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Shakespeare was born 1564, and was baptised April 26, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He was born into a prosperous family (his father was a glove maker).
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Shakespeare attended King Edward IV Grammar School in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was schooled there between the ages of 7 and 14, where he would have been introduced to the classic texts that later informed his playwriting.
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Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, which was a shotgun marriage to ensure that their first child was not born out of wedlock. The couple had three children together.
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Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, was born.
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Shakespeare's twins, Judith and Hamnet, are born.
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His son Hamnet dies. He was eleven years old. His cause of death is unknown and there is no indication of an increase in the burial rate during this period. He was buried August 11, 1596