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Canary42 | 00:03 Fri 23rd Apr 2021 | ChatterBank
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William Shakespeare's assumed Birthday . . . . . . and his known Deathday.

The only documentary evidence of his birthday is his Baptismal record dated 3 days later and it was traditional to baptise three days after the birth.

I have my own theory, his birthday was the 22nd, and he died the morning after (and as a result of) a late night birthday celebration. Well, it could have been !

R I P Will 1564 - 1616
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One piece of trivia; pure coincidence but interesting:

If you read Psalm 46 in the Kings James (AV) bible, counting from the beginning the 46th word is shake and counting from the end the 46th word is spear.
Quite possibly. Maybe one day somebody will discover a transcript of his last words, and give us a clue?
''Oh how my head doth pound, like the smithy hammer ringing aloud, and finding a stair to climb I ........... ''
>>> If you read Psalm 46 in the Kings James (AV) bible, counting from the beginning the 46th word is shake and counting from the end the 46th word is spear

William Shakespeare's age when the King James Version of the Bible was first published was 46.
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So what's this then - a conspiracy theory that William Shakespeare wrote Psalm 46.

Now there's a thought ;-)
he died the same day as Cervantes. Only not really, because Spain was on the Gregorian calendar.
His grand daughter used to live and is buried very close to where I live.

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