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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 April 1564.
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William Shakespeare was baptized April 26, 1564
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In 1582, at the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, daughter of a local landowner, the former is 8 years older than him.
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In 1583 the couple had a daughter Susan.
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In 1585 — twins: son Hamnet, who died at age 11 in August 1596, and a daughter, Judith (baptised 2 February).
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It is not known exactly when Shakespeare began writing theatrical works, and moved to London, but the first extant sources that prove it, belong to 1592.
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From 1594 Shakespeare's plays were staged only troupe "the Servants of the Lord Chamberlain's men"
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In 1597 he bought the second largest house in Stratford
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Some of Shakespeare's plays were published In quarto in 1594. In 1598 his name began to appear on the title pages of publications
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In 1599, the partnership members of the group built on the South Bank of the Thames, the new theatre called "the globe". In 1608, they also acquired an indoor theater "Blackfriars"
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All surviving Shakespeare signatures on documents (1612-1613) have a very poor handwriting, based on which some researchers believe he was at the time seriously ill
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Year after 1606-1607 Shakespeare wrote only a few plays, and after 1613 he stopped creating them
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On April 23, 1616 Shakespeare died
