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23 April 1564
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in Stratford-Upon-Avon
26 April 1564
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1569
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Shakespeare enters King's New School, an excellent grammar school in Stratford
Nov 28, 1582
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Shakespeare gets married to Ann Hathaway
May 26, 1583
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Six months after their marriage, the Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, is born and baptized.
1585
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Anne Hathaway gives birth to twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith. The babies are named after Shakespeare's close friends, Hamnet and Judith Sadler
1590
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Shakespeare writes Henry VI, Part One
Jan 1593
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Shakespeare uses the break to write poetry.
April 1593
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Shakespeare publishes "Venus and Adonis," his first long published poem.
1594
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Shakespeare's acting group accept frequent invitations to perform in the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I.
Aug 11, 1596
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1598
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Shakespeare has become a noted playwright with at least a dozen plays under his belt, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Love's Labors Lost, Richard II and Titus Andronicus.
1599
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Many of Shakespeare's most famous plays are performed for the first time here.
1601
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Hamlet is a play written by Shakespeare, it is believed to be motivated by the death of his father.
March 24 1603
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After Elizabeth's death king James I takes the throne, and Shakespeare's acting company change their name to the king's men.
1609
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Publisher Thomas Thorpe prints a collection of 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets.
1611
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Shakespeare returns to stratford.
1613
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The globe catches fire during a performance of Henry VIII
Apr 23, 1616
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Suffering from an unknown illness, Shakespeare dies on his 52nd birthday.
Apr 25, 1616
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Shakespeare is buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
1623
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Shakespeare's friends from the King's Men, collect 36 of his plays and publish them together in a volume now known as the first folio
1588- Defeat of the Spanish Armada.
1605-the gunpowder plot
1607-Foundation of the First British colonies in North America, at Jamestown, Virginia