A timeline about Shakespeare's life and major political events that occurred during his life.
The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that King Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the throne of France when of King Charles VI of France dies.
On the 23rd of April, John Shakespeare and Mary Arden gave birth to famous poet and playwright, William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
On this day William Shakespeare was christened at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and her 1 year old son becomes King James VI of Scots
Around this time Shakespeare attended the King's New School. A very high grammar school in Stratford.
On this day Shakespeare got married to Anne Hathaway. Shakespere was 18 at the time and Anne was 26 and pregnant.
Six months after Anna and Will's marriage, the first child, Susanna, is born and baptized.
In this year Anne gives birth to twins, Hamnet and Judith. The babies were named after Shakespeare's good friends, Hamnet and Judith Sadler.
Around this time, Shakespeare wrote Henry VI, Part One (his first play). Also around this time, Shakespeare leaves Stratford to begin work as a playwright and actor in London.
Robert Greene an "upstart crow" who doesn't belong with Greene's university-educated dramatist crowd.
London theaters are closed due to an outbreak of bubonic plague that eventually kills about five percent of the city's residents. Shakespeare uses the break to write poetry.
In the spring of 1594, the London theaters reopen to the public. Over the next five years Shakespeare's and the Chamberlain's Men, becomes one of the most popular acting groups in London. They frequently performed in the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I.
Will and Anne's only son, Hamnet, died at the age of 11 of unknown cause.
Around this time the Chamberlain's Men built the Globe Theatre, which was a wooden theater in London. Many of Shakespeare's most famous plays were performed there for the first time.
Shakespeare's father died during this year. It is believed that his father's death motivated Shakespeare to write Hamlet, which was also written around this time.
Queen Elizabeth I dies and King James seizes the throne. The Chamberlain's Men change their name to the King's Men, and perform to King James eleven times between 1 November 1604 and 31 October 1605.
Shakespeare left London and moved back to Stratford, where his wife and married daughters lived.
Shakespeare suffered from an unknown illness.William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday, leaving his wife with his "second-best bed" and £10 to the poor.
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