William shakespeare by john taylor, edited

William Shakespeare

By mavrodimou
  • Apr 23, 1564

    Born

    Born
    Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
  • 1582

    Marriage

    Marriage
    At the age of 18, Shakespeare married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway.

  • Children

    Children
    Six months after the marriage Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susanna, baptised 26 May 1583. Twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith, followed almost two years later and were baptised 2 February 1585.Hamnet died of unknown causes at the age of 11 and was buried 11 August 1596.

  • London

    London
    After the birth of the twins, Shakespeare left few historical traces until he is mentioned as part of the London theatre scene in 1592.

  • His most famous plays

    His most famous plays
    A Midsummer Night's Dream ,Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing,As You Like It, Twelfth Night,Richard II,** Romeo and Juliet*, **Julius Caesar*. Hamlet, Othello , King Lear,Macbeth,** Antony and Cleopatra** and Coriolanus are also famous.

  • Sonnets

    Sonnets
    The Sonnets were the last of Shakespeare's non-dramatic works to be printed.

  • The fire in the Globe Theatre

    The fire in the Globe Theatre
    On 29 June 1613, the original Globe theatre in London, where most of William Shakespeare’s plays debuted, was destroyed by fire during a performance of All is True

  • Death

    Death
    Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52