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He was born in Stratford-On-Avon to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.
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Shakespeare studied at Stratford Grammar School until he was 15.
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Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, a woman who was older than him. They probably got married because she was preganant. She was 26 and he was 18.
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Six months after their wedding, Susanna was born.
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From 1585 to 1592, not much is known about Shakespeare's whereabouts. Some think that he was traveling, sailing, fighting, or even running from the law.
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Judith and Hamnet, Shakepeare's second and third children, are born.
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By 1592, Shakespeare was a well known actor. So two years later, in 1594, he joined an acting company called Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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At age 11, Hamnet dies of the bubonic plague.
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Shakespeare along with the rest of the company build the Globe Theater, and open-air theater.
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On the 24th of March, Queen Elizabeth I dies. In honor of the new Royalty, the acting company renames themselves, The King's Men, after King James I.
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William Shakespeare's eldest daughter gets married.
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William's acting company leases another theater called Blackfriars, an indoor theater.
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The wooden theater burns down due to cannon fire.
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Just a year after burning down, the Globe Theater is rebuilt.
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Shakespeare's other daughter weds.
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Exactly 52 years after his birthday, William Shakespeare passes away. His cause of death is most likely from eating bad pickled herring.
