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1547, Sep 291569-16161616, Apr 22
a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. His major work, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes ("the language of Cervantes"). He has also been dubbed El príncipe de los ingenios ("The Prince of Wits").
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09/29/1547-Miguel de Cervantes is born
10/09/1547-Miguel de Cervantes is baptized
 Mentions (5)
Alonso Fernandez de Avellaneda
the pseudonym of a man who wrote a sequel to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. The identity of Fernández de Avellaneda has been...
John Bowle
...primarily for his ground-breaking, annotated edition of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Bowle was an erudite scholar,...
Jose Francisco de Isla
...preacher and a humorist and satirist of the stamp of Miguel de Cervantes. Premature, bright and highly gifted intellectually,...
Felix Lope de Vega
...world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Miguel de Cervantes, while the sheer volume of his literary output...
James Mabbe
...from Spanish, in particular of some of the work of Miguel de Cervantes. He made a translation, in 1622, of the Picaresque...
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Miguel de Cervantes1547, Sep 291569
 
16161616, Apr 22
Juan Perez de Zurita15161536
 
15791595 ca
 a Spanish Conquistador. In 1536 he began his military career. In 1548 he was in Granada and in 15...
Alonso de Contrerasunknown1580
 
 
1580unknown
 a Spanish sailor (captain of a frigate), soldier (captain of infantry and then of cavalry), priva...
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo1507, Oct 291524
 
15821582, Dec 11
 a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes, 4th Marquis...
Sir Philip Sidney1554, Nov 301572
 
 
15861586, Oct 17
 an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent f...
Robert Dudley [1]1532/33, Jun 241558
 
15881588, Sep 4
 an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I's, from her first year on t...
Catalina de Erausounknown1590
 
 
15901830
 a one-time nun who subsequently travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male ide...
Christopher Carleill1551 ca1573
 
 
15931593
 an English military and naval commander. In 1588, he was appointed constable of Carrickfergus, Co...
Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba [2]unknown1510
 
1601517
 a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in t...
Thomas Smith [1]unknown1600
 
1627unknown
 an English soldier. Smith as he styles himself on the title-page of the first edition (4to, 1600)...
Albrecht von Wallenstein1583, Sep 241604
 
16341634, Feb 25
 a Bohemian military leader and politician who offered his services, and an army of 30,000 to 100,...
Franz von Mercy1595 ca1606
 
16451645, Aug 3
 a German general in the Thirty Years' War. From 1606 to 1630 he was engaged in the imperial servi...
John Meldrumunknown1609
 
16451645
 a soldier of Scottish origin who spent 36 years in the service of the Stuart kings of Scotland an...
Sultan Agung of Mataram15931613
 
16451645
 A skilled soldier, he conquered neighbouring states and expanded and consolidated his kingdom to ...
Myles Standish1584 ca1603
 
16561656, Oct 3
 an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military adviser for Plymouth Colony. He acc...
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