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William Shakespeare was born and Baptized on April, 26, 1564. At the holy trinity church in Stratford. Shakespeare’s Father was a wool dealer and a money lender. His mother was Mary and his Dads name was John
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In 1570 WIlliam started to attend Grammer school, Starting his amazing future as a writer.
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Shakespeare is likely to have begun his formal education. By local tradition, children in the Stratford area, entered the local grammar school at age seven.
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wiliams father takes him to his first play
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Queen Elizabeth pays a visit to Kenilworth Castle, just a short journey from Stratford. Legend has it that an impressionable eleven year old William saw the Queen’s procession, and recreated it several times later in his historical and dramatic plays.
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Shakespeare is in love... At age 18, he marries the considerably older Anne Hathaway (26 years old) from Shottery on November the 27th at Temple Grafton, a village just five short miles (8 km) from Stratford
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Shakespeare’s twins, Judith and Hamnet are born, (February 2)Hamnet living only eleven years whilst Judith lived 77.
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Shakespeare is believed by most academics to have written his very first play, Henry VI, Part One in this year
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Shakespeare is thought to have written the poem Venus and Adonis and the plays Richard III and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway dies, the same year, and fellow actors John Hemminges and Henry Condell gather together and publish for the first time, 36 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays in a collection known as The First Folio.
