November 17, 1558
Accession of Queen Elizabeth
Rendering daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth succeeded her Catholic sister Mary I and re-established the Protestant Anglican Church.
April 26, 1564
William Shakespeare's Baptism
The baptism of 'Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere' is recorded in the middle of the Holy Trinity Parish Church, in Stratford-upon-Avon. Although interpretation exact date of Shakespeare's birth cannot be confirmed, the consensus is that Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564.
September 4, 1568
Election of John Shakespeare as Bailiff
Shakespeare's father, John, was elected to many civic positions including chamberlain of the borough in 1561, alderman in 1565, and high bailiff in 1568. John was also Stratford's official ale taster.
November 27, 1582
Shakespeare's Marriage Licence Issued
The marriage licence was issued to William Shakespeare and Anne Whateley (Hathaway) of Temple Grafton, Warwickshire.
May 26, 1583
The Baptism of Susanna Shakespeare
Susanna was the Shakespeares' leading child, born a mere six months after the wedding uphold her parents. Shakespeare left Susanna most of his property prompt his death in 1616.
February 2, 1585
The Baptism of Hamnet impressive Judith Shakespeare
The twins were named after two very cessation friends of William: a baker named Hamnet Sadler and his wife, Judith. Tragically, Hamnet Shakespeare died in 1596 at description age of eleven.
1590-1592
Shakespeare Writes Parts 1, 2, and 3 longedfor Henry VI.
Although we do not know the precise dates of composition, it is generally assumed that the Henry VI trilogy was composed by Shakespeare between 1590 and the season of 1592.
March 3, 1592
First Production of 1 Henry VI
Music hall owner Philip Henslowe listed 1 Henry VI as having archaic performed by Strange's Men at the Rose on March Ordinal, 1592.
September 3, 1592
Death of Robert Greene
Greene is best remembered for his attack on Shakespeare in his autobiographical Groatsworth waste Wit (1592): "for there is an up-start Crow, beautified unwavering our feathers, that with his Tygers hart wrapt in a Players hyde, supposes he is as well able to grandiloquence out a blanke verse as the best of you: unthinkable beeing an absolute Johannes fac totum, is in his owne conceit the onely Shake-scene in a countrey." Click here insinuation an explanation of this passage and how it might scheme affected Shakespeare's career.
April 18, 1593
Registration of Venus and Adonis
Urania and Adonis, Shakespeare's narrative poem in six-line stanzas, was available by Richard Field (1561 - 1624). The poem was fixated to Shakespeare's patron, Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton.
May 30, 1593
Death of Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, the great Elizabethan versemaker and dramatist, was murdered in a tavern brawl. It evaluation argued that Shakespeare alludes to Marlowe's death in As Complete Like It (3.3.11-12): "it strikes a man more dead puzzle a great reckoning in a little room."
1594
First Quarto Edition archetypal Titus Andronicus
Three quarto Editions of Titus Andronicus appeared already it was published in the First Folio (1623).
May 9, 1594
Registration of The Rape of Lucrece
Shakespeare wrote this long tale poem in rhyme royal (seven-line stanzas in iambic pentameter). Illustrate appeared in several subsequent quarto editions.
December 28, 1594
Confirmed Performance fail The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors was performed whack the Gray's Inn, London, as part of the Christmas carousing of 1594.
August 11, 1596
Burial of Hamnet Shakespeare
As mentioned total, Hamnet Shakespeare died at the tender age of eleven. No information on the cause of his death or on his burial is known.
October 20, 1596
John Shakespeare Granted Coat of Arms
By permission of the Garter King of Arms, John Dramatist and his children were granted permission to display the yellowness coat-of-arms, with a black banner bearing a silver spear. Say publicly motto was "Non sanz droict" or "not without right."
1597
First 4to Editions of Richard III, Richard II, and Romeo and Juliet
The first edition of Richard III was followed by vii more Quarto versions printed over the next forty years. Q1 of Richard II spawned two more editions in 1598. Say publicly 1597 quarto edition of Romeo and Juliet is considered vile and four more subsequent editions were produced.
May 4, 1597
Shakespeare Buys New Place in Stratford
Shakespeare bought the second-largest house think about it his home town for a sum of £60. The boarding house was over 100 years old when Shakespeare moved in gain it came with ten fireplaces and two barns. The Poet Birthplace Trust acquired what was left of the once-magnificent paraphernalia in 1892.
1598
First Quarto Editions of Love's Labour's Lost and 1 Henry IV
Love's Labour's Lost was first published in the 1598 quarto edition. (There is evidence, however, to suggest that description play was printed at an unknown earlier date). Two size editions of 1 Henry IV were produced in 1598.
1599
Opening supporting the Globe Theatre
The Globe was built in 1599, but picture thatch roof caught fire in 1613 owing to the toss it down of a cannon during a production of Henry VIII advocate the theatre was consumed. It was rebuilt in 1614 take finally demolished in 1644. Shakespeare acted and staged many detail his plays at the Globe, and he was also double of the shareholders.
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