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  • Apr 26, 1564

    Babtised

    Babtised
    (Birth)
    William Shakespears was babtised. Not much is known about him, so his actual birth is unknown. This date was estimated.
  • Period: Apr 26, 1564 to

    William Shakespeares Life

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    (Marriage)
    At the age of 18, William Shakespeare marride a girl by the name of Anne Hathaway. It was held at a church in Temple Grafton, a village five miles (8 km) away from Stratford-upon-Avon, William's home town.

  • Romeo And Juliet

    Romeo And Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet
    It is believed to be written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597.

  • Globe Theatre Opening

    Globe Theatre Opening
    Globe Theatre
    The opening of the new Globe Theatre was a great event. The opening of the Globe Theatre was in the summer of 1598. The building and opening of the Globe Theatre followed the failed negotiations by Burbage to re-new the lease of the 'Theatre', where William Shakespeare and the acting troupe called the Lord Chamberlain's Men had performed.

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet
    Hamlet
    The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth
    The Tragedy of Macbeth (commonly called Macbeth) is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607.

  • Globe Theatre Burnt Down

    Globe Theatre Burnt Down
    Globe Fire
    A canon had been used for special effects. The cannon was situated inside the roof, in the attic above the "Heavens" in close proximity to the thatched roof. The cannon was loaded with gunpowder and wadding. The Globe theatre fire accident occurred on 29 June 1613. Sparks from the cannon fire landed on the thatched roof starting a massive fire.

  • Globe Reopens

    Globe Reopens
    (reopening)
    The Globe was reconstructed in 1614, with tiles replacing flammable straw on its partial roof.

  • Williams Death

    Williams Death
    Died
    The cause of Shakespeare's death is unknown - he died April 23rd 1616 at the age of 52 (William Shakespeare's birth date has been estimated as 26th April 1564)