Christopher Marlowe Biography

Birth of Christopher Marlowe, born to a shoemaker in Canterbury

Attends The King's School, Canterbury (where a house is now named after him) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on a scholarship and received his Bachelor of Arts degree

Receives his Bachelor of Arts degree at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

The Privy Council orders Cambridge University to award Marlowe his MA, denying rumours that he intended to go to the English Catholic college in Rheims, saying he had been engaged in unspecified "affaires" on "matters touching the benefit of his country"

Tamburlaine among the first of the English plays in blank verse generally considered the beginning of the mature phase of the Elizabethan theatre. Marlowes first play is performed on stage in London, Tamburlaine, about the conqueror Timur, who rises from shepherd to warrior

The Privy Council orders Cambridge University to award Marlowe his MA, denying rumours that he intended to go to the English Catholic college in Rheims, saying he had been engaged in unspecified "affaires" on "matters touching the benefit of his country"

The two parts of Tamburlaine are published

Arrested in the Dutch town of Flushing for attempting to counterfeit coins and use the proceeds to assist seditious Catholics

Murdered in Deptford during a pub brawl under mysterious circumstances

Death of Christopher Marlowe, murdered