William Shakespeare/Timelines
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- 1564 April 26: William, son of John and Mary Shakespeare, baptized in Stratford-on-Avon (the tradition that he was born on the 23rd seems not to have been traced before the 18th century)
- 1582 November: Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway
- 1583 May 26: their daughter Susanna baptized
- 1585 February 2: twins Hamnet and Judith baptized
- 1596 August 11: Hamnet buried
- 1616 April 23: Shakespeare died (date given on his monument)
- 1623: publication of Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, commonly called the First Folio, comprising 36 plays, about half not previously published
- 1670: death of Shakespeare's last surviving descendant