| Shakespeare Timeline |
| 1564 1582 1583 1585 1593 1596 1599 1600 1612 1616 |
| Birth |
| Marriage to Anne Hathoway |
| Daughter, Susanna is born |
| Twins, Judith and Hamnet are born |
| Plague comes and theaters close |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet are written Hamnet dies at age 11 |
| Globe Theater is established As You Like It and Julius Caesar are writen |
| Hamlet and Macbeth are written |
| Leaves London and returns to Stratford |
| Death |
| And this our life... Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~ As You Like It |
| Here will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears ~ The Merchant of Venice |
| We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep ~ The Tempest |
| All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. ~ As You Like It |