Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
SEPTEMBER 18, 1891
El Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed), Jose Rizal’s sequel to Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) was published in Ghent, Belgium. Rizal started writing El Filibusterismo in his hometown in Calamba, Laguna in October of 1887.
While in London, he revised some chapters and finished the book on March 29, 1891. El Filibusterismo was dedicated to the Gomburza priests, Fathers Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora and Mariano Gomez.
Both novels written in Spanish, portrayed the abuses and corruption of the Spanish authorities and sparked the 1896 Philippine Revolution.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
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