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Marriage
Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in Worchester, in Canterbury. -
Lost Years
For the seven years following the birth of his twins, WIlliam disappears from all records, finally turning up again in London in 1592. -
Acting Career
Shakespeare earned a living as actor and a playwright in London and possibly produced several plays. -
Upstart Crow
Death of Robert Greene author of Groatsworth of Wit in which he complains about Shakespeare as an "upstart crow" -
Plague
Plague closed theaters for about two years, Shakespeare turned to writing book-length narrative poetry. -
John Shakespeare
John Shakespeare, faher of Shakespeare is Granted a Coat of Arms. -
Publishing
Shakespeare published 15 of 37 plays attributed to him. -
Building a Theater
William and his business partners built their own theater that they called the Globe. -
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I dies and James the VI of Scotland becomes the new Monarch in England as king James I -
Burning of the Globe
A cannon fire set fire to the thatch of the Globe and burned it to the ground. -
Death
Shakespeare died at the age of 52 and was buried in the same place that he was baptized at as a baby.
