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William shakespeare was baptised on this date. His actual birth date is unknown but is assumed to be sometime in April. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Wawickshire,England -about 100 km northwest of London
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Shakespeare leaves school at the age of 15 possibly due to financial problems (exact date unknown) . This marked the end of his education as he never went to university. He was believed to have attended Stratford Grammar School.
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He marries at age 18 to Anne Hathaway (26) at Temple Grafton, 5 miles from Stratford. Speculation has it that Shakespeare was not happy in his marriage.
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Shakespeares first child, Susanna is born, and is baptised on the 26th of May.
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Twins, Judith and Hamnet (Shakespeare's only son) are born, Shakespeare goes to London and to start his theatrical career .
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Shakespeare keeps travelling back and forth between stratford and London to pursue his career. By this point he was more focused on his career than his family.
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Believed to have written: The Comedy of Errors, Henry VI (parts 1,2, and 3) Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus (1589-1594)
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Dedicates Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece to Henry Wriothsley, Earl of Southampton - thought to be the beautiful youth of the sonnets. Writes: Venus and Adonis,
Begins writing: The sonnets , Love's Labour's Lost, Two Gentlemen of Verona -
Shakespeare writes Love's Labour's Lost, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Romeo and Juliet.
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Between 1595 and 1612/13 Shakespeare wrote (approximately) 28 plays including: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caeser, Hamlet, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.
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As Shakespeares success and popularity begins to surge his only son, Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, dies at age 11 (possibly due to the plague). Shakespeare returns to Stratford for the funeral and spends more time with his family.
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Shakespeare spends most of his time in London (1597-1612). He remained active in Stratford as an investor in grain dealings. He also bought real estate in the countryside and London.
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Shakespeare went into semi-retirement very early, at the age of 48.
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Shakespeare, who was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language dies on or around the 23rd of april (his birthday) from unknown causes. He died at age 51-52 (possibly exactly 52). He wrote more than 37 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 narrative poems and 2 "lost plays".
