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1605
Mar 31
| 1605 • The first part of Miguel de Cervantes' satire on the theme of chivalry, Don Quixote (El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha"), is published in Madrid. One of the first significant novels in the western literary tradition, it becomes a global bestseller almost at once. |
1674
Dec 2
Age: 69y
| 1674 • John III Sobieski is elected by the nobility as King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (to 1696). |