the same officer called Tudela to get his
baggage ready in order to board the boat S.S. Colon. Rizal had to do everything in a jiffy under the
threats and shouts of the captain. The boat packed with soldiers, departed at eight o’clock in the
evening back to Manila.

November 3, 1896 – Rizal arrived in Manila and was taken into custody in Fort Santiago.

November 20, 1896 – The preliminary investigation on Rizal began. During the five-day investigation,
Rizal was informed of the charges against him before Judge Advocate Colonel Francisco Olive. Rizal
chose Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade. (brother of his personal body guard named Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade
in Calamba in 1887). Don Nicolas de la Peña, the Judge Advocate General, recommends the following for
Rizal’s case:
  Rizal must be immediately sent to trial
 He must be held in prison under necessary security
 His properties must be issued with order of attachment, and as indemnity, Rizal had to pay one
million pesos
 Instead of a civilian lawyer, only an army officer is allowed to defend Rizal.

December 11, 1896 - in the presence of his Spanish counsel, charges against Rizal were read. When
asked regarding his sentiments or reaction on the charges, Rizal replied that:

 He does not question the jurisdiction of the court

December 14, 1896 - Rizal's case was endorsed to Blanco's successor, Governor Camilo de Polavieja,
who had the authority to command that the case be court-martialed.

December 15, 1896 - inside his cell at Fort Santiago, Rizal wrote the controversial Manifesto addressed
to his countrymen – a letter denouncing bloody struggle, and promoting education and industry as the
best means to acquire independence. Judge Advocate General Nicolas de la Peña requested to Gov.
Polavieja that the publication of the manifesto be prohibited, and so, the governor did.

December 25, 1896 - he wrote a letter to Lt. Taviel de Andrade requesting the latter to visit him before
his trial for there was a very important matter they need to discuss. Likewise, Rizal greeted the
lieutenant a joyous Christmas.

December 26, 1896 - about 8 o'clock in the morning at Cuartel de España, a military building, with a
court composed of seven military officers headed by Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona. Present at the
courtroom were Jose Rizal, the six other officers in uniform (Capt. Ricardo Muñoz Arias, Capt. Manuel
Reguera, Capt. Santiago Izquierdo Osorio, Capt. Braulio Rodriguez Nuñez, Capt. Manuel Diaz Escribano,
and Capt. Fernando Perez Rodriguez), Lt. Taviel de Andrade, Judge Advocate Capt. Rafael Dominguez, Lt.
Enrique de Alcocer (prosecuting attorney) and a number of spectators, including Josephine Bracken.

The court-martial of Rizal commenced. The hearing is a planned trial, wherein the verdict has already
been prejudged even before Rizal heard it himself. Unlike other accused, Rizal had not been allowed to
know the people who witnessed against him.

After Judge Advocate Dominguez opened the trial, it was followed by Atty. Alcocer's reiteration of the
charges against Rizal, urging the court that the latter be punished with death. Accordingly, the three
crimes accused to him were rebellion, sedition and illegal association – the penalty for the first two
being life imprisonment to death, while the last, correctional imprisonment and a charge of 325 to 3,250
pesetas.

Lt. Taviel de Andrade, on the other hand, later took the floor to defend Rizal. Rizal also read his own
defense which he wrote in his cell in Fort Santiago. According to Rizal, there are twelve points to prove
his innocence:
 1. as testified by Pio Valenzuela, Rizal was against rebellion
2. he had not written a letter addressed to the Katipunan comprising revolutionary elements
3. without his knowledge, his name was used by the Katipunan; if he really was guilty, he could
have escaped while he was in Singapore
4. if he was guilty, he should have left the country while in exile; he shouldn't have built a home,
bought a parcel of land or established a hospital in Dapitan.
5. if he was really the leader of the revolution, the revolutionists should have consulted him.
6. he did not deny that he wrote the by-laws of the La Liga Filipina, but to make things clear, the
organization was a civic association, not a revolutionary society.
7. after the first meeting of La Liga, the association banished because of his exile in Dapitan, thus,
did not last long.
8. if the La Liga was reorganized nine months later, he had no idea about it
9. if the La Liga had a revolutionary purpose, then Katipunan should not have been organized.
10. if the Spanish authorities found his letters having bitter atmosphere, it was because in 1890 his
family was being persecuted resulting to their dispossession of properties and deportation of all
his brothers-in-law.
11. he lived an exemplary life in Dapitan – the politico-military commanders and missionary priests
in the province could attest to that.
12. if according to witnesses the speech he delivered at Doroteo Ongjunco's house had inspired the
revolution, then he want to confront these persons. If he really was for the revolution, then why
did the Katipunan sent an unfamiliar emissary to him in Dapitan? It is so because all his friends
were aware that he never advocated violence.

the military court remained indifferent to the pleads of Rizal. After a short deliberation, he was
sentenced to be shot in musketry until death at 7 o'clock in the morning of December 30, 1896 at
Bagumbayan.

December 28, 1896 - the governor general signed the court's decision and ordered Rizal's execution.
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