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William Shakespeare timeline

  • Apr 26, 1564

    William Shakespeare is born

    William Shakespeare is born
  • Apr 26, 1564

    Shakespeare is baptized

  • Period: Apr 26, 1564 to

    Time span

    William Shakespeare lived for 52 years.
  • Jan 1, 1569

    Willliam begins school

    William went to a school called the King's New School. The school was in Stratford. This period is known as the Lost Years because there are not many records of his childhood.
  • Jan 1, 1582

    William gets married to his wife Anne Hathaway

    William gets married to his wife Anne Hathaway
    William got married to his wife when he was 18. They had 3 children. their names were Hamnet, Sussana, and Judith.
  • Shakespeare writes his first play

    Shakespeare writes his first play
    William's first play was Henry VI part 1.
  • Death of William's only son

    Death of William's only son
    William's son Hamnet died at the age of 11.
  • The Globe was built

    The Globe was a well known theatre, that Shakespeare had a lot of plays preformed in.
  • William wrote some of his best work. Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth

  • Shakespeare returns home

    William had moved away from London. He soon had moved back to Stratford.
  • Shakespear makes changes to his will

    William changed his will. He made a change where he left his second best bed to his wife, he gave away his money to the poor.
  • William died.

    William died.
    William died at the age of 52.