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Personal data William Shakespeare 


Household of William Shakespeare

He is married to Anne Hathaway.

They got married on November 28, 1582 at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Royaume-Uni, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Susanna Shakespeare  1583-1649 
  2. Judith Shakespeare  1585-1662 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Shakespeare

Richard Shakespeare
1513-1561
Abigail Webb
1515-1595
Robert Arden
1506-1556
Mary Webb
1512-????
Mary Arden
????-1608

William Shakespeare
1564-1616

1582

Anne Hathaway
1556-1623

Susanna Shakespeare
1583-1649
Judith Shakespeare
1585-1662

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Birthday April 23, 1564

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1564: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
    • January 26 » The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War.
    • March 15 » Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya" (per capita tax).
    • April 26 » Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of actual birth is unknown).

Day of marriage November 28, 1582

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1582: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
    • April 16 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
    • July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
    • October 15 » Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
    • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

Day of death April 23, 1616

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1616: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 26 » Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
    • March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
    • March 20 » Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
    • May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
    • July 11 » Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
    • October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.


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About the surname Shakespeare


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