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Oscar Widle born
Oscar Widle (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, playwright and poet. -
Starts school
Wilde begins his studies at the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, Ireland in 1871 -
Starts College
Wilde enrolls at Trinity College in Dublin to study classics. He was an outstanding student, earning the school's top prize in Greek. -
Graduates Oxford
Wilde is awarded the Newdigate Prize at Oxford for his poem "Ravenna."
He receives a bachelor's degree with top honors in classical
moderations and classics. He moves to London. -
Poems Published
Wilde publishes his first book, a collection of verse entitled Poems.
He has established a reputation as a leader in the London aestheticnmovement, and is parodied as a dandy in the Gilbert & Sullivan opera Patience. -
Lecture Tour
Wilde spends the year lecturing in the United States. During his time in America, he meets poet Walt Whitman, whom he greatly admires, and produces his first play, Vera, in New York. The play is unpopular. -
Marriage
Wilde marries Constance Lloyd, the wealthy daughter of an English barrister, in London. The couple settles in the Chelsea neighborhood of London. -
Son born
The couple's first child, son Cyril, is born. -
Vyvyyan born
The Wildes' second son, Vyvyan, is born. -
Fairy Tales Published
Wilde publishes The Happy Prince and Other Tales, a collection of fairy tales. -
Book published
Wilde publishes a book of short stories as well as a collection of essays outlining his thoughts on aestheticism. He also publishes his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray -
His mother die
Wilde's mother Francesca dies. His wife Constance visits him in prison in order to break the news. Wilde pays for her funeral but is unable to afford a headstone, and so she is buried in an unmarked grave. -
Wife died
Wilde's wife Constance dies in Italy following spinal surgery at the
age of 40. The couple lived apart after the trials but never
officially divorced -
Oscar Wilde died
After a deathbed conversion to Catholicism, Oscar Wilde dies of
meningitis in Paris at the age of 46.
