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Period: Sep 7, 1533 to
Queen Elizabeth's reign
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Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare is born
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Apr 26, 1564
Shakespeare is baptized
Shakespeare was baptized in Holy Trinity Church -
Shakespeare marries
William Shakespeare marries at the age of 18 to Ann Hatwey. -
Shakespeare's first child Susanna is born.
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Ann Hatwey gives birth to twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith.
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William Shakespeare's first play Henry VI Part II
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The theater closes due to an outbreak of the bubonic plague
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The theater reopens after the bubonic plague outbreak
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The death of William Shakespeare's only son.
Hamnet William's only son dies at the age of 11 years old of unknown causes. -
Shakespeare buys New Place
Thanks to his theater workers and shrewd investment, Shakespeare is able to buy New Place which is the second largest house in Stratford. -
Shakespeare becomes known
Francis Meres gives a great report on William Shakespeare's work and makes Shakespeare a well known writer. -
Period: to
King James I
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Sonnet is published
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William Shakespeare returns to Statford
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Shakespeare composes his final plays
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Shakespeare revises his will
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William Shakespeare dies
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William Shakespeare gets buried in Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church was the same place he was baptized -
Shakespeare's first Folio is published
