1. William Shakespeare

2. Birth Allegedly born: April 23, 1564 In Stratford-upon-Avon Parents:
No birth records found
In Stratford-upon-Avon
Parents:
John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant.
Mary Arden, a landed local heiress
Was the third of eight children

3. Education Suspected to have attended grammar school
No records to show how long he actually attended school.
His knowledge of Latin proves he did have some schooling though.

4. Marriage Married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582.
William was 18, Anne was and pregnant
Children:
Susanna, born May 26, 1583
Judith & Hamnet, born February 2, 1585
Hamnet died at age 11

5. Works
1590
First Play: Henry VI, Part One
1593
Venus and Adonis
1594
The Rape of Lucrece
Hamnet dies -Aug 11, 1596

6. Works Cont. Buys a portion of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men 1598
Published (not necessarily written):
Romeo & Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Merchant of Venice
Love's Labors Lost
Richard II
Titus Andronicus.

7. The Globe THeater Built in 1599 Published: Othello King Lear
Hamlet (1601)

8. Sonnets
Published 1609

9. Final Plays
1613
Henry VIII
Two Noble Kinsmen

10. Death
Dies in Stratford-upon-Avon
Apr 23, 1616