Miguel de Cervantes & William Shakespeare

Did Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare live at the same time?

Yes. Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare lived at the same time for 52 years, from 1564 to 1616.^[1][2][3][4]

Miguel de Cervantes · William Shakespeare · Born in 1547 · Born in 1564

Miguel de Cervantes

1547–1616

Literature

Author of Don Quixote

William Shakespeare

1564–1616

Literature

Greatest playwright in the English language

How Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare Are Connected

• Cervantes and Shakespeare are both tied to 23 April 1616, now World Book Day. But Cervantes died on the 22nd and was buried on the 23rd, and England's Julian calendar puts Shakespeare's death on another day.^[1]

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