Years 1599-1601
| Shakespeare's life | contemporary events |
| 1599 | |
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Feb. 21. Land for the Globe theatre is leased
to the Lord Chamberlain's Men; Shakespeare is listed as
one of the leading shareholders. Oct. 6. Shakespeare is named in tax records for owing taxes in St. Helen's Parish, Bishopsgate. Venus and Adonis is praised by John Weever in his poem "Ad Gulielmum Shakespeare." | Essex is sent to Ireland as
Lord Deputy with an army. His efforts fail and he returns
to England against Elizabeth's command. He is detained in
close custody. A Council order against publication of satires; some books are publicly burned. Edmund Spenser dies. The Chamberlain's Men occupy the Globe Theatre. The Earl of Essex is arrested. Oliver Cromwell is born |
| 1600 | |
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Aug. 28. Shakespeare's nephew, William Hart, is
christened. Oct. 6. Shakespeare owes 13s. 4d. in tax in Sussex. Thomas Platter of Basle sees Julius Caesar at the Globe. |
The Fortune Theatre is
built. William Kempe dances the morris from London to Norwich. Charles, future king of England, is born. Dekker's The Shoemakers' Holiday and Thomas Morley's Ayres (Book I) are published. The population of England and Ireland is estimated at 5 1/2 million; the population of London and its suburbs reaches about 250,000. |
| 1601 | |
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Sept. 8. John Shakespeare is buried in Stratford. Reference is made to Shakespeare in The Returne from Parnassus (Part 1). |
The Earl
of Essex leads a revolt against Queen
Elizabeth. Essex and the Earl of Southampton are tried:
Essex is executed, Southampton
reprieved. Thomas Nashe dies. |