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William Shakespeare (1550-1615)

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    1550  CEWilliam Shakespeare (1550-1615) was born in England and authored about thirty-five plays.
 26 Apr 1564  CEWilliam Shakespeare was baptized.
    1594  CEIn England James Burbage won the patronage of Lord Chamberlain and established the 25 member Lord Chamberlain's Men. The group included William Shakespeare.
c.    1596  CE(Between 1596-1597) Shakespeare wrote his tragedy 'King John'.
 21 Sep 1599  CEThe first recorded performance at the Globe theater. The Globe Theater, a 20-sided timber building for Shakespeare's plays was constructed on the South Bank of the Thames, England.
    1599  CEThe Globe Theater, a 20-sided timber building for Shakespeare's plays was constructed on the South Bank of the Thames, England. The troupe Lord Chamberlain's Men built the Globe Theater. Timbers came from a dismantled old theater and the new structure held some 3,000 spectators in 3 galleries.
    1600  CEThe first performance of William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Globe theater in London.
  1 Nov 1604  CEWilliam Shakespeare's tragedy 'Othello' was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London.
    1606  CEShakespeare wrote the tragedy 'King Lear', 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'.
    1608  CEShakespeare's theater group, The King's Men, incorporated technical changes in their plays with the acquisition of the indoor Blackfriars theater.
    1608  CEWilliam Shakespeare wrote his play 'Pericles'. It was about a prince who journeys through evil kingdoms until he meets his bride and then loses her at sea.
    1609  CEThe original text of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets was published.
    1609  CEShakespeare wrote his play 'Cymbeline'. It was based on the story of Cymbeline, king of Britain during the reign of Augustus Caesar in Rome.
    1609  CEThe voyage to Virginia of Sir William Somers was blown off course and shipwrecked in Bermuda. William Strachey, secretary of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, later sent a letter to England that described the event. The letter is thought by many to have been an inspiration for Shakespeare's 'Tempest'.
  1 Nov 1611  CEWilliam Shakespeare's romantic comedy 'The Tempest' was first presented at Whitehall.
    1612  CEShakespeare was commissioned to write a serious play about Henry VIII. The commission was probably made to celebrate the marriage of one of King James' daughters.
    1612  CEShakespeare handed over the role of scriptwriter for the King's Men to John Fletcher and retired to his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.
    1613  CEWilliam Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London burned down.
 23 Apr 1616  CEWilliam Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Shakespeare's plays included 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Troilus and Cressida'.
    1623  CEBen Jonson, playwright, wrote his poem Shakespeare 'Sweet Swan of Avon'.
 
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