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1564

Birth and death

Michelangelo dies
Galileo and William Shakespeare are born

The Bard is born

Around April 23rd, in Stratford-upon-Avon, John Shakespeare and his wife Mary take delivery of a son...

1565

The end of the quill?

The manufacture of pencils begins
La Vallette holds Malta successfully against the Turks
Spaniards destroy a Huguenot colony in Florida
Akbar extends Mughal power to Deccan

1566

Rebellion in Spain

Unrest in the Netherlands
Rebellion and suppression of Christianized Moors in Spain

1567

Mary: Ex-Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots forced to Abdicate
Akbar conquers Chitor
London becomes the heart of a rising new professional theatre with the opening of the Red Lion

John Shakespeare elected Bailiff of Stratford

The career of William's father seems to be on the rise, but not all of his activities are strictly legal...

1569

The Queen's Men reach Stratford

Union of Lublin establishes political unity in Poland
Gerard Mercator's map of the world founds modern cartography
The Queen's players visit Stratford

A rebellion in the North

Following months of crisis, which started with the defeat of Mary Queen of Scots, an atmosphere of paranoia and suspicion blights the land...

1570

Catholicism "disappeared"

In Stratford, a retainer of Sir Thomas Lucy is appointed steward of the town, and all remaining signs of Stratford's Catholic heritage are ordered removed