 | 1564 |
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Shakespeare was born on April 23rd |
| 1574 |
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Theatre is opened in London |
| 1575 |
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Population of London: 180,000 |
| 1576 |
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Richard Burbage obtains 21-year lease of land in Shoreditch, London, with permission to
build a playhouse:" The Theatre" opens in Dec. |
| 1580 |
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Earthquake in London |
| 1582 |
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London's first water works |
| 1583 |
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Queen's Company of Players formed in London by Sir Edmund Tilney |
| 1585 |
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Shakespeare leaves Straford for London |
| 1586 |
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Mary, Queen of Scots, executed |
| 1590 |
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Shakespeare: "Henry VI " Parts 2 and 3 (~1591)
- First English papermill |
| 1591 |
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Shakespeare: "Henry VI " Part 1 (~1592) |
| 1592 |
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Shakespeare mentioned as actor for the first time
- Shakespeare: "Richard III " "Comedy of Errors"
- Plague kills 15,000 people in London |
| 1593 |
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Shakespeare: "Titus Andronicus " "The Taming of the Shrew " |
| 1594 |
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Shakespeare: "The Two Gentlemen of Verona " "Love's Labour's Lost "
"Romeo and Juliet " |
| 1595 |
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Shakespeare: "Richard II " "A Midsummer Night's Dream " |
| 1596 |
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Shakespeare: "King John " "The Merchant of Venice " |
| 1597 |
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Shakespeare: "Henry IV " Parts 1 and 2 (~1598)
- Shakespeare buys New Place, Stratford on Avon |
| 1598 |
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Shakespeare: "Much Ado about Nothing " "Henry V " (~1599) |
| 1599 |
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Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar " "As You Like It " "Twelfth
Night" (~1600)
- ** Building of the Globe Theatre |
| 1600 |
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Shakespeare: "Hamlet " "The Merry Wives of Windsor " (~1610) |
| 1601 |
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Shakespeare: "Troilus and Cressia "(~1603) |
| 1602 |
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Shakespeare: "All's Well That Ends Well " (~1603)
- Galileo investigates Laws of Gravity |
| 1603 |
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Queen Elizabeth I dies; James I becomes king
- Heavy outbreak of Plague |
| 1604 |
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Shakespeare: "Measure for Measure " (~1605) |
| 1605 |
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Shakespeare: "King Lear " "Macbeth " (~1606) |
| 1606 |
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Shakespeare: "Antony and Cleopatra " (~1607) |
| 1607 |
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Shakespeare: "Coriolanus " "Timon of Athens " (~1608)
- Founding of JamesTown, Va, first English settlement in America |
| 1608 |
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Shakespeare:"Pericles "(~1609)
Galileo invents Astronomical Telescope |
| 1609 |
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Shakespeare: "Cymbeline "(~1610)
- Tea from China shipped to Europe for first time |
| 1610 |
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Shakespeare: "A Winter's Tale "(~1611) |
| 1611 |
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Shakespeare: "The Tempest " (~1612)
King James Bible published |
| 1612 |
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Shakespeare: "Henry VIII "(~1613) |
| 1613 |
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Copper coins come into use |
| 1614 |
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Development of glass industry in England
- Pocahontas, an India princess, marries Englishman John Rolfe |
| 1616 |
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Shakespeare dies |
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