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Queen Elizabeth comes queen in 1558 just 6 years before William Shakespeare was born.
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William Shakespeare is born into a new world.
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Shakespeare was baptized.
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William's brother, Gilbert was born.
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Shakespeare goes to school in 1569.
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William's sister, Joan is born.
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Shakespeare's sister is born, Anne.
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William's brother, Richard is born.
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William's brother, Edmund was born.
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Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway.
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William and Anne's first child is born, Susanna.
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William's twins, Hamnet and Judith are born.
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Shakespeare writes his first play, Henry VI.
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All of London's theatres are closed because of the bubonic plague that lasted for 2 years.
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Romeo and Juliet was believed to be written around 1594, but the exact date is not known.
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The theatres reopen in 1594. The Chamberlain's Men was the first Shakespeare company that was formed to perform at The Theatre in Shoreditch.
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The Globe Theatre is built in 1599.
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The same year the Globe Theatre was built, Shakespeare wrote one of his most famous plays, Julius Caesar.
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William's father, John Shakespeare dies.
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King James I became king after the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603.
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William returned to live in Stratford.
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Shakespeare dies at home at New Place, Stratford. It is believed he died of alcoholism.
