Dec. 3.--Charged with treason, sedition and forming illegal societies, the prosecution arguing that he was responsible for the deeds of those who read his writings. Dec. 12.--Wrote poem "My Last Farewell" and concealed it in an alcohol cooking lamp, after appearing in a courtroom where the judges made no effort to check those who cried out for his death. Dec. 15.--Wrote an address to insurgent Filipinos to lay down their arms because their insurrection was at that time hopeless. Address not made public but added to the charges against him. Dec. 26.--Formally condemned to death by Spanish court martial. Pi y Margall, who had been president of the Spanish Republic, pleaded with the Prime Minister for Rizal's life, but the Queen Regent could not forgive his having referred in one of his writings to the murder by, and suicide of, her relative, Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria. Dec. 30.--Married in Fort Santiago death cell to Josephine Bracken, Irish, the adopted daughter of a blind American who came to Dapitan for treatment. Age 35 years, 6 months, 11 days. Shot on the Luneta, Manila, at 7:30 a. m., and buried in a secret grave in Paco Cemetery. (Entry of death made on back flyleaf of Paco Church Register, among suicides.) 1897, Jan.--Commemorated by Spanish Freemasons who dedicated a tablet to his memory, in their Grand Lodge hall in Madrid, as a martyr to Liberty. 1898, Aug.--Grave sought, immediately after the American capture of Manila, by Filipinos who placed over it, in Paco cemetery, a cross inscribed simply "December 30, 1896." Since his death his name had never been spoken by his countrymen, but all references had been to "The Dead" (El Difunto). Dec. 30.--Memorial services held by Filipinos, and American soldiers on duty carried their arms reversed. 1911, June 19.--Birth semi-centennial observed in all public schools by act of Philippine Legislature. 1912, Dec. 30.--Ashes transferred to the Rizal Mausoleum on the Luneta with impressive public ceremonies. REFERENCES A READING LIST RIZAL, JOSÉ.--The Monkey and the Tortoise. A Tagalog tale told in English and illustrated by Rizal. Manila, 1912. --Elias and Salome. An unpublished chapter from the original Noli Me Tangere manuscript. --The Whole Truth. (La Verdad para Todos.) A defense of the Filipinos. --By Telephone (Por Teléfono). A satire. --The Philippines A Century Hence (Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años). A forecast of the future. --The Indolence of the Filipino (La Indolencia de los Filipinos). An answer to criticism. --My Last Thought and other Poems. Translations by Charles Derbyshire and A. P. Fergusson. --Mariang Makiling. A folk tale. (These titles are in the Noli Me Tangere Quarter-Centennial Series, edited by Austin Craig. Translations are by Charles Derbyshire.) Manila, 1912. --An Eagle Flight: A Filipino Novel. Adapted from Noli Me Tangere, with a short sketch of Rizal's life. Anonymous translator. New York, 1900.