Timeline Saturday 2 February 1585

Events on Saturday 2 February 1585 1

• 1585 Birth of twins Hamnet and Judith Anne Shakespeare gives birth to twins, baptised Hamnet and Judith on 2 February 1585 — named after Shakespeare's friends and neighbours Hamnet Sadler and his wife Judith. Hamnet will die at the age of eleven in 1596, a loss that casts a long shadow over Shakespeare's middle period. Judith will marry Thomas Quiney and outlive her father.