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Disputed Statements

Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.

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William Shakespeare, Birth Year1564

William Shakespeare, Artists

Standing

Concerns Birth Year

Currently States 1564

Only his baptism (26 April 1564) is directly documented; 23 April is the traditional inferred birth date, not a recorded one.

Source William Shakespeare (Britannica)

William Shakespeare, Birth Date1564-04-23

William Shakespeare, Artists

Standing

Concerns Birth Date

Currently States 1564-04-23

Shakespeare's actual birth date was not recorded; his baptism is dated 26 April 1564, and 23 April is traditionally observed as his birthday.

Source Wikipedia