Shakespeare's Life By s1537 Nov 17, 1558 Queen Elizabeth I becomes queen 1564 Shakespeare was born Apr 26, 1564 Shakespeare was baptized 1569 Shakespeare goes to school Nov 28, 1582 Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway May 26, 1583 Shakespeare's first child is born and named Susanna 1585 Shakespeare has twins. The daughter named Judith and the son named Hamnet 1590 Shakespeare's writes his first play 1592 Shakespeare is attacked by Greene 1593 London theaters close due to the Bubonic plague 1593 Shakespeare writes Venus and Adonis 1594 Shakespeare writes the Rape of Lucrece 1594 The theater reopens Aug 11, 1596 Hamnet dies at age 11 1597 Shakespeare resides in New Place 1599 The Globe theater is built 1601 Shakespeare's dad's death inspired him to write Hamlet Mar 24, 1603 Queen Elizabeth dies and the Jacobean age begins Mar 25, 1603 King James I becomes King Apr 23, 1616 Shakespeare died