William Shakespeare became a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor. His work includes 38 plays, 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and other poems.
No original manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays exist. A group of actors from Shakespeare's company collected about half for publication after Shakespeare died.
From the various documents that have survived we know that he spelled his last name in various ways, none of which was "Shakespeare"
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1588
1588: Christian IV blir konge i Danmark/Norge
Christian IV var konge av Danmark og Norge og hertug av Slesvig og Holsten fra 1588 til 1648. Han tilhørte det tyske huset Oldenburg og var sønn av kong Frederik II og Sophie av Mecklenburg.
Jul 1588—8 Aug 1588: Den spanske armada
Den spanske armada Den spanske armada, også kalt den «store» eller «uovervinnelige», var en marinestyrke som Filip 2 av Spania sendte for å invadere England og avsette dronning Elizabeth 1 i 1588.
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1642
25 Des 1642: Sir Isaac Newton born
Sir Isaac Newton FRS PRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27 was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published in 1687, laid the foundations of classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus.
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1647
1647: Petter Dass født
Petter Dass (født ca. 1647 i Herøy,[11] død 17. august 1707 i Alstahaug) var en norsk teolog og dikter. Han var sogneprest til Alstahaug i Nordland.
Ca 1564 - Ja, ukjent dato
