Shakespeare

Being Shakespeare

  • Apr 23, 1564

    Birth of William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-avon, England. He was the son of a peasant and a bussinessman.
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare was baptized

  • Jan 1, 1582

    Marriage

    Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. (she was 26, and he was only 18 at that time). They got 3 children together.
  • Jan 1, 1582

    Susanna is born

    William's wife gives birth to a babygirl.
  • Hamnet & Judith are born.

    William's wife gives birth to a pair of twins.
  • Shakespeare in London

    Shakespeare was working in London at that time. First as an actor, then as a writer, and in the end a co-director at the Globe-theatre. (1599-1613)
  • Shakespeare writes A Midsummer Night's Dream

    it approximately took about two years to write.
  • Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet

  • Hamnet dies

    and gets burried in Stratford.
  • Shakespeare writes Hamlet

    it took him two years..
  • Shakespeare writes Macbeth

    It took him a year.
  • The return of Shakespeare

    Shakespeare leaves London, and moves back to Stratford-upon-avon.
  • William Shakespeare dies

    in the age of 52