Shakespeare and Cervantes are both associated with April 1616, but England and Spain used different calendars.

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The idea in context

Cervantes died in Gregorian-calendar Spain, while Shakespeare died in Julian-calendar England. Their traditional dates look almost simultaneous, but calendar systems make the neat coincidence less simple than it first appears.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Shakespeare ve Cervantes’in ölümü Nisan 1616 ile anılır; fakat İngiltere ve İspanya o sırada farklı takvimler kullanıyordu.

Cervantes Gregoryen takvim kullanan İspanya’da, Shakespeare ise Jülyen takvim kullanan İngiltere’de öldü. Geleneksel tarihler neredeyse aynı görünür; ama takvim sistemleri bu güzel tesadüfü ilk bakıştaki kadar basit olmaktan çıkarır.

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Literary history.

Background reading: Miguel de CervantesAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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