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  2. Miguel de Cervantes - Wikipedia

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    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (/ s ɜːr ˈ v æ n t iː z,-t ɪ z / sur-VAN-teez, -⁠tiz; [5] Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) [6] was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.

  3. List of heads of state and government who died in office

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    This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.

  4. Don Quixote - Wikipedia

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    The cave of Medrano [32] (also known as the casa de Medrano) in Argamasilla de Alba, which has been known since the beginning of the 17th century, and according to the tradition of Argamasilla de Alba, was the prison of Miguel de Cervantes and the place where he conceived and began to write his famous work "Don Quixote de la Mancha."

  5. The Dialogue of the Dogs - Wikipedia

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    Cervantes wrote a series of twelve novellas which include "The Deceitful Marriage" and "The Dialogue of the Dogs". He died in Madrid on April 22, 1616. [2] [3] Exemplary Stories. Exemplary Stories (Novelas ejemplares) is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy and written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and ...

  6. Battle of Lepanto - Wikipedia

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    It provided a series of poetic visions of the major characters in the battle, particularly the leader of the Christian forces, Don Juan of Austria, then closed with verses linking Miguel de Cervantes, who also fought in the battle, with the "lean and foolish knight" he would later immortalise in Don Quixote.

  7. Miguel Cervantes (actor) - Wikipedia

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    Cervantes and his family relocated to Chicago in the years following his casting in Hamilton. They have one son, Jackson, and a daughter adopted in 2023. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] An older daughter, Adelaide, suffered from infantile spasms , a severe form of epilepsy associated with developmental delays, and died in October 2019 at the age of 3. [ 14 ]

  8. 1617 in literature - Wikipedia

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    Miguel de Cervantes (died 1616) – Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda; Declaration of Sports (English royal proclamation on sports permitted on Sunday in Lancashire) Robert Fludd – Utriusque Cosmi...Historia, Tomus Primus (The History of the Two Worlds, Volume 1) Michael Maier. Atalanta Fugiens (emblem book, illustrated by Matthias Merian)

  9. Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians - Wikipedia

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    The Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians (Spanish: Convento de las Monjas Trinitarias Descalzas) is a convent located in Madrid, Spain. The writer Miguel de Cervantes was buried at the convent in 1616. His remains were temporarily transferred elsewhere in 1673 during a reconstruction and were lost until forensic scientists discovered them in 2015.