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)

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