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Miguel de Cervantes

1547 CE – 1616 CE

Retrace Miguel de Cervantes's life across the map — 2 events in chronological order, from a cinematic flythrough to a full timeline.

Life journey

1. Battle of Lepanto1571 CE
   The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V and led by the navies of the Spanish Empire and the Republic of Venice, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily.
2. Action of 26 September 15751575 CE
   The action of 26 September 1575 was a naval battle on 26 September 1575 near the coasts of Catalonia, when 3 Algerian vessels fought with a Spanish galley and captured it, taking the famous Spanish writer, Miguel de Cervantes, as a prisoner.

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