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Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
This is when he was baptized. His birth date is unknown. His parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. -
Period: Apr 23, 1564 to
Shakespeare's Life
Events highlighting Shakespeare's life. -
William Shakespeare Married
William married Anne Hathaway, who was 8 years his senior, at possibly Saint Andrews Church at Temple Grafton. -
Susanna was born
Susanna Shakespeare was born Six months later after William's and Anne's marriage making Susanna a wedlock child. -
Hamnet and Judith were born
They were actually baptized on this date. Their actual birthdates are unknown. -
The Lost Years
From 1585 through 1592 are years unknown of Shakespeare's life. It is rumored that he was either traveling aboard, sailing or fighting. It is also though that He had been running from the law from killing a deer illegally. -
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet was first performed in either 1594 or 1595. It is likely that this play was written shortly before. -
Hamnet dies
Hamnet dies at the young age of 11, possibly because of the Buboic Plague outbreak. -
Hamlet written
Sometime between 1599 and 1601 this was written. -
Shakespeare's father died
John Shakespeare dies at the age of 70 -
Queen Elizabeth 1
Queen Elizabeth 1 dies from Blood poisining -
King James 1
King James 1 takes the throne and the commpany renames the troop Shakespeare was in to "The King's Men". -
Shakespeare joins an acting company
He rejoined a acting company known as Lord Chamberlain’s men in 1594. It was at this time renamed The King's Men. -
Susanna Marries
There is no specific date of when they married. -
William Shakespeare's grandaughter is baptized
William's granddaughter, Elizabeth, was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. -
Judith and Thomas are excommunicated
Thomas had gotten another girl pregnant before their marriage. -
William Shakespeare's Death
William Dies at the age of 51 from eating a contaminated Pickled Herring on the day of his birth.
