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William Shakespeare

1564 to 1616 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for William Shakespeare across 3 places, from 1564 to 1611. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where William Shakespeare was documented, and when

26 April 1564exact date
Stratford-upon-Avonattested “He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he was baptised on 26 April 1564.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
1599year
Southwarkattested “He moved across the river to Southwark by 1599, the same year his company constructed the Globe Theatre there.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
1611 to 1614period
Londonattested “Shakespeare continued to visit London during the years 1611–1614.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare

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Places William Shakespeare is documented in

London1 presence · 1611Southwark1 presence · 1599
Stratford-upon-Avon1 presence · 1564

Other places tied to William Shakespeare in the record

In each of these, a source puts William Shakespeare and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that William Shakespeare was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

9 October 1589exact date
Westminstermentioned “The exception is the appearance of his name in the "complaints bill" of a law case before the Queen's Bench court at Westminster dated Michaelmas Term 1588 and 9 October 1589.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
1592year
The Theatrementioned “After the plagues of 1592–93, Shakespeare's plays were performed by his own company at The Theatre and the Curtain in Shoreditch, north of the Thames.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
1592year
Shoreditchmentioned “After the plagues of 1592–93, Shakespeare's plays were performed by his own company at The Theatre and the Curtain in Shoreditch, north of the Thames.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
1608 to 1635period
Londonmentioned “He was still working as an actor in London in 1608; in an answer to the sharers' petition in 1635, Cuthbert Burbage stated that after purchasing the lease of the Blackfriars Theatre in 1608 from Henry Evans, the King's Men "placed men pl…” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
1609year
Londonmentioned “However, it is perhaps relevant that the bubonic plague raged in London throughout 1609.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare
March 1613month
Londonmentioned “In March 1613 he bought a gatehouse in the former Blackfriars priory; and from November 1614 he was in London for several weeks with his son-in-law, John Hall.” source: Wikipedia: William Shakespeare

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Sources

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