Years 1578-1581
Shakespeare's life | contemporary events |
1578 | |
John Shakespeare mortages his wife's property to raise £40. |
James VI becomes King of Scotland. Lyly's Euphues is published. |
1579 | |
Apr. 4. Anne Shakespeare is buried. | John Fletcher is
born. Stephen Gosson's Schoole of Abuse is published. Drake "annexes" New Albion (California), for England. Edmund Spenser'sThe Shephearde's Calendar is published. |
1580 | |
John Shakespeare is fined £40 for failing to attend
court to provide security against breach of the
peace. May 3. Edmund, eighth child of John and Mary Shakespeare, is christened. John Shakespeare makes his will. |
Drake returns from his circumnavigation of the
world. Earthquake in London. Montaigne's Essais are published. The last Miracle Play is performed at Coventry. Thomas Middleton is born. John Webster is born. The musician Robert Johnson is born [?] Palladio dies. Elizabeth formally engaged to Duc François d'Anjou |
1581 | |
Recusancy
laws enacted. Elizabeth knights Francis Drake. Sidney writes his Defense of Poesie. |