Shakespeare By rometango96 Jan 14, 1564 Willian Shakespeare is born to John and Mary Shakespeare in the town of Stratford Upon Avon. Jan 14, 1570 William begins grammar school. Jan 14, 1572 John Shakespear takes his son, William to see a play being performed in the town where they live. Jan 14, 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway. Jan 14, 1583 Anne and William Shakespeare have a baby girl named Susanna. Jan 14, 1585 Anne and William Shakespeare have twins, a boy named Hamnet and a girl named Judith. Jan 14, 1588 William Shakespeare leavs his wife and children at home in Stratford and travels to London to work as an actor and playwright. Jan 14, 1594 All the theatres in London are closed for a year because of the plague. Jan 14, 1599 William and a group of other actors build The Globe, a new theatre. Jan 14, 1616 William Shakespeare falls ill and dies. In his will he leaves his wife his second best bed.