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William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon
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Shakespeare's life
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William, at the age of eighteen, married Anne Hathaway, a twenty six year old woman.
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Susanna was born six months after their wedding. She was conceived out of wedlock which leads people to consider this the reason for William and Anne's marriage.
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Susanna is baptized a few days after her birth.
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From !585-1592 not much is known about the whereabouts of Shakespeare, thus this period is calles the Lost Years. He couls have been hiding from the law because he poached a dear, this is punishable by death, sailing, traveling, or fighting in a war.
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They had twins in February of 1585. The boy was Hamnet and the girls name was Judith.
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He joined a acting company known as Lord Chamberlain's men in 1594.
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Hamnet dies at the age of eleven in 1596.
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Shakespeare's company erected the Globe Theater in 1598.
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By this time William was a well known actor and playwright in London.
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Queen Elizabeth dies of blood poisoning she was nearly 70 years of age.
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Shakespeare's first born gets married in 1607.
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An indoor theater named blackfiars was leased in 1608.
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Shakespeare retired to "New Place" in 1610
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The Globe theater catches on fire and burns down due to cannon fire in one of the plays inside of the theater.
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The Globe Theater is rebuilt after the terrible accident.
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Died on April 23 1616, in Newplace Strtaford. Shakespeare died on his birthday due to eating contaminated pickled herring.
