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Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I ascends the throne
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1564
William Shakespeare is born
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Apr 26, 1564
Shakespeare is baptized
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1569
Shakespeare goes to Stratford grammar school
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1577
Shakespeare leaves grammar school to help his dad with his financial difficulties
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Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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Shakespeare and Anne have a child: Susanna
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Susanna is christened
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Shakespeare and Anne have twins: Hamnet and Judith
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Hamnet and Judith are baptized
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Shakespeare writes his first play: Henry VI, Part One
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Shakespeare leaves Stratford and goes to London to work as a playwright and actor
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Due to the plague, London's theaters are closed down
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Hamnet dies of an unknown cause at age 11
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The first Globe Theatre is built
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Elizabeth I dies and King James VI ascends the throne
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Shakespeare returns to Stratford
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Shakespeare revises and signs his will
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Shakespeare dies on his birthday
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Shakespeare is buried at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford
