Shakespearean Timeline

1564

William Shakespeare born at Stratford-upon-Avon to John and Mary Shakespeare

1567

John Shakespeare is named Mayor/Bailiff of Stratford 

1582

William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway

c 1591

Titus Andronicus, A Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew

1599

Globe theatre is built, with Shakespeare as a shareholder

1600

Hamlet

1601

Shakespeare's father dies

1603

Shakespeare's company the Lord Chamberlains Men become the Kings Men

1605

Othello, King Lear

1606

Macbeth

1608 

Shakespeare's mother dies

1613

The Globe theatre burns down during a performance of Henry VIII

1614

Globe theatre rebuilt, Shakespeare retires from London to Stratford

1616

Shakespeare dies at Stratford and is buried at Holy Trinity Church

1623 

Publication of First Folio, the first collection of Shakespeare's work

1642

Globe theatre closes down