Since William Dramatist was born so long ago, not galore facts remain to build a complete life on. The few facts that there are used to try and fill in the gaps of Shakespeare's life. For example, records show that William Dramatist was baptized Apr 26th, 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It was the common practice at that time (because of the high baby mortality rate) to baptize babies three days after they were born. Thus, Shakespeare's birthday is aforesaid to be Apr 23rd. We besides cognize that Shakespeare's parents, Mary Arden Dramatist and John Dramatist (a prosperous glover), besides had seven another children- two girls that were born before William died in their infancy, then came William, the eldest boy, followed by Gilbert, Joan, Anne