When was shakespeare birthday traditionally celebrated?

Answer 1

Although his date of birth is not known (at that time the only records were church records of christenings, marriages and burials) it is traditionally celebrated on April 23rd, which is St Georges Day and also the date of his burial. St George is the patron saint of England.

Answer 2

St George's day; 23rd April is associated with Shakespeare's birth, although the actual date isn't known - he was baptised on 26th April and as he died on the 23rd of April, and it's St George's day - England's saint - there is a certain symmetry about the date.

Answer 3

It is still celebrated traditionally on April 23, because he was baptised three days later so it could be his birthday, because it was also the date of his death, and because it was St. George's day. The label on the Sanders portrait, which has been confirmed as genuine by tests, confirms that he was believed in his own day to have been born on April 23.