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In the register of baptisms of the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon, a market town in Warwickshire, England, appears, under date of April 26, 1564, the entry of the baptism of William, the son of John Shakspeare. The entry is in Latin -- "Gulielmus filius Johannis Shakspeare."
The date of William Shakespeare's birth has usually been taken as three days before his baptism, but there is certainly no evidence of this fact.