Shakespeare Plays in Chronological Order, with Hints

Can you guess the titles of Shakespeare's plays from his First Folio, given an approximate date and type of play? As in Shakespeare's day, a black flag indicates a tragedy, a white flag a comedy, and a red flag, a history (so-called "problem plays" are outlined in blue).
Source is primarily Wikipedia
Dates are an approximate best guess at consensus
Starred (*) dates indicate "romances"
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Year
Title
1588-93
Titus Andronicus
1589-93
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1590-2
The Taming of the Shrew
1591
Henry VI, Part 1
1591
Henry VI, Part 2
1591
Henry VI, Part 3
1591-5
Romeo and Juliet
1592-4
Richard III
1593-7
Love's Labour's Lost
1593-7
King John
1594
The Comedy of Errors
1595
Richard II
1595-6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1596-8
The Merchant of Venice
1597
Henry IV, Part 1
1596-9
Henry IV, Part 2
1597
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1598-9
Much Ado About Nothing
1598-1608
All's Well That Ends Well
1599
As You Like It
1599
Henry V
1599
Julius Caesar
1599-1601
Hamlet
1601-2
Twelfth Night
1602
Troilus and Cressida
1603
Othello
1603-4
Measure for Measure
1603-6
Macbeth
1603-6
King Lear
1605-8
Coriolanus
1606
Timon of Athens
1606-7
Antony and Cleopatra
1610-1*
The Tempest
1610-1*
The Winter's Tale
1611*
Cymbeline
1613
Henry VIII
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Jan 3, 2025
This is pretty redundant with QM's existing quiz, of course; I just liked the sequential nature of U.S. Presidents Quiz for learning, so I decided to put the information in roughly that format.