{"slug": "william-shakespeare", "label": "William Shakespeare", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692", "qid": "Q692", "description": "English playwright and poet (1564–1616)", "entries": 32, "years": 26, "span": [1582, 2020], "span_label": ["1582 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 25}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "palace-of-whitehall", "label": "Palace of Whitehall", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "river-thames", "label": "River Thames", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aristotle", "label": "Aristotle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-dickens", "label": "Charles Dickens", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Ten years before he begins writing his first known plays, William Shakespeare, 18 years old, marries pregnant 26-year-old Anne Hathaway in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325265#October–December", "title": "1582", "revid": 1373325265, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "After April – William Shakespeare's poem Venus and Adonis probably becomes his first published work, printed in London from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972668#April–June", "title": "1593", "revid": 1351972668, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – The earliest known performance of William Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors takes place at Gray's Inn in London, and is played by the Lord Chamberlain's Men acting company. The production is held before members of the English court on Innocents' Day as part of the Gray's Inn Christmas festivities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#October–December", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Probable first performance of William Shakespeare's plays Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#Date_unknown", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – What is probably the first performance of William Shakespeare's play, Richard II, takes place in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#October–December", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1596, "year_label": "1596 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369722581#Deaths", "title": "1596", "revid": 1369722581, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Probable first performance of William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#April–June", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – William Shakespeare registers the rights to his new play, The Merchant of Venice, in the Register of the Stationers Company, under the title The Marchaunt of Venyce or otherwise called The Jewe of Venyce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#July–September", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – At Southwark, near London on the south bank of the River Thames, the land upon which the Globe Theatre will be built is leased by Nicholas Brend to a team of investors led by William Shakespeare, Thomas Pope, actors Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, and three others.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#January–March", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "William Shakespeare's plays Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are published in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#Date_unknown", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Possible first performance of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, perhaps in springtime.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#Date_unknown", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – John Shakespeare, English glover, father of William Shakespeare (b. 1529)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#July–September", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Deaths › July–September"}}, {"year": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "William Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972919#Date_unknown", "title": "1602", "revid": 1351972919, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 (Candlemas night) – In London, the first known production of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972919#January–March", "title": "1602", "revid": 1351972919, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, recently premiered by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, is licensed for publishing in London but not in fact printed at this time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972919#July–September", "title": "1602", "revid": 1351972919, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – The King's Men, a troupe of English professional actors composed primarily of former members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, is granted its royal patent by King James. The company will give the first performances of many of the plays of William Shakespeare, who is one of the company's 26 principal actors. Named in order of priority on the patent are manager Lawrence Fletcher, Shakespeare, and Richard Burbage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#April–June", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, takes place at the Palace of Whitehall in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#October–December", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, copyrighted 1600, is given its earliest recorded performance, and witnessed by the Viscount Dorchester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#January–March", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1606, "year_label": "1606 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August", "text": "August (approx.) – Possible first performance of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561009#July–September", "title": "1606", "revid": 1369561009, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1606, "year_label": "1606 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – William Shakespeare's play King Lear is given its first recorded performance, staged at the Palace of Whitehall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561009#October–December", "title": "1606", "revid": 1369561009, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1607, "year_label": "1607 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Dr John Hall marries Susanna, daughter of William Shakespeare, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon (England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358831090#April–June", "title": "1607", "revid": 1358831090, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – London publisher Thomas Thorpe issues Shake-speares Sonnets, with a dedication to \"Mr. W.H.\", and the poem A Lover's Complaint appended; it is uncertain whether this publication has Shakespeare's authority.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#April–June", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedie of Macbeth, is given its first performance, staged at the Globe Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#April–June", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – The first known performance of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, probably new this year, is given at the Globe Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#April–June", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's last solo play, The Tempest, is given its earliest reported performance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#October–December", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8–December 5 – Publication between these dates in London of the \"First Folio\" (Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies), a collection of 36 of the plays of Shakespeare, half of which have not previously been printed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#October–December", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1662, "year_label": "1662 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Judith Quiney, English daughter of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988036#Deaths", "title": "1662", "revid": 1365988036, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1692, "year_label": "1692 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – The first performance of the semi-opera The Fairy-Queen by Henry Purcell, based on William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, takes place at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365636017#April–June", "title": "1692", "revid": 1365636017, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1709, "year_label": "1709 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The first modern edition of William Shakespeare's plays is published in London, edited by Nicholas Rowe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361817608#Date_unknown", "title": "1709", "revid": 1361817608, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – Inside the house at Stratford-upon-Avon in England known as Shakespeare's Birthplace, a bricklayer, identified only as \"Mosely\", re-tiling the roof, discovers a supposed pro-Catholic testament of John Shakespeare, father of William Shakespeare, more than 150 years after the elder's death. The finding starts \"what remains one of the most controversial topics in Shakespeare studies\" because of disagreements over its authenticity and date.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#April–June", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#February", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – A 1634 edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen, the last play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is discovered at the Royal Scots College's library in Salamanca, Spain. It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#September", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › September"}}]}