SHAKESPEARE
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Updated: 12 Oct 2018
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William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-Avon to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare.Shakespeare enters King's New School, an excellent grammar school in StratfordHe marries Anne HathawayAround this time, Shakespeare writes Henry VI, Part OneLondon theaters are closed due to an outbreak of bubonic plague that eventually kills about five percent of the city's residents.Shakespeare publishes "Venus and Adonis," his first long published poemIn the spring of 1594, the London theaters reopen to the publicWilliam and Anne bury their only son, Hamnet, who dies at the age of 11The Chamberlain's Men build the Globe, a wooden theater in London.It is believed that his father's death motivates Shakespeare to write Hamlet around this timeFire destroys the Globe Theatre during a performance of Henry VIII when cannon fire sets fire to the thatched roofMarriage of Mary I and Philip of Spain in Winchester.
English Church returns to Rome with Mary retaining title of Supreme HeadSir Francis Drake sails around the world.Pilgrim Fathers sail to Massachussetts in the MayflowerPope Gregory XIII announces that killing Elizabeth is not a sinDefeat of the Spanish ArmadaMary, Queen of Scots, is executed at Fotheringay CastlePeriods
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