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Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
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Apr 23, 1564
Birth of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, around about April 23. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespeare is baptized
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Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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Anne Hathaway gives birth to Susanna Hall
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Anne Hathaway gives birth to Judith Quiney and Hamnet Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part One," is the first of his plays in production
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Shakespeare publishes "Venus and Adonis"
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Shakespeare completes "Henry IV, Part Two" and "Henry V"
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Shakespeare and colleagues form the Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Shakespeare writes the tragedies "Romeo and Juliet" and "Julius Caesar"
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The Lord Chamberlain's Men builds The Globe
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The Lord Chamberlain's Men is renamed to the King's Men
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Reign of King James VI of Scotland
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Shakespeare publishes his "Sonnets"
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Shakespeare creates tragicomedies in his plays "Cymbeline," "A Winter's Tale," and "The Tempest"
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The Globe playhouse burns down
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Shakespeare completes two last works for the theater, "Henry VIII" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen"
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The Globe reopens
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Death of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare dies and is buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon.