What is special about the day that shakespear died?

Answer 1

He felt ill 1 month before and went to see a doctor the doctors predicted it would be that day that he died and he did die on 23rd April 1616 as the doctors had predicted he would It is unusual, though by no means unique, that is was probably his birthday.

Answer 2

He died on April 23, 1616. He was baptised on April 26, 1564. He was clearly born shortly before that. Some scholars say that there was a tradition of baptising children when they were three days old; others say there was no such tradition. On this somewhat shaky (no pun) authority Shakespeare's birth is traditionally fixed at April 23, 1564, which was the same day of the year he died on.

Answer 3

It's not as interesting and strange as you might think. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. He was baptised on April 26, 1564. Therefore it is quite possible that he was born on April 23 and so died on his birthday. It's also possible that he didn't.
Some people think it's strange that he died on April 23 when April 23 is the date given for his birth. But it's not so strange--we don't know exactly when he was born, only that he was baptised on April 26, and one of the reasons people have picked the 23rd as his birthday is that it is the day he died on.
Well, April 23 is St. George's Day, if you find that to be interesting. It might also have been Shakespeare's birthday, since he was baptised on April 26.

Answer 4

William Shakespeare died 23rd April 1616 and another writer of renown Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), died at 69 on the same date. They died on the same date, but not, curiously, on the same day, since Cervantes died in Spain, where they used the Gregorian calendar, and Shakespeare died in England, where they were using the Julian calendar. Thus although they both died on April 23, they died about ten days apart.

Answer 5

Some people think it's strange that he died on April 23 when April 23 is the date given for his birth. But it's not so strange--we don't know exactly when he was born, only that he was baptised on April 26, and one of the reasons people have picked the 23rd as his birthday is that it is the day he died on.

Answer 6

It might have been his birthday. He was baptised on April 26, 1564, so he might have been born on April 23, which was the day he died on.

Answer 7

Well, April 23 is St. George's Day, if you find that to be interesting. It might also have been Shakespeare's birthday, since he was baptised on April 26.

Answer 8

his birthday