1589
| 1589 • The monks of the Pechenga Monastery, the northernmost in the world, are massacred by Swedes led by a Finnish peasant chief in the course of the Russo-Swedish War. |
1612
Age: 23y
marriageJohn Hygebed Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1612 • Thomas Shelton's English translation of the first half of Don Quixote is published. It is the first translation of the Spanish novel into any language. |
1615
Age: 26y
| 1615 • The second volume of Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote ("El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha") is published, and is as successful as the first. Don Quixote eventually becomes the only truly famous work its author ever wrote. |