First Folio

Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England

Feb 5, 1568

Future King James I is born in Scotland

Feb 5, 1576

Plague closes all London's Theaters

Feb 5, 1592

Shakespeare joins Lord Chamberlain's men

Feb 5, 1594

First recorded performance of Macbeth is given at court

Feb 5, 1606

Shakespeare retires to Stratford

Feb 5, 1610

shakespeares death

Feb 5, 1616

Shakespeare died in 1616. The first folio was published 7 years later

First Folio Published

Feb 5, 1623

First Folio

Feb 9, 1623

The content of the First Folio was registered. Registration also provided an opportunity to innoke a form of censorship and the means to suppress too much freedom of thought and criticism of the crown and public affairs.

William Shakespeare

Feb 9, 1623

The First folio was printed seven years after the death of William Shakespeare in 1616. Several further editions of Willeam Shakespeare's works were published in the course of time.