Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes was born

Sep 29, 1547

I'm happy for him because he was born.

Miguel de Cervantes

Period: Sep 29, 1547 to Apr 23, 1616

He was a novelist, poet, playwrite and soilder

Cervantes moved to Rome

Mar 13, 1569

In Rome, he served as a soldier in the Spanish Navy Infantry Division.

Cervantes enlisted as a navy soldier

Mar 14, 1570

He was actually a part of the elite navy division.

After getting suffering from a massive gun wound, Cervantes continued his soldier life

Mar 27, 1572

From that gun wound, he was in the hospital for 6 months.

Cervantes was captured by Algerian pirates

Mar 16, 1575

He was held ransome there for 5 years.

Ater getting captured by pirates a couple months ago, Cervantes left the army to do better things

Mar 27, 1575

After that he moved to Madrid.

Cervantes published La Galatea

Mar 14, 1585

He is a very good novelist. Galatea was a statue of Aphrodite, the Greek godess of love.

Don Quixote part 1 was published

Mar 13, 1605

Don Quixote is a about a guy that reads knight stories and stuff like that. Then he becomes crazy and thinks that he is a knight named Don Quixote.

Cervantes settled in Madrid where he worked until his death

Mar 14, 1607

Madrid is a nice place

Don Quixote Part 1 was published in English

Mar 13, 1612

This was written in Spanish and then it was translated to English by Thomas Shelton.

Cervantes published a collection of tales

Mar 14, 1613

Cervantes was a very good novelist

Don Quixote part 2 was published

Mar 14, 1615

That book is probably a long book

Cervantes dies

Apr 23, 1616

I hate it when a good person dies