1564: Born in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the third son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.
1582: Marries Anne Hathaway.
1583: Birth of his daughter Susan.
1584: Judith and Hamnet Ncen the twins.
1588-1589: Installs in London, leaving wife and children, and wrote his first works.
1592: Plague forces to close the theaters and Shakespeare retired to Stratford. Possible stay in northern Italy.
1593-94: Publishes poems Venus and Adonis and The rape of Lucretia, dedicated to the Earl of Southampton Henry Wriothesley, his protector.
1594: Reopening the theaters. Shakespeare is already a member of the best company of the time, the Company Actors Lord Chamberlain.
1597: Death of his son Hamnet. Its good economic situation as an entrepreneur of the company allows you to purchase New Place, a house in Stratford.
1598: Your company is installed in the new Globe Theatre, which is co-owner Shakespeare.
1600-1601: He writes and premieres Hamlet.
1603: The new king of England, James I, becomes the protector of Shakespeare's company, which renamed King's Men (Kingsmen).
1605-06: Write Macbeth and King Lear.
1609: The company opens a new room, the Blackfriars theater, Shakespeare is also co-owner. his Sonnets published without permission.
1611: Writes The Tempest, his last work. Leave the theater and retires to New Place, Stratford home.
1616: He died in his hometown.
