1949 Death Richard Strauss, German composer 'Don Quixote' and 'Metamorphosis', dies at 85 1922 Birthday Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne 1898 Event Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen 1875 Birthday Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine 1872 Birthday William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist, Don Quixote 1864 Birthday Richard Strauss, born in Munich, Germany, composer, 'Don Quixote' and 'Metamorphosis' 1804 Death Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies 1616 Death Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 1547 Birthday Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, Don Quixote
