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It is unknown when William Shakespeare was born, but is believed to be around
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William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564 at Holy Trinity in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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In 1569, Shakespeare went to King's New School, an excellent grammar school in Stratford.
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When Shakespeare was 18,, he married Anne Hathaway.
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7 months after their marriage, they had a daughter named Susanna.
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Twins Hamnet and Judith followed in February 1585.
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Around 1590, he wrote his first play called Henry VI, Part One.
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Play writer Robert Greene criticizes Shakespeare calling him an "upstart crow."
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A plague caused the theaters to close, therefore, Shakespeare uses the break to write poetry.
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Shakespeare writes his first poem, the Venus and Adonis, written for his patron Henry Wriothesley.
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Shakespeare publishes the The Rape of Lucrece dedicated to the Earl of Southampton.
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William and Anne's only son, Hamnet dies because of unknown causes.
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Thanks to his theater success, he gets wealthy and buys New Place, the second-largest house in Stratford.
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In 1599, The Globe was created.
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Shakespeare's father dies, and that influences him to write Hamlet.
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Queen Elizabeth the first dies and King James ascends the throne which starts the Jacobean age.
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The Sonnets became published.
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Shakespeare returns to Stratford.
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His last will was making some odd changes that include leaving his "second-best bed" to his wife and £10 to the poor.
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Shakespeare dies from an unknown illness.
