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Years 1620-1623

Shakespeare's life contemporary events
1620
Jan. 23. Thomas, son of Thomas and Judith Quiney, is christened.
1621
Oct. 6. Othello is entered in the Stationers' Register.
The Pilgrim Fathers land at New Plymouth, Massachussetts.
Bacon's Novum Organum is published.
1621
Oct. 6. Othello is entered in the Stationers' Register. Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy is published.
1622
Shakespeare's daughter, Elizabeth Hall, marries Thomas Nashe (no relation).
The first quarto of Othello, The sixth quarto of Henry IV Part One, and the sixth quarto of Richard II are printed.
1623
Feb. 2. Twelfth Night is performed at Court.
Aug. 6. Anne Shakespeare dies at age 67.
Aug. 8. Anne Shakespeare buried at Stratford.
Nov. 8. Publication of the First Folio.
The first English settlement in New Hampshire.
William Byrd dies.
William Camden dies.