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Date
|
Age
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Events and growth
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around 23/Apr/1564
|
0
|
William is born!! One of the greatest
event in the history of literature! |
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26/APR/1564
|
0
|
William is baptised at the Holy Trinity
Church. |
|
1564
|
0
|
William crawls everywhere in the house. |
|
1565
|
1
|
William makes his first unsteady steps!
|
|
13/Oct/1566
|
2
|
Brother, Gilbert was born. |
|
4/Sep/1568
|
4
|
Papa, John becomes the mayor of Stratford. |
|
15/Apr/1569
|
5
|
Sister, Joan is baptised at the Holy Trinity Church. |
|
1569
|
5
|
Queen's Men performs in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
|
28/Sep/1571
|
7
|
Sister, Anne is baptised. |
|
around1571
|
7
|
William enters the Grammar School in Stratford. "Creeping
like snail unwilling to school" (As You Like It) |
|
around1571
|
7
|
Papa, John starts to face financial problems.
|
|
11/Mar/1574
|
10
|
Brother, Richard is baptised. |
|
Jul/1575
|
11
|
Queen Elizabeth visits Kenilworth and enjoys the spectacular
pageants which is one of the biggest pageants during the Elizabethan
time. William might visit. |
|
1576
|
12
|
Papa bought two houses with gardens and orchards with
40 pounds. |
|
1576
|
12
|
Papa's fortune has fallen. |
|
1576
|
12
|
James Burbadge built the Theatre. |
|
1577
|
13
|
Papa stops attending the council meetings. |
|
1577
|
13
|
Holinshed's The Chronicle of England, Scotland
and Ireland is published. |
|
14/Nov/1577
|
14
|
Papa loans 40 pounds with the mortgage of Mama's inherited
property in Wilcote. |
|
around1579
|
15
|
William gives up going to the university
because of the fall of Papa's fortune. |
|
3/May/1580
|
16
|
Brother, Edmund is baptised. |
|
1580
|
16
|
Papa pays 20 pounds fine. |
|
3/Aug/1581
|
17
|
Alexander Houghton in Lancashire left
2 pounds annually to William Shakeshfte. Is he Shakespeare? Some
scholars believe that William was a tutor at Houghton and it is
a strong Catholic connection to Shakespeare. |
|
1582
|
18
|
Lord Berkeley's Men performs in Stratford.
|
|
Autumn/1582
|
18
|
William finds out his girlfriend is pregnant.
Surprise! Surprise! |
|
27/Nov/1582
|
18
|
William goes to Worcester to get licence to marry
his girlfriend. |
|
Dec/1582
|
18
|
William marries to Anne Hathaway. |
|
May/1583
|
19
|
Suzanna is born!! |
|
26/May/1583
|
19
|
The family goes to Holy Trinity Church to baptise
Suzanna. |
|
Feb/1585
|
21
|
The twin, Hamnet and Judith are born. |
|
2/Feb/1585
|
21
|
The family goes to Holy Trinity Church to baptise
the twin. |
|
1585
|
21
|
James Burgadge runs the Curtain. |
|
4/Sep/1586
|
22
|
Papa, John becomes a candidate for bailiff. |
|
1587
|
23
|
Philip Henslowe builds the Rose. |
|
1587
|
23
|
Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded. |
|
around1587
|
23?
|
William goes to London. |
|
1588
|
24
|
England defeats the Spanish Armada. |
|
around1590
|
26
|
William writes Henry VI. |
|
1591
|
27
|
London theatres close by the plague. |
|
1592
|
28
|
Since theatres are close, William writes most of sonnets! |
|
around1592
|
28
|
William writes The Comedy of Errors. |
|
25/Sep/1592
|
28
|
Papa, John is included the list of recusants who do
not come monthly to church. |
|
Nov/1592
|
28
|
Robert Greene writes, 'an upstart crow beautified
with our feathers that with his "tiger's" heart wrapped
in a player's hide.' William hurts. |
|
30/May/1593
|
29
|
Marlowe is killed. |
|
1593
|
29
|
William dedicates Venus and Adonis to Southampton.
