A CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF JOSÉ RIZAL
1848, June 28.—Rizal’s parents married in Kalamba, La Laguna: Francisco Rizal-Mercado y Alejandra (born in Biñan, April 18,1818) and Teodora Morales Alonso-Realonda y Quintos (born in Sta. Cruz, Manila, Nov. 14, 1827).
1861, June 19.—Rizal born, their seventh child.
June 22.—Christened as José Protasio Rizal-Mercado y Alonso-Realonda.
1870, Age 9.—In school at Biñan under Master Justiniano Aquin Cruz.
1871, Age 10.—In Kalamba public school under Master Lucas Padua.
1872, June 10. Age 11.—Examined in San Juan de Letran college, Manila, which, during the Spanish time, as part of Sto. Tomás University, controlled entrance to all higher institutions.