Events
Shakespeare is born and baptised in Stanford-upon-AvonShakespeare marries Anne HathawayShakespeare’s first child, Susanna, is bornShakespeare is first alluded to as a playwright, in Greene’s Groates-worth of WitShakespeare’s first printed poem, Venus and Adonis, appearsShakespeare dies at the age of 52Shakespeare’s first printed play, Titus Andronicus, appearsShakespeare is first mentioned as a sonneteer and author of 12 plays in Palladis TamiaExtracts from Shakespeare’s plays and poetry appear in Bel-vedere, the first printed literary commonplace book to include playsThe First Folio is published; Shakespeare’s widow Anne diesThe Tempest was the last play Shakespeare wroteThe heralds dispute the legitimacy of a group of coat of arms, including Shakespeare’s; Shakespeare ratifies his purchase of New PlaceShakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, becomes the King’s Men at the accession of James I; Hamlet appears in printShakespeare’s Sonnets appears in printShakespeare likely attended grammar school at the king Edward VI School in Stratford
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