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  William is baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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  William was 52 years old, but exact age is unknown. Only baptism date is recorded.
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  At 18, William wed the 26 year old Anne Hathaway.
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  William's daughter Susanna was baptised.
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  William joined a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men and little was written about him at this period.
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  Son Hamnet and daughter Judith baptised
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  Hamnet died of unknown causes and was buried on this date
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  Romeo and Juliet was first published in this year.
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  William wrote Julius Caesar some time during this year
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  The Globe was constructed on the south bank of the Thames River
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  Said to have been written between 1599 and 1601
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  William died on this day, leaving Susanna a large part of his estate