William Shakespeare's life

Shakespeare's Birth - Death

Period: Apr 26, 1564 to Apr 23, 1616

Attended private school

Jan 12, 1568

Married

Aug 10, 1581

Married Anne Hathaway

Susanna

Sep 12, 1582

Their first child Susanna was born

Hamnet

Mar 21, 1585

Second child Hamnet was born

English and Spanish war

Period: Aug 9, 1585 to May 20, 1604

Moved to London

Oct 7, 1588

Most of his plays produced

Period: May 2, 1589 to Nov 25, 1613

Wrote ten comedies

Period: Apr 28, 1590 to Nov 14, 1600

First play performed

Jan 9, 1592

First Poem published

May 3, 1593

Second play published

Dec 13, 1593

Second Poem published

Feb 19, 1594

Hamnet Dies

Jul 28, 1596

Hamnet dies, presumably of disease at Eleven

Bought his family a house

Sep 10, 1597

Wrote "The Tempest"

Aug 13, 1610

Returned to his Family

Feb 27, 1613