Miguel de Cervantes
1547 – 22 April 1616
Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, author of Don Quixote, widely regarded as the first modern novel and a cornerstone of Western literature.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Miguel de Cervantes.
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Wounded at the Battle of Lepanto
7 October 1571
He permanently lost the use of his left hand, earning the nickname "el manco de Lepanto".
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Captured by Barbary corsairs and enslaved in Algiers
1575
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Death
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