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Jennifer Knelsen 8th

By kne8910
  • Shakespeare is born
    Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespeare is born

    Born in Stratford-on-avon
  • Period: Apr 23, 1564 to

    Shakespeares Life

    Born on Stratford-on-avon

  • Marriage bond

    'William Shagspeare' as it was spelt on the marriage bond wed 'Anne Hathwey' - Anne Hathaway of Shottery, Stratford

  • Shakespeare was married

    William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, a woman eight years his senior.

  • The Baptism of Susanna

    The baptism of Susanna Shakespeare the first child of William and Anne born six months after their wedding.
  • The beginning of the "Lost Years"

    The beginning of the "Lost Years"

    From 1585-1592 not much is known about the whereabouts of Shakespeare, thus this period is called the “The Lost Years”.

  • The baptism of Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare

  • Death of Robert Greene

    Author of Groatsworth of Wit in which he complains about Shakespeare as an "upstart crow".

  • Last of the "Lost Years"

  • First document mentioning Shakespeare connected with the theatre

    First document mentioning Shakespeare connected with the theatre

  • Hamnet Shakespeare dies

    Hamnet contracted the deadly disease and died at the age of eleven.

  • John Shake-speare Granted Coat of Arms

  • The globe theatre is built

  • William Shakespeare buys land in Stratford for £320

    William Shakespeare buys land in Stratford for £320

  • Queen Elizabeth dies

    Queen Elizabeth I dies

  • James becomes new monarch

    James the VI of Scotland becomes the new monarch in England as King James I.

  • Fire destroys the Globe theatre

    Fire destroys the Globe Theatre during a performance of Henry VIII when cannon fire sets fire to the thatched roof.
  • Shakespeare dies

    Shakespeare dies

    Due to eating a contaminated pickled herring.