This Day in History:, William Shakespeare Is Born.br April 23, 1564.br The most-performed dramatist of all-time br was most likely born on this day br in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.br Little is known about Shakespeare's early years, br mainly because of his unremarkable living situation.br He would have studied Latin and br the classics in grammar school, but br Shakespeare received no university education.br Instead, he married Anne Hathaway br at the age of 18, who gave birth to br their first child six months later.br Shakespeare emerged as a playwright br of note in London in the 1590s.br Over the next twenty years, he would pen some of the most br significant works of the English language, including br 'Hamlet,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'King Lear.'.