British Literature

By Ronald "Lil Wayne" Howell
  • Apr 26, 1555

    Anne Hathaway was born: c.1555

  • Shakespear was born
    Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespear was born

  • Apr 26, 1564

    Shakespeare was baptized

  • Apr 26, 1582

    Anne was 26 when she married William in 1582

  • Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

  • Shakespeare had twins, Hamnet and Judith

  • By the early 1590s, documents show William Shakespeare was a managing partner in the Lord Chamberlain's Men, an acting company in London.

  • Hamnet dies at age 11

  • William Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23, 1616, though many scholars believe this is a myth.

  • On Anne Hathaway's tombstone

    Here lyeth the body of Anne wife of William Shakespeare who departed this life the 6th day of August 1623 being of the age of 67 years.

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