Shakespeare Timeline

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as monarch of the United Kingdom in 1559.

The Theatre was the first London playhouse built by the English actor and entrepreneur James Burbage and close friends with Shakespere.

Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition was the first to complete the voyage as captain throughout the expedition.

First voyages to Roanoke Island. Raleigh dispatched an expedition led by Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to explore the eastern coast of North America. They landed on Roanoke Island and quickly established relations with the local natives known as the Secotan and Croatoans.

Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain's Invincible Armada is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake.

The North Berwick were witch trials that were implicating many people from East Lothian, Scotland, accused of witchcraft in the St Andrew's Auld Kirk in North Berwick. About 70 people were accused of these witchcrafts.

Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus premiered in 1592.

in January 1593 the theatres were closed because of an outbreak of plague in London.

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream premieres.

Was an unsuccessful rebellion led by Robert Devereux, in 1601 against Elizabeth I of England and the court faction led by Sir Robert Cecil to gain recognition in the court.