Avon. Well, the Avon River flows through the town, called Stratford-upon-Avon.
Nicholas Shakespeare's birth name is Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
William Shakespeare did not change his name. His acting company did, however, change its name. His Theatre Company was originally called "The Lord Chamberlain's Men" after the Lord Chamberlain, an official responsible for theatres and other public entertainment. After the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 the company was granted a charter by the new King, James I, and the company changed its name to The King's Men.
There was an outbreak of plague in Stratford at about the time of Shakespeare's birth but Shakespeare didn't get it.
William Shakespeare was born in England in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564.
The Warwickshire Avon
His wife Anne.
There was a plague outbreak in Stratford near the time of Shakespeare's birth, but the point is that he did not catch the disease, which is why he survived.
William Shakespeare was English by birth. He was born April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, and died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Shakespeare's parents had two daughters before William, but they both died as babies long before William's birth.
His marriage, the birth of his children, his becoming a sharer in a theatrical company, the grant of arms to his father were all events important to Shakespeare.
His two milestones are his birth and his death