Shakespeare Timeline By facebooker_10228541958190600 1564 William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 1583 Shakespeare's daughter Susana was born six months after the weeding 1584 Anne gave birth to twins: Judith and Hamnet 1593 Publication of Venus and Adonis, based on Ovid's Metarmophoses 1594 Shakespeare jointly founded a theatre company: The Lord Chamberlain's Men 1596 Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died 1599 The Globe Theatre opened on the South Bank of the river Thames: Shakespeare was a shareholder 1601 Shakespeare's father John died 1608 Death of Shakespeare's mother Mary 1609 Shakespeare's Sonnets were published 1616 Shakespeare died at the age of 52 1623 Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies (also known as the First Folio) were published