Shakespearen Timeline

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  • Middle English Was Used From 1066-1204
    Mar 15, 1066

    Middle English Was Used From 1066-1204

  • Mar 15, 1100

    Old English

  • Queen Elizabeth is Born
    Sep 7, 1533

    Queen Elizabeth is Born

  • Mar 10, 1540

    the surrender of Waltham Abbey

  • Queen Elizabeth is Crowned
    Jan 15, 1559

    Queen Elizabeth is Crowned

  • Shakespeare was born
    Apr 23, 1564

    Shakespeare was born

    not the exact day
  • Shakespeare got Married
    Jun 4, 1582

    Shakespeare got Married

  • Shakepeare Wrote Midsummer Night's Dream

    Shakepeare Wrote Midsummer Night's Dream

    Shakespeare wrote it between 1590 and 1596 (no ones really sure)
  • London Theatres close due to the Bubonic Plague (The Black Death)

    London Theatres close due to the Bubonic Plague (The Black Death)

  • The Globe Theatre is built on Bankside

    The Globe Theatre is built on Bankside

  • The voyage to Virginia of Sir William Somers was blown off course and shipwrecked in Bermuda. William Strachey, secretary of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, later sent a letter to England that described the event. The letter is thought by many to have

  • Retirement of Shakespeare

    Retirement of Shakespeare

  • The second Globe Theatre was built

  • Shakespeare signed his dictated will.

    Shakespeare signed his dictated will.

  • William Shakespeare Died

    William Shakespeare Died

  • Globe Theatre Demolished

    Globe Theatre Demolished

    Puritans demolished it.

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