Years 1620-1623
| Shakespeare's life | contemporary events |
| 1620 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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. |