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William Shakespeare is born in Stratford- upon- Avon
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Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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Shakespeare's first child , Sussana , is born
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Shakespeare's twins, Judith and Hamnet, are born
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Shakespeare's is first alluded to as a playwright, in Greeene's Groates-worth of Wit
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Shakespeare's first printed poem , Venis and Adonis, appears
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Shakespeare's first printted play, Titus Andronicus, appears
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Shakespeare's father, John Sahkespeare, is granted a coat of arms; Shakespeare's son dies.
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Shakespeare's purchases New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Shakespeare is first mentioned as a sonneteer and author of 12 plays in Palladis Tamia.
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Shakespeare's father is granted a confirmation of arms; Shakespeare's acting company takes down its old thater and uses the timber to build the Globe
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Extracts from Shakespeare's plays and poetry appear in Bel-vedere, the first printed literary commonplace book to include plays.
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Shakespeare's father, John Shakespear, dies
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Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, becomes the king's Men at the accession of James I; Hamlet appears in print
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Shakespeare's daughter Susanna marries John Hall
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Shakespeare's mother , Mary (Arden) Shakespeare, dies; his grandauhgter Elizabeth is born
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Shakespeare's Sonnets appears in print
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Shakespeare purchases the Blackfriars in Lonson; teh Globe burns down during a performance of Henry VIII and is rebuilt within a year
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Shakespeare writes his will; his daughter Judith marries Thomas Quiney; Shakespeare dies