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When and where did Miguel de Cervantes die?

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Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma. — Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes, engraving by E. Mackenzie after Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma; from *The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography* (1863).

Miguel de Cervantes died in Madrid on April 22, 1616. While it was traditionally thought that he died on April 23, that date actually marks his burial at the convent of the Discalced Trinitarians.123