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Apr 23, 1564
Birth
He was born on this date!! -
Oct 3, 1571
1571
Shakespeare is likely to have begun his formal education. By local tradition, children in the Stratford area, entered the local grammar school at age 7. -
1585-1592
Shakespeare is believed to have left his family in Stratford to join a company of actors as both playwright and performer, starting his career in theatre. -
1595
A busy year for Shakespeare as he is thought to have composed Richard II performed that very same year, A Midsummer Nights Dream, thought to be composed for a wedding and the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet. -
1601
Shakespeare is thought to have composed arguably his greatest play, Hamlet at this time. -
1604
Measure for Measure is believed to have been written in this year.It is later performed at King James I Court. Othello is also penned, being performed on November 1st at Whitehall. -
1607-1608
Timon of Athens, Pericles and Coriolanus are composed -
1613
The Globe Theatre burns to the ground. The Two Noble Kinsmen is penned. A 1634 entry within the Stationer's Registry confirms that both William Shakespeare and John Fletcher composed this play. -
1616
William dies on April 23rd, his bural being recoded in the stratford Holy Church Register two days later. -
1623
Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway dies, the same year, and fellow actors John Hemmings and Henry Condell gather together and publish for the first time, 36 of Shakespeare's 37 plays in a collection known as The FIrst Folio.