Mitchell-Shakespeare Timeline

By burntham
  • Jan 1, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born to John and Mary Shakespeare in the town of Stratford Upon Avon.

    William Shakespeare is born to John and Mary Shakespeare in the town of Stratford Upon Avon.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1564 to

    Shakespeare timeline

  • Jan 1, 1572

    John Shakespeare takes his son, William to see a play being performed in the town where they live.

    John Shakespeare takes his son, William to see a play being performed in the town where they live.
  • Jan 1, 1582

    William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

    William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

  • Anne and William Shakespeare have a baby girl named Sussana

    Anne and William Shakespeare have a baby girl named Sussana

  • William Shakespeare leaves his wife and children at home in Stratford and travels to London to work as an actor and playwright

    William Shakespeare leaves his wife and children at home in Stratford and travels to London to work as an actor and playwright

  • All the theatres in London closed for a year because of the plauge

  • William and a group of actors build The Globe, a new theatre.

  • Queen Elizabeth dies and James the First becomes the King of England

  • The Globe burns down

  • William Shakespeare falls ill and dies. In his will he leaves his wife his second best bed