Shakespeare and the World

  • Period: Jun 2, 1533 to

    Ivan IV - First Tsar of Russia

  • Period: Dec 14, 1542 to Jul 24, 1567

    Reign of Mary Queen of Scots - Scotland

  • Period: Nov 17, 1558 to

    Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

  • Jan 22, 1561

    Sir Francis Bacon was Born

  • Period: Jun 2, 1562 to

    French Wars of Religion

  • Jun 2, 1563

    Outbreak of the Plague

  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Gallilei was Born

  • Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespeare was born

  • Jun 2, 1565

    Seige of Malta

  • Jun 2, 1565

    Graphite Pencil Invented

  • Period: Jun 2, 1566 to

    Eighty Years War

  • Jun 19, 1572

    John Donne was born

  • Period: Jun 2, 1577 to Jun 2, 1580

    Francis Drake Circles the World

  • Georgian Calendar started

  • William Shakespeare Marries Anne Hathaway

  • Period: to

    Anglo-Spanish War

  • Thomas Hobbs was Born

  • First Flushing Toilet

  • Thermometer Invented

  • Romeo and Juliet was Written

  • The Sonnets were Written

  • Taming of the Shrew was writen

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream was Written

  • The Merchant of Venice was Written

  • Globe Theatre was Built

  • As You Like It Was Written

  • Hamlet was Written

  • British East India Company Started

  • Period: to

    Russian Famine

  • British East India Company first Voyage

  • Period: to

    Reign of King James I

  • King Lear

  • First Newspaper

  • Gunpower Plot Failed

  • Macbeth was Written

  • King James Version of the Bible First Published

  • Henry VIII

  • Shakespeare died