This is a timeline of the life of William Shakespeare, the Elizabethan playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and wrote around 37 plays and 154 poems during his lifetime, many of which have become literary classics and have shaped the way we use the English language today.

Originally released by Makematic, 2023. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 21, 2023.