IN A MINUTE

AGE YEAR

– 1564 Enter William Shakespeare on April 23 (probably), born in Stratford, England.

1	1565	Arthur Golding translates first four books of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
6	1570	Palladio publishes Four Books on Architecture.
8	1572	St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants in France, English fear Catholic invasion.
12	1576	James Burbage builds first outdoor playhouse.
13	1577	Francis Drake begins voyage around the world.
20	1584	Virginia colonized by Sir Walter Raleigh.
23	1587	Mary Queen of Scots loses her head.
24	1588	English turn back the Spanish armada.
26	1590	Edmund Spenser — The Faerie Queene, Books 1–3
27	1591	William Shakespeare — Two Gentleman of Verona
28	1592	Thomas Kyd — The Spanish Tragedy (world premiere)
29	1593	Christopher Marlowe killed in a tavern brawl.
30	1594	Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Shakespeare’s troupe, formed.
31	1595	William Shakespeare — A Midsummer Night’s Dream
32	1596	Galileo invents the thermometer.
34	1598	William Shakespeare — Henry V
35	1599	The Globe Theatre opens.
36	1600	The East India Company is founded, beginning British expansion to India.
37	1601	William Shakespeare — Hamlet
38	1602	Ben Jonson — The Poetaster
39	1603	Elizabeth I dies and James I takes the throne.
40	1604	William Shakespeare — All’s Well That Ends Well
42	1606	William Shakespeare — Macbeth
45	1609	Shakespeare’s Sonnets are published.
47	1611	The King James Bible is published,
50	1614	Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.
51	1615	Coffee introduced to Italy from Turkey.
52	1616	Exit William Shakespeare.