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Sep 29, 1547
Birth in Alcalá de Henares
September 29, 1547 -
Sep 1, 1570
Soldier
Became a soldier in the Spanish Navy Marines -
Sep 29, 1571
Marquesa
Sailed aboard the Marquesa. -
Sep 6, 1575
Sol
Set sail on the galley Sol from Naples to Barcelona. -
Sep 26, 1575
Captured
Cervnates and other crew members were taken captive by Algerian corsairs. -
Sep 24, 1580
Ransomed by his parents.
His parents paid the ransom and he was able to return home. -
Marries Catalina de Salazar y Palacios
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Later Life
During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (1597 and 1602) for irregularities in his accounts. -
La Galatea
Cervantes published his first major work, La Galatea, a pastoral romance -
Mother died
Leonor died on 19 October 1593. -
Don Quijote
The first part of Don Quixote appeared. -
Madrid
Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life. -
Novelas Ejemplares
He had promised the publication of a second part in 1613 in the foreword to the Novelas ejemplares (Exemplary Novels). -
Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda.
The popularity of Don Quixote led to the publication of an unauthorized continuation of it by an unknown writer, who masqueraded under the name of Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda. -
Don Quijote Continued
Cervantes produced his own continuation, or Second Part, of Don Quixote, which made its appearance in 1615. -
Death
Cervantes died in Madrid -
Buried
William Shakespeare also died on April 23, 1616.