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1559
Earl of Leicester's Men is Founded
Queen's favorite acting company -
Apr 23, 1564
Shakespeare is Born
Stratford upon Avon -
Apr 26, 1564
Shakespeare Baptized at Holy Trinity Church
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1567
Parliament is dissolved
Queen Elizabeth chooses to not name a successor -
1567
The Red Lion Theatre is built in London
built by John Brayne -
1568
Jane Davenant Baptized
At St. Margaret's, Westminster -
1571
Shakespeare Enrolls in Grammar School
The King's New School on Church Street -
1576
"The Theatre" is opened
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1579
Shakespeare Leaves Grammar School
since John Shakespeare "would have needed 'assistance at home," Shakespeare may have left grammar school "within a few months of his fifteenth birthday. -
1582
Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway are Married
At the time, Anne is three months pregnant with their daughter Susana" -
1582
Shakespeare returns to Stratford
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Shkespeare's first Daughter Susana Baptized
Holy Trinity Church -
Shakespeare's Twin Children Hamnet and Judith baptized
Holy Trinity Church -
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Shakespeare is in London
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Period: to
Shakespeare is estranged from Southhampton
Loses his patronage -
Period: to
test
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Jane Davenant and John Davenant Married
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Shakespeare's First Printed Poem
Venus and Adonis -
Christopher Marlow is Killed
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Shakespeare prints Lucrece, Titus Andronicus
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Shakespeare Joins The Lord Chamberlain's Men
Shakes ethier paid 50 pounds to join or agreed to write 2 new plays a year They shared a 10 day run at Newington Butts but it did not go well. On June 9 Ur-Hamlet written by Kyd is expected to have been performed at the Theatre and Paris garden In Sep LCM were out at Marlborough in Wiltshire and on Oct 8 Hunsdon sent a letter to the Lord Mayor requesting that his men be allowed into the city at the Cross Keys inn -
Shakespeare goes to Whitehall
With Richard Burbadge and Will Kempe to collect the fee from the court performance -
Londoners riot over Food Prices - Theatres close
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The Theatre closes
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Shakespeare Purchases "New Place"
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Shakespeare and his Company exclusively perform at the Blackfriar's Playhouse
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Globe Theatre is opened
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Jane and John Move to Oxford
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John Shakespeare Dies
Buried in Stratford -
Jane Davenant (Child) is Baptized
St. Martin's Church, Oxford -
Alice Davenant (Child) Baptized
St. Martin's Church, Oxford -
Death of Queen Elizabeth
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John Davenant Receives Wine Licence
Only 1 of 3 available -
William Davenant Baptized
Oxford, England -
John Davenant (Child) Born
"circa" -
Shakespeare's Sonnets appear in Print
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Nicholas Davenant (Child) Born
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Shakespeare Retires from the stage and Returns to Stratford
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Shakespeare Purchases the Blackfriars gatehouse
Globe is burnt down -
William Shakespeare Death
Stratford - Upon- Avon -
William Davenant writes an ode to Shakespeare
"In Remembrance of Master Shakespeare" -
John Davenant elected Mayor of Oxford
Served a 2 year term 21/22 -
Jane Davenant Death
Buried at St. Martin's Church -
John Davenant Death
Asked to be buried next to Jane -
William Davenant contracts Syphilis
London -
William Davenant Leaves the Country as a Convalescent
Location Unkown, disease-related -
William Davenant Declared Poet Laureate
At the influence of Queen Henrietta Maria -
Salmacida Spolia is performed in English Court
Queen Maria and King Charles I perform in the last performance before the Civil War -
William Davenant Accused of High Treason
For his role in the First army Plot -
Henrietta Maria makes her Voyage - Stays in New Place
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William Davenant Retires to Paris
Becomes a Roman Catholic -
William Davenant appointed Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Was eventually captured at sea, imprisoned, and sentenced to death -
William Davenant is Pardoned
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William Davenant Imprisoned Again
Released that same year and goes back to France -
William Davenant Death
London, England - Buried in the Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey - His inscription read "O Rare Sir William Davenant"
