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04/23/1564: birth of William Shakespeare

11/28/1582: married Anne Hathaway of Shottery

05/26/1583: baptism of Susanna Shakespeare, the couple's first daughter;

1585: the twins Hamnet and Judith are born;

02/02/1585: baptism of Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare;

1592: W. Shakespeare leaves Stratford-upon-Avon to work in the emerging theaters of the day;

1593: theaters in London are closed due to bubonic plague;

04/18/1593: record of his poem Venus and Adonis;

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03/15/1595: first document mentioning Shakespeare's connection with the theater;

08/11/1596: his son, Hamnet, dies at the age of eleven, probably due to bubonic plague;

10/20/1596: John Shakespeare, Will's father, is awarded a coat of arms;

1598: Shakespeare and other members of the company finance the Globe theater building;

1599: the Globe Theater (Globe Theater) is built on Bankside;

1600: Julius Caesar's first presentation at the Globe;

10/8/1600: registration of his famous play "A Midsummer Night's Dream";

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1601: his troupe of actors, Chamberlain's Men, is hired to stage Richard II at the Globe;

02/1603: registration of the play Troilo e Créssida;

1604: first performance of the play Otelo;

1608: mentioned as a member of the theater group The King's Men, which buys the Blackfriars theater, of which Shakespeare is partially owner;

06/29/1613: fire destroys the Globe Theater during a performance by Henry VIII when a cannon fire sets fire to the thatched roof;

1614: the second Globe Theater is built;

04/23/1616: death of William Shakespeare;