beginning with the execution of Gomburza in 1872, to the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896, to the declaration of independence in 1898 and the establishment of the short-lived Malolos ...

He dedicated the "Fili" to the Gomburza martyrs ... received holy communion before marrying Josephine Bracken before his execution. From his exile in Dapitan in 1892, Rizal's correspondence ...