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Feb 3, 1564
Born!
Shakespeare was born in Stratford apon Avon to tanner John and Mary Shakespeare in there home. -
Period: Feb 3, 1564 to
Shakespeare.
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Feb 3, 1571
Education.
Shakespeare most likely began his formal education. By local tradition children entered the local grammer school at 7 years old. -
Love.
William is in love. At 18 he married Anne Hathaway (26 years old) from Shottery at Temple Grafton, -
First Child!
Susanna, William and Annes first child was born 5 months after they were married. -
Twins!
Shakespere's twins Judith & Hamnet were born. (Hamnet only lived 11 years and Judith lived 77 years.) -
First Play!
Shakespeare was beleived by academics to have written his 1st play, Henry VI, part 1. -
Part II and III
(1590-1591) Shakespeare is beleived to have written part II and III of Henry VI. -
Leaving Home!
(1585-1592) Shakespeare left his family in Stratford to join a company of actors. He was both a playwright and a performer, starting his career in theater. -
Start!
William begins to compose the first of the work that will eventually be the 154 Sonnet collection. His Narrative peoms Venus and Adonis is his first ever published. -
The Comedy of Errors
William wrote The Comedy of Errors in this time. -
Busy Year.
1595 was a busy year for Shakespeare, he composed Richrd II and performed it in the very same year. Also Midsummer Night's Dream, thought to be composed for a wedding, and also Romeo abd Juliet. -
New House.
William buys his new house in one of Stratford's luxury homes. (to some academics show that he was a really successful buisness man and not literatures famous playwright.) -
Greatest Play.
(1600-1601) Shakespeare composed his greatest play Hamlet. -
Off Shore
Hamlet and Richard III were performed on the British ship Dragon on the west coast of African and Sierra Leone. -
Plague.
The return of the plague forces all playhouses and theatres to close from the spring of 1608 to early 1610. -
Tour.
Shakespear's work Othello was performed at Oxford College by the kings men during a summer tour. -
Tragedy
The Globe Theatre burns to the ground. The Two Noble Kinsmen is penned A 1634 entry within the Stationer's registry confirms that Shakespeare & John Fletcher composed this play. -
Opening!
The globe Theatre reopens. -
Death!
William Shakespeare dies, his burial was recorded in the Stratford Holy Church Register 2 days later. -
Death :(
Shakespeares wife, Anne died, the same year, and fellow actores John and Henry gather together and publish for the first time, 36 of Shakespeare's 37 plays in a collection called The First Flolio.
