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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born
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Oscar Wilde attends Trinity College, Dublin
Oscar won a scholarship to attend Trinity college on a Royal scholarship. -
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Oscar attends Magdalen college, Oxford
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"Poems" is published
Oscars first publication of verse is published. -
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Oscar tours Ireland, England, and United States giving lectures.
The lectures were on Aestheticism. While in America he met Walt Whitman, Henry Longfellow, and Oliver Holmes. -
Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd
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The Short story " The picture of Dorian Gray" appears on the cover of Lippencott's monthly magazine
After reading the short story a controversy over the homosexual atmosphere appeared with the people. A year later the book is published with most of the homosexual refrences gone. -
Oscar Meets Lord Alfred Douglas Queensbury
Lord Alfred later becomes his gay lover. -
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is published as a book
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"Intentions" is published
Intentions is a set of dialogues on Aesthetic philosophy -
The play "Lady Windermere's Fan" is produced
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The play " A woman of no importance" is produced
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The Plays " An ideal husband" and "the Importance of being ernest" are published
These plays lead to a homosexual scandal which led him to withdraw his current theater engagements and led to his bankruptcy. -
Wilde Vs. Queensbury trial begins
The trial was conducted on libel of sodomy -
Sentenced Two years of hard labour
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Two years hard labour at Wandsworth Prison
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Oscar Wilde dies
Oscar Wilde dies of cerebral meningitis in Paris and is buried in Lachaise Cementery. -
Robert Ross helped build Oscar Wildes memorial
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Oscar Wilde's memorial reopens after being refurbished
The 111th anniversