William Shakespeare

  • Apr 23, 1564

    Date of Birth

    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-avon in warwickshire. William was born on the 23th of april 1564.
  • Apr 26, 1564

    William gets baptized

    William Shakespeare was only baptized a few days after he was born. William was baptized at the holy trinity church in stratford.
  • May 1, 1569

    school

    There is no real record saying that William Shakespeare went to school. [do not look at the date it is not true but the year is]
  • Marriage

    Shakespeare got married to Ann Hatheway, he was only 18 when he married her while she was 26.
  • First baby is born

    6 months after Ann and William got married they had a young girl named Susanna. [ there is no certificate certifying Susanna getting baptized.]
  • Twins

    Although the date is incorrect the year is true. Ann gives birth to young Hamnet and Judith.
  • First play

    Around this time William Shakespeare wrote his first ever play, Henry Vl part 1. as most of the plays Shakepeare has written the date is unclear/unknown.
  • Critic attacks shakespeare

    Robert Greene a playwriter writes an astonishingly rude critique about Shakespeare. Greene called Shakespeare an "upstart cow" who doesn't belong with Greenes educated dramatist crowed.
    { the date incorrect but the year is right.}
  • Plague closes theatres

    Unfortunetly an outbreak of the bubonic plague spreads throughout the city, Killing 5 percent of the city's dwellers.
    The day is incorrect. whie the plague takes over Shakepeare takes this time to write poetry.
  • Theaters reopen

    although the date is untrue the year is. in the spring that theaters reopen to the public.
  • Hamnet dies

    William and Ann bury there only son. Hamnet died at the age of 11 and died of unknown causes.
  • Shakespeare loved

    Shakespeare became loved because of a nice critic, by this time he had a few plays that he had already written for example one of his most famous plays romeo and juliette.
    date incorrect, yeare correct
  • Globe theater built

    The Chamberlain's men build the Globe theater also known as the Globe. The Globe is a wooden theater in London. most of Shakespeare's play's are played there.
    the date incorrect, the year correct.
  • Hamlet

    Shakespeare's father dies and his father's assistent is sentenced to death.
    date incorrect, the year is correct.
  • Final plays

    Shakespeare writes his final plays - Henry V111. The Globe catches fire and burns to the ground while there is a perfomance of Henry the V111 and the Globe theater burns down.
    the date incorrect, the year correct.
  • Wills last will

    Shakespeare calls his lawyer to tell him his will to him. making some really weird changes to the will, leaving his secound best bed to his wife and leaves 10 pounds to the poor.
  • Shakespeare dies

    Shakespeare dies from an unknown illness, he dies on his 52nd birthday.
    [ how cool is it that William Shakespeare died on his own birthday. ]
  • The burial

    Shakespeare is buried at the Holy Trinity church, the church were he was baptized. the person whom conducted the berial made a curse " anyone who disturbs this grave will get a curse ".
    Shakespeare leaves a huge legacy behind and has the most amount of books translated in to european languages. he has fantastic qoutes for example " a rose by any other name will still smell as sweet."