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Monday, May 30, 2022

Basic timeline of William Shakespeare

This post is a basic timeline of writer William Shakespeare (1564-1616). There are 32 events listed below chronologically.

• Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England (1564)
• Titus Andronicus (1588-1593, estimate)
• The Comedy of Errors (1589-1595, estimate)
• The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1589-1593, estimate)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1590-1592, estimate)
• Henry VI, Part 1 (1591, estimate)
• Romeo and Juliet (1591-1595, estimate)
• Richard II (1595, estimate)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596, estimate)
• The Merchant of Venice (1596-1599, estimate)
• Much Ado About Nothing (1598-1599, estimate)
• All's Well That Ends Well (1598-1608, estimate)
• Julius Caesar (1599)
• As You Like It (1599, estimate)
• Henry V (1599, estimate)
• Hamlet (1599-1601, estimate)
• Twelfth Night (1601-1602, estimate)
• Troilus and Cressida (1602, estimate)
• Othello (1603, estimate)
• Measure for Measure (1603-1604, estimate)
• Coriolanus (1605-1608, estimate)
• Macbeth (1606, estimate)
• King Lear (1606, estimate)
• Anthony and Cleopatra (1607, estimate)
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1609, co-author)
• Sonnets (1609)
• The Winter's Tale (1610-1611, estimate)
• The Tempest (1610-1611, estimate)
• Cymbeline (1611, estimate)
• Henry VIII (1613, co-author with John Fletcher)
• The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613-1614, co-author with John Fletcher)
• Died at age 52 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England (1616)

Sources

Wikipedia: William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry VI, Part 1, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, , Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Henry V, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Measure for Measure, Coriolanus, Macbeth, King Lear, Anthony and Cleopatra, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, , The Tempest, Cymbeline, Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen