Shakespeare By erperrycain Period: Apr 23, 1564 to Apr 23, 1616 Shakespeare is born and dies Sep 1, 1569 Started King Edward VI School Period: Jan 1, 1578 to Jan 1, 1582 The lost years with no record of activity Period: May 26, 1583 to Jul 11, 1649 Sussanna is born and dies Period: Feb 2, 1585 to Aug 11, 1596 Hamnet is born and dies Period: Feb 2, 1585 to Feb 9, 1662 Judith is born and dies Jan 1, 1588 Titus Andronicus Jan 1, 1591 Richard III Jan 1, 1591 The Taming of Shrew Jan 1, 1592 Married Anne Hathaway Jan 1, 1593 Venus & Adonis Jan 1, 1593 Theatre closes due to the Plague Jan 1, 1594 The Comedy of Errors Jan 1, 1594 The theatre reopens Jan 1, 1595 Richard II Jan 1, 1595 Love’s Labour’s Lost Jan 1, 1595 King John Aug 11, 1596 Hamnet dies Jan 1, 1597 Romeo and Juliet Jan 1, 1597 The Merry Wives of Windsor Jan 1, 1598 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Jan 1, 1598 Love’s Labour’s Won Jan 1, 1599 Hamlet Jan 1, 1599 Henry V Jan 1, 1599 Julius Caesar Jan 1, 1600 Much Ado About Nothing Jan 1, 1600 Sir John Oldcastle Jan 1, 1600 As You Like It Jan 1, 1601 Twelfth Night Jan 1, 1601 Measure for Measure Jan 1, 1602 Troilus & Cressida Jan 1, 1604 All’s Well That Ends Well Nov 1, 1604 Othello Jan 1, 1605 The Merchant of Venice Jan 1, 1605 Coriolanus Jan 1, 1606 Antony and Cleopatra Dec 1, 1606 King Lear Jan 1, 1607 Timon of Athens Jan 1, 1608 Cymbeline Jan 1, 1609 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Jan 1, 1610 The Tempest Jan 1, 1610 The Winter’s Tale Apr 1, 1611 Macbeth Apr 1, 1611 Macbeth Jan 1, 1613 Shakespeare retired He wrote 37 plays in total or 40 if you count the two lost plays and the one he did as a collaboration. Jan 1, 1613 Henry VIII Jan 1, 1613 The theatre burned down Shakespeare used a canon to add effects to the play King Henry VIII but it accidentally burned the theatre down at the same time. Jan 1, 1623 Most of his plays were published even though he was dead