This Year in History:
1564
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
On February 26, poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe is baptized in Canterbury, England, two months before the birth of his fellow playwright William Shakespeare. Marlowe, the son of a Canterbury…
Historians believe Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564, the same day he died in 1616. Although the plays of William Shakespeare may be the most widely read works…
The great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford‑upon‑Avon on April 23, 1564—at least, by historians’ best reckoning. It is impossible to be certain the exact day…
