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When Shakespeare was alive, the following occurred:

The Spanish Armada attacked England and were repulsed by the English, under Queen Elizabeth I.

The last great artworks and cathedrals of the Rennaisance were created.

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe.

England became a major world power and a great influence on other nations.

The New World was explored and colonized by the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and others.

Christopher Marlowe wrote his famous plays.

Thousands of people were killed and/or tortured during the Spanish Inquisition.

The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre sparked wars of religion in France.

Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.

Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.

Michael I established the Romanov dynasty in Russia.

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