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Shakespeare TimeLine

By Paloma Fernandez Daniel
  • Period: 1616 BCE to 1623 BCE

    Shakespeare dies

    There are no contemporary accounts of Shakespeare’s death, though he made his will a month before he died, in which he says he is in “perfect health”.
  • Period: Jun 26, 1564 to 1571 BCE

    William Shakespeare childhood

    There is no record of Shakespeare’s birth, but his christening is recorded.He was born during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, who had recently converted England to Protestantism.
  • Period: 1571 to

    Shakespeare's education

    Details of Shakespeare’s schooling are unknown. It is likely that he began his education at the age of six or seven.
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    Marriage and the lost years

    Shakespeare married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway, in 1582 when he was 18. She was already three months pregnant with their first child.
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    Shakespeare's first review

    Drama in Elizabethan theatre shifted from the religious to the secular and companies of players formed to entertain the public under the patronage of noblemen.
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    Shakespeare becomes a gentleman

    William is thought to have revived his father’s lapsed application for a family coat of arms in 1596.
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    Shakespeare is credited on his own work

    His work attracted royal attention; he acted in several performances before Queen Elizabeth I. Some academics suggest that his history plays were supportive of Elizabeth’s claim to the throne. Others suggest Richard II criticised her as it describes the overthrowing of a monarch.
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    Building the Globe

    This made him even wealthier. He invested in property in Stratford and London, and records of his purchases survive. In 1597 he bought the second biggest house in Stratford for his family, as well as 107 acres of farmland and a cottage. Later, he bought property to let in London, showing his business acumen.
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    Royal patronage

    Royal patronage Shakespeare's published 154 sonnets which explored themes of love, sex and beauty. He probably started them in 1592 when the plague closed the theatres.
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    Shakespeare published sonnets

    Shakespeare published 154 sonnets which explored themes of love, sex and beauty. He probably started them in 1592 when the plague closed the theatres.
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    Shakespeare write his last play

    Shakespeare writes his last play. The two noble Kisn was posibly the lasr play Shakespeare worked on. He wrote it with a collaborato, John Flecher.