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Shakespeare is born in
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At the age of 18, Shakespeare married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway
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Susanna is born, oldest daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway
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Twins Hamnet and Judith were born, Children of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway
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Deemed Shakespeare's “lost years” not much was know during this period
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Several Shakespearean plays are on London's stages by 1592
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1592-1594- Shakespeare is attacked in print by playwright, Robert Greene in Groats Worth of Grit
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Hamnet dies and is buried at the age of 11
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1599, a partnership of members of the company built their own theatre on the south bank of the River Thames, which they named the Globe.
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the company was awarded a royal patent by the new King James I, and changed its name to the King's Men
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Shakespeare retired around 1608, but still acted partly
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Many playhouses are shut down, because of the spread of the bubonic plague, including Shakespeare "The Globe"
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Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52. He died within a month of signing his will
