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44 years
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Historians don't know the exact date of birth of William Shakespeare, but they assume that he was born on April 23,1564.
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William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26,1564, in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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22 years
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Shakespeare enrolls and gets into King's New School, an excellent grammar school in Stratford. There he learns all the things he needs to excel in poetry.
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William Shakespeare got married to Anne Hathaway on November 27, 1582. At the time of their marriage, William was 18 and Anne was 26. Their wedding was held in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Six months later after their marriage, William and Anne have their first child. It is a girl and her name is Suzanna.
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Shakespeare has twins: Hamnet and Judith in 1585. (exact date unknown)
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William Shakespeare wrote his very first play Henry VI part one in 1590.
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After he finished writing Henry VI part one, William keeps writing the play. From 1590-1591, William wrote Henry VI Part Two and Henry VI Part Three.
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Robert Greene attacks Shakespeare and calls him an "upstart crow". Greene says that he doesn't belong with his university-educated dramatist crowd. This proves that Shakespeare was successful enough to make other playwrights jealous.
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The bubonic plague outbreak forces London theaters to close and it also kills 5% of the city's residents.
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Shakespeare uses the plague outbreak as spare time to write poetry. So in April of 1593, he publishes his first long poem: "Venus and Adonis".
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After the plague dies away and the theaters open again, Shakespeare publishes "The Rape of Lucrece". During this time, Shakespeare also buys some shares in the Chamberlain's Men.
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Shakespeare and Anne bury their only son Hamnet, in August 11, 1596. Hamnet was only 11 when he died and we don't know the cause of his death.
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Shakespeare writes one of his most famous play Romeo and Juliet and has it published in 1597.
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Shakespeare wrote many plays on ancient Greek mythology and gods. One of his most famous is Julius Caesar. Shakespeare wrote this play in 1599.
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After his father is sentenced to death, William gets motivated to write a play honoring him. So, in 1603 Hamlet was written and published. Over the next few years, Shakespeare's play take more of a dark, moody tone.
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In 1609, Thomas Thorpe prints a collection of all 154 sonnets written by Shakespeare.
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William Shakespeare makes his will to die and at the age of 52, he dies, the cause is an unknown sickness. His real date of death is April 23, 1616. He is buried in the same church he was baptized at, the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
