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1564
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon
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1582
William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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Shakespeare's daughter Susana was born six months after the weeding
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Anne gave birth to twins: Judith and Hamnet
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Publication of Venus and Adonis, based on Ovid's Metarmophoses
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Shakespeare jointly founded a theatre company: The Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died
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The Globe Theatre opened on the South Bank of the river Thames: Shakespeare was a shareholder
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Shakespeare's father John died
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Death of Shakespeare's mother Mary
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Shakespeare's Sonnets were published
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Shakespeare died at the age of 52
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies (also known as the First Folio) were published