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Shakespeare Timeline

This is Shakespeare!

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1564- 1583

1564

In 1564 William Shakespeare was born. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

1564

1582

1582

Jumping forward a little bit, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway... not the actress obviously...

Anne Hathaway:

  • Was 26 when she married 18 year old Shakespeare.
  • Was the eldest of 8 children
  • "Elizabethan Housewife"

1583

1583

Susanna Shakespeare

First child is born

  • May 26, 1583
  • Scholars assumed she was literate and educated.
  • Died july 11, 1649

1585

Shakespeare's twins were born.

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  • Judith and Hamnet
  • February 7

1585-1592

1592

1592

First alluded to as a playwright in Greens Groats Worth of Wit

1593

His first printed poem, Venus and Adonis

Hamnet dies

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1594

First printed play Titus Adronicus

1593-1597

1596

1597

Buys the biggest house in Statford-Upon-Avon

  • 20 to 30 rooms

1599

The Globe theater, where Shakespeare's plays were performed, was built.

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1599-1608

1601

1601

Shakespeare's dad dies

  • Born 1513
  • Snitterfield, United Kingdom
  • Business man and politition

Susanna marries John Hall

1607

  • Born in 1575
  • Carlton, United Kingdom
  • Died November 25, 1635

Shakespeare's Mother dies

1608

  • Born in Wilmcote, United Kingdom
  • Died in September
  • not much is known about her

1609

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Shakespeare's sonnets appear in print

Shakespeare dies of syphilis or murder

1609-1623

1613

The Globe burns down during one of the shows and was rebuilt that same year

1616

1623

The first folio is published and Anne dies

shakespeare's friends collected all or almost all of his plays and created the First Folio

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END

The End

https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/timeline-shakespeares-life

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