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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Shakespeare was baptized on April 26th, 1564
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Shakespeare likely started his education around this time because children entered the local grammar school at age seven by tradition.
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On November 28, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway of Shottery, Stratford
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Susanna Shakespeare was baptized on May 26th. She was the first child, and Susanna was born six months after the wedding.
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Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare were baptized on February 2, 1585. The twins were named after two close friends of William Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare left his family in Stratford to start his career as both playwright and performer in theatre.
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Shakespeare writes parts 1, 2, and 3 of Henry VI from 1590-1592.
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The play, Henry VI, was performed by Strange's Men at the Rose on March 3rd, 1592.
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William Shakespeare wrote "Romeo and Juliet" three years before it was published in 1594.
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Hamnet Shakespeare, who was 11 years old, dies from the plague.
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After a disagreement with their landlord, Shakespeare and one of his actors rebuild a new theatre called The Globe across a river.
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John Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's father, dies in 1601.
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Shakespeare is thought to have composed Hamlet after his father's death.
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Elizabeth I died March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey. She was the queen of England during Shakespeare's time from 1558–1603.
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Shakespeare starts writing for other people and spends less time on writing plays and poems.
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William’s brother, Edmund, dies at age 27.
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Shakespeare leaves London and moves back to Stratford. The exact date of Shakespeare's return is unknown, and historians placing it anywhere between 1610 and 1613.
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The Tempest was likely written around 1610 or 1611.
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Shakespeare died in 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avenue.
