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*1600: publication of ''Much Ado about Nothing'', ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' | *1600: publication of ''Much Ado about Nothing'', ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' | ||
*1602: publication of ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' | *1602: publication of ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' | ||
*1604 December 26: performance of ''Measure for Measure'' | |||
*1616 April 23: Shakespeare died (date given on his monument) | *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 | *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 | *1670: death of Shakespeare's last surviving descendant | ||
Revision as of 04:55, 5 July 2021
- 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
- 1598: Palladis Tamia, book by Francis Meres, mentions 12 plays as by Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Comedy of Errors, Love's Labours Lost, Love Labours Won (another ealy source mentions this, but no play has survived under this title), Midsummer Night's Dream, and Merchant of Venice, Richard II, Richard III, Henry the IV (this is actually two plays), King John, Titus Andronicus, and Romeo and Juliet
- ,,: publication of Love's Labour's Lost
- 1600: publication of Much Ado about Nothing, Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1602: publication of The Merry Wives of Windsor
- 1604 December 26: performance of Measure for Measure
- 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