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September 29, 1547
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Became a soldier in the Spanish Navy Marines
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Sailed aboard the Marquesa.
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Set sail on the galley Sol from Naples to Barcelona.
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Cervnates and other crew members were taken captive by Algerian corsairs.
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His parents paid the ransom and he was able to return home.
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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.
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Cervantes published his first major work, La Galatea, a pastoral romance
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Leonor died on 19 October 1593.
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The first part of Don Quixote appeared.
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Cervantes settled in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life.
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He had promised the publication of a second part in 1613 in the foreword to the Novelas ejemplares (Exemplary Novels).
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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.
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Cervantes produced his own continuation, or Second Part, of Don Quixote, which made its appearance in 1615.
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Cervantes died in Madrid
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William Shakespeare also died on April 23, 1616.