Miguel de Cervantes

Birth

Sep 29, 1547

Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, Spain as Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra to Rodrigo de Cervantes and Leonor de Cortinas as their second son and fourth child of seven.

Poetic Debut

Oct 10, 1566

Cervantes made his debut with a sonnet titled "Serenisima reina en quien se halla" for the birth of Princess Catalina Micaela, the second daughter of Philip II and Elizabeth of Valois.

Studies

Jan 12, 1568

Cervantes studies with Juan López de Hoyos. López de Hoyos makes Cervantes write four poems to be included in the Relación oficial de las exequias about the death of Elizabeth of Valois.

Move

Sep 1, 1569

Miguel moved to Rome as a valet because back home there was an order to arrest a student named Miguel de Cervantes for dueling and wounding the master builder Antonio de Sigura.
Until another Miguel de Cervantes is found Cervantes will be blamed for this event.

Army

Period: Mar 14, 1570 to Mar 14, 1580

Miguel de Cervantes joined the army and was part of it for ten years although five of them he was captured and held by Algerian pirates.

Army

Mar 27, 1571

Cervantes joins the army in 1570 and gets malaria but continues to fight from the ship in 1571. He gets shot three times. Twice in the chest and once in the arm causing his left hand to become useless.

Capture

Period: Mar 14, 1575 to Mar 14, 1580

After four attempts of escape Cervantes was finally let free after five years.

Captured

Mar 16, 1575

Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Algerian pirates.

Marriage

Dec 12, 1584

Miguel de Cervantes gets married to Ana Franca de Rojas who will eventually give him his daughter Isabel de Saavedra.

Work

Mar 5, 1585

Miguel de Cervantes signed a contract with Gaspar de Porres to work on two lost plays. "El trato de Constantinopla" and "El confusa".

Don Quixote

Mar 13, 1605

Don Quixote part I was published.

Don Quixote

Mar 13, 1612

Don Quixote part I was published in English.

Don Quixote

Mar 14, 1615

Don Quixote part II was published.

Death

Apr 22, 1616

Miguel de Cervantes died.

Don Quixote

Mar 14, 1620

Don Quixote part II was published in English.