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Apr 24, 1564
William Shakespears Birth
Birth Place: Stratford-upon-Avon (London, England)
Father: John Shakespeare - Member of Stratford's ruling elite
Mother: Mary Arden - Wealthy Women
Baptised: 26 April, 1564 -
Period: Apr 26, 1564 to
William Shakespears Life Time
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Apr 28, 1570
William Shakespeare started School
School: King's New School, Stratford -
William Shakespeare Marries Anne Hathaway
William Shakespeare was only 18 at the time.
Anne Hathaway was 26. -
Anne Hathaway has a Child (Girl)
Child: Susan Shakespeare
Father: William Shakespeare
Baptised: 26 May, 1583
Only six Months after William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway's Marriage -
Anne Hathaway has Twins (Boy and Girl)
Children: Boy - Hamnet
Girl - Judith
Father: William Shakespeare
Baptised: 2 February, 1585 -
Period: to
William Shakespeares 'Lost Years'
Very little is known of what William got up to during this time.
But many scholars have different 'assumtions' of what may have happened. -
William Shakespeares career began
Mid - 1580s
This is suggested by many different Biographers based on when he became well known thoughout London -
'Titus Andronicus' was Published
Unknown Date -
'The Taming of the Shrew' was Published
Unknown Date -
'Henry VI, Part 2' and 'Henry VI Part 3' were Published
Unknown Dates -
William Shakespeare was part of a London Theatre Scene
Date and Month are Unknown
But Plays were performed outside during the late 1500s so it would be performed in Summer (June - August) -
Many of William Shakespeares Plays were performed on London Stage
All throughout the year.
Date Unknown -
'Henry VI, Part 1'
Unknown Date -
'Edward III' and 'Venius and Adonis' were Published
Unknown Dates -
William Shakepseares plays were performed by 'Lord Chamberlain's Men'
'Lord Chamberlain's Men' - A company owned by many people (including William Shakespeare)
Soon became leading company in London.
1594 onwards
No Specific Date -
'The Comedy of Errors' was Published
Unknown Date -
'Richard II' was Published
Unknown Date -
Hamnet Dies
Reason: Unknown
Buried: 11 August 1596 -
William Shakespeare bought 2nd Largest House in Stratford ('New Place')
Date Unknown -
'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Richard III' were Published
Unknown Dates -
'Heny IV, Part 1' and 'Love's Labour's Lost' were Published
Unknown Date -
Globe was bulit
In Patnership of Company
On bank of River Thames
Dates Unknown -
'Henry V' was Published
Unknown Date -
Many Plays were Published
Unknown Dates
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
'Much Abo About Nothing'
Sir John Oldcastle'
The Merchant of Venice' -
'The Merry Wives of Winsor' was Published
Unknown Date -
Queen Elizabeth I's death
'Lord Chamberlain's Men' were awarded a royal patent by King James I.
'Lord Chamberlain's Men' then changed there name to the 'King's Men' -
'Love's Labour's Won' and 'Hamlet' were Published
Unknown Dates -
William Shakespeare investes in share of parish tithes in Stratford
Date Unknown -
'The London Prodigal' was Published
Unknown Date -
Partnership also took over the Blackfriars indoor theatre.
Records show this made William Shakepeare a wealthy man.
Date Unknown -
'The Merry Devil of Edmonton' and 'King Lear' were Published
Unknown Dates -
'Trolius and Cressida' and 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' were Published
Unknown Dates -
Fewer Plays
After 1613 no plays written -
'The Second Maiden's Tragedy' was Published
Unknown Date -
William Shakespeare dies
Aged 52
Month After he signed his WIll
William Shakespeare describes it as a "Perfect Death' -
'Othello' was Published
Unknown Date -
Many Plays were found and Published
Unknown Dates
'Macbeth'
'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'
'The Tempest'
'The Twelfth Night'
'As You Like It'
'Anthony and Cleopatra'
'The Winter's Tale'
'Cymbline'
'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'
'Measure for Measure'
'All's Well That Ends Well'
'King John'
'Timons of Athens'
'Henry VIII' -
'The Two Noble Kinsmen' was Published
Unknown Date