John Napier vs Miguel de Cervantes
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Compare the life timelines of John Napier (1550–1617) and Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1550 to 1616.
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John Napier (1550–1617)
- — Born at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland Verified
- — Matriculated at St Salvator's College, University of St Andrews Verified
- — Married Elizabeth Stirling Verified
- — Married Agnes Chisholm as his second wife Verified
- — Published A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John Verified
- — Succeeded as 8th Laird of Merchiston Verified
- — Published Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio, introducing logarithms Verified
- — Published Rabdologiae, describing the calculating rods known as Napier's bones Verified
- — Died at Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh Verified
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
- — Born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain Verified
- — Wounded at the Battle of Lepanto Verified
- — Captured by Barbary corsairs and enslaved in Algiers
- — Published the first part of Don Quixote Verified
- — Died in Madrid Verified