| 1558 | Queen Elizabeth succeeds to the throne |
| 1564 | William Shakespeare is baptized |
| 1582 | Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway |
| 1590-1591 | Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III |
| 1591-1592 | Henry VI, Part I |
| 1592-1593 | Richard III Comedy of Errors |
| 1593 | Death of Christopher Marlowe |
| 1593-1594 | Titus Andronicus Taming of the Shrew |
| 1594-1595 | Two Gentlemen of Verona Love's Labour Lost Romeo and Juliet |
| 1595-1596 | Richard II A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 1596-1597 | King John The Merchant of Venice |
| 1597-1598 | Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II |
| 1598-1599 | Much Ado About Nothing Henry V |
| 1599 | Opening of the Globe Theatre |
| 1599-1600 | Julius Caesar As You Like It Twelfth Night |
| 1600-1601 | Hamlet The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| 1601-1602 | Troilus and Cressida |
| 1602-1603 | All's Well That Ends Well |
| 1603 | Queen Elizabeth dies |
| 1604-1605 | Measure for Measure Othello |
| 1605-1606 | King Lear Macbeth |
| 1606-1607 | Antony and Cleopatra |
| 1607-1608 | Coriolanus Timon of Athens |
| 1608-1609 | Pericles |
| 1609 | Shakespeare's Sonnets registered |
| 1609-1610 | Cymbeline |
| 1610-1611 | The Winter's Tale |
| 1611-1612 | The Tempest |
| 1612-1613 | Henry VIII |
| 1613 | Fire at the Globe Theatre |
| 1616 | William Shakespeare dies |
| 1623 | Anne Shakespeare dies |