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Sep 29, 1547
Birth of Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcala de Nares on September 29, 1547. -
Period: 1548 to 1566
Childhood and youth
The son of the practitioner Rodrigo de Cervantes and Leonor de Cortinas, Miguel de Cervantes had five brothers. His father was always drowned out by debt, so he traveled from Madrid to Valladolid, Córdoba and Seville. The data on the children and youth of Miguel de Cervantes are inconclusive. It cannot be assured that the whole family traveled with Don Rodrigo or that Cervantes studied in those cities. -
1569
First works
His first works appear as a writer, poems in honor of the death of Queen Elizabeth of France -
1571
Beginning of his military career
He began his career as a soldier by enlisting in a company where his brother Rodrigo was located. I participate in the Battle of Lepanto where he was seriously wounded and lost a hand, for this reason he is also known as ''The Manco of Lepanto' -
Period: 1575 to 1580
Incarceration off the Catalan coast
At the root of the attack by the privateer Arnaut Mamí on the Catalan coast he was imprisoned and taken to Algiers as a prisoner, after four escape attempts, he was released thanks to the Trinitarian Fathers. -
Start as a fundraiser
He began collecting taxes in Seville to cover the expenses of spain's friendly fellows and was able to contemplate the hardship and hard fights of the houses of Spain of that date -
He's imprisoned again.
He was charged with seating the money he raised, being imprisoned in the Royal Prison of Seville. Here he begins to write the first part of the Manchego hidalgo -
Change of province
moved to Valladolid, meeting his brother and daughter Isabel -
Part one of his great work
The first part of Don Quixote de la Mancha is represented, got a great impact and finally announced that there would be a second part to finish the adventures of this hidalgo -
Repercussions in other countries
Copies of his novel appeared in neighboring countries such as France and the success of Miguel de Cervantes was entrenched -
Second part of his great work
Finally publishes the second part of Quixote, achieving a great success and a great impact. There was a great diffusion of his works in foreign countries -
Death of cervantes
He falls ill with diabetes and dies on April 22 or 23 at his home on Calle de León, in Madrid -
Latest works
A year after his death, his last work appeared: The Persiles and Sisgimunda
