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| 1550 CE | William Shakespeare (1550-1615) was born in England and authored about thirty-five plays. | |
| 26 Apr 1564 CE | William Shakespeare was baptized. | |
| 1594 CE | In 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 CE | The 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 CE | The 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 CE | The first performance of William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Globe theater in London. | |
| 1 Nov 1604 CE | William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Othello' was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London. | |
| 1606 CE | Shakespeare wrote the tragedy 'King Lear', 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'. | |
| 1608 CE | Shakespeare's theater group, The King's Men, incorporated technical changes in their plays with the acquisition of the indoor Blackfriars theater. | |
| 1608 CE | William 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 CE | The original text of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets was published. | |
| 1609 CE | Shakespeare wrote his play 'Cymbeline'. It was based on the story of Cymbeline, king of Britain during the reign of Augustus Caesar in Rome. | |
| 1609 CE | The 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 CE | William Shakespeare's romantic comedy 'The Tempest' was first presented at Whitehall. | |
| 1612 CE | Shakespeare 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 CE | Shakespeare handed over the role of scriptwriter for the King's Men to John Fletcher and retired to his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. | |
| 1613 CE | William Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London burned down. | |
| 23 Apr 1616 CE | William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Shakespeare's plays included 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Troilus and Cressida'. | |
| 1623 CE | Ben Jonson, playwright, wrote his poem Shakespeare 'Sweet Swan of Avon'. | |
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