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1564
Shakespeare is born in Stratford upon Avon.
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1578
He leaves school.
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1582
He marries Anne Hathaway.
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He moves to London and works as an actor.
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Theatres close because of the plague and Shakespeare starts writing poems.
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A new theatre called the Globe, which Shakespeare helped build, opens.
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Shakespeare dies at the age of 52.