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Miguel was born in Alcalá de henares near Madrid, Spain. Fun fact: This is just the assumed birthdate. No birth records were ever found of a birth.
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MIguel attended the Jesuit school Saint Catherine. Where at age six, got his first instruction.
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Cervantes makes poetic debut with his sonnett, "Serenisima reina en quien se halla"
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Cervantes is in Rome. He is a valet to Monsignor Acquaviva for a year or so.
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Cervantes enlists in the navy in Rome.
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After nearly two years in the service, Cervantes suffers a major gun- inflicted wound, was hospitalized for six months, but still remained in service.
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Cervantes was captured by Algerian pirates and held randsome there for five years.
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Got out of army and moves to Madrid hoping to find something better than being in the army.
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He wrote Don Quijote to make fun of chivalric novels.
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A year after Don Quijote part II was published, Miguel de Cervantes dies.
