This Day in History: William Shakespeare Is Born from birth position Watch Video

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This Day in History:, William Shakespeare Is Born.<br/>April 23, 1564.<br/>The most-performed dramatist of all-time <br/>was most likely born on this day <br/>in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.<br/>Little is known about Shakespeare's early years, <br/>mainly because of his unremarkable living situation.<br/>He would have studied Latin and <br/>the classics in grammar school, but <br/>Shakespeare received no university education.<br/>Instead, he married Anne Hathaway <br/>at the age of 18, who gave birth to <br/>their first child six months later.<br/>Shakespeare emerged as a playwright <br/>of note in London in the 1590s.<br/>Over the next twenty years, he would pen some of the most <br/>significant works of the English language, including <br/>'Hamlet,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'King Lear.'.<br/>Shakespeare died in <br/>the place of his birth, <br/>on the day he is thought <br/>to have been born, in 1616