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It is believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564.Above is a picture of Shakespeare's home.
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The Birth and Death of Shakesphere
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William Shakespeare is christened at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. This is a pic of Shakesphere's Church.
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Shakespeare enters King's New School.
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18-year-old William Shakespeare and 26-year-old Anne Hathaway marry.
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Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, is born and baptized.
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Anne Hathaway gives birth to twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith. The official date of birth is unknown.
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Shakespeare writes Henry VI, Part One—his very first play.
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Shakespeare publishes "Venus and Adonis," his first long published poem.
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Shakespeare publishes "The Rape of Lucrece," also dedicated to the Earl of Southampton.
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Shakesphere wrote Romeo and Juliet.
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William and Anne bury their only son, Hamnet, who dies at the age of 11 of unknown causes.
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Queen Elizabeth finally rises to the throne
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The Globe Theatre, Shakespeare's theatre for his own acting troup opened earlier that year and Julius Caesar is the first play on the stage.
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Shakespeare's father dies near the time this was written. It is believed that his father's death motivates Shakespeare to write Hamlet around this time.
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Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I, King James ascends the throne.
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The King's Men begin performing at Blackfriars, an indoor theater in London.
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Shakespeare leaves London and moves back to Stratford, where his wife and married daughters live.
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The Globe theatre burns to the ground in this year preventing any plays from being acted while they were rebuilding the theatre.
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Shakespeare composes his final plays— Henry VIII, Two Noble Kinsmen, and the now-lost Cardenio.
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The Chamberlain's Men build the Globe, a wooden theater in London.
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Suffering from an unknown illness, William Shakespeare dies on his 52nd birthday.
