Rizal, under a new governor, who apparently…

Rizal, under a new governor, who apparently had been sponsored as a hard-line candidate by the religious orders, is brought before a military court on fabricated charges of involvement with the Katipunan.

The events of 1872 repeat themselves.

A brief trial is held on December 26 and—with little chance to defend himself—Rizal is found guilty and sentenced to death.

On December 30, 1896, he is brought out to the Luneta and executed by a firing squad.