Jos Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, popularly known as Jos Rizal
June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896), was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after an anti-colonial re.
An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
Jos Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, popularly known as Jos Rizal
June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896), was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines