Odd Facts

It's is a common misconception that Bill died on the same day he was born, however his birth date is unknown, it is assumed he was born on 23rd of April, the date of his death, however all is known is his baptism, 26th April.

William Shakespeare is an anagram of "I'm a weakish speller"

Suicide occurs 13 times throughout his plays.

He died due to alcoholism.

He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.

All Uranus satellites are named after Shakespearian characters.

Shakespeare married at 18 with his wife being 26 and pregnant.

Averaged 1.5 plays a year.

Almost 400 years after his death, there are 157,000 pages regarding him on google.