It is sold at 6 pence. |
|
1594
|
29
|
The Lord Chamberlain's Men restarts. |
|
1594
|
30
|
The Lord Chamberlain Men reorganised.
William becomes a one of shareholders. |
|
7/Jun/1594
|
30
|
The Jewish physician in ordinary to the
Queen Elizabeth, Roderigo Lopez is hung for the treason of conspiracy
to murder Queen. |
|
15/Mar/1595
|
31 |
William is
listed as a payee, along with Richard Burbage and William Kempe,
receiving 20 pounds for the Christmas performance before the Queen.
|
|
20/Oct/1596
|
32
|
William receives the grant of Arm which
Papa has applied in 1568. |
|
1596
|
32
|
Blackfriars theatre is built. |
|
Aug/1596
|
32
|
Son, Hamnet dies with aged eleven.
|
|
11/Aug/1596
|
32
|
Burial of Hamnet. A sad day. |
|
4/May/1597
|
33
|
William buys the second biggest house in Stratford called New
Place with 60 pounds in silver.
|
|
1599
|
35
|
The Globe is built with the timber of the Theatre.
|
|
1599
|
35
|
The Globe opens with Henry V. |
|
1600
|
36
|
English East India Company is founded. |
|
1600
|
36
|
Fortune theatre opens. |
|
1601
|
37
|
Essex orders the performance of Richard II
the night before their rebellion. |
|
1601
|
37
|
Papa, John dies. |
|
1602
|
38
|
William buys lands in Stratford. |
|
around1602
|
38
|
William writes Hamlet and plays the ghost of
late Hamlet. |
|
1603
|
39
|
Queen Elizabeth dies and King James succeeds. |
|
1603
|
39
|
The Lord Chamberlain's Men becomes King's
Men. |
|
26/Dec/1604
|
40
|
The performance of Measure for Measure at Court
in the Banqueting House at Whitehall. |
|
5/Nov/1605
|
41
|
The Gunpowder Plot. |
|
1606
|
42
|
London theatres close by the plague. |
|
Jun/1607
|
43
|
William goes to the wedding of daughter, Sazanna to
John Hall. |
|
Feb/1607
|
43
|
Brother Edmund dies. |
|
1608
|
43
|
William becomes granddad! His first grandchild, Elisabeth is
born.
|
|
Sep/1608
|
43
|
Mama, Mary Shakespeare dies. |
|
9/Sep/1608
|
43
|
The burial of Mary.
|
|
1608
|
44
|
Lord Chamberlain Men starts to use the Blackfriars
as their winter playhouse. |
|
1609
|
45
|
London theatres close by the plague. |
|
1611
|
47
|
The Authorised Version of the Bible is published. |
|
1612
|
48
|
William is busy for the preparations for the wedding
performances for Princess Elizabeth. |
|
1613
|
49
|
William buys a house near Blackfriars
Theatre. |
|
29/Jun/1613
|
49
|
The Globe burns down during the performance
of Henry VIII. |
|
1614
|
50
|
The Globe reopens. |
|
1614
|
50
|
Hope theatre opens. |
|
around1615
|
51
|
William goes back to Stratford. |
|
around Jan/ 1616
|
52
|
William writes draft of his will and decides to leave
Ann the second best bed. |
|
10/Feb/1616
|
52
|
William goes the wedding of Judith to Thomas Quiney.
|
|
25/March/1616
|
52
|
William signs his will. |
|
around 1616
|
52
|
William is wondering about how he would like his epitaph
to be "GOOD FREND (=FRIEND) FOR IESVS (=JESUS) SAKE FORBARE
(=FORBEAR), TO DIGG THE DVST (=DUST) ENCLOSED HERE: BLESTE BY YE(=THE)
MAN YT (=THAT) SPARES THES (THESE) STONES, AND CVRST (=CURST) BE
HE YT (THAT) MOVES MY BONES" |
|
23/APR/1616
|
52
|
William goes to the Heaven. |
|
25/Apr/1616
|
|
The burial of the Sweet Swan of Avon. |
|
6/Aug/1623
|
|
Anne goes to the Heaven to see her William. |
|
1623
|
|
His friends publish the First Folio! |
