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Period: 1564 to
Youth
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Feb 26, 1564
His birth
He was born in Canterbury, England -
1574
School years
He attended The King's School in Canterbury (where a house is now named after him) -
Science degree in Cambridge
He studied on a scholarship and received his Bachelor of Arts degree -
Period: to
Plays and poems
Dido, Queen of Carthage, 1586
Tamburlaine, part 1, 1587, part 2,1587–1588
The Jew of Malta, 1589
Doctor Faustus ,1589, or, c. 1593
Edward II,1592
The Massacre at Paris, 1593
Translation of Book One of Lucan's Pharsalia (date unknown)
Translation of Ovid's Amores, 1580
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,1593
Hero and Leander, 1593, unfinished; completed by George Chapman, 1598 -
Tamburlaine the Great
His first play performed on the regular stage in London -
Arrest and death
A warrant for his arrest was issued on 18 May.
On Wednesday, 30 May, the wrier was killed. -
The first published play
The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage tells an intense dramatic tale of Dido and her fanatical love for Aeneas -
After death
His name has been used as a character in plays, novels, films and TV-productions. You can see The Muse of Poetry Memoriall in his native town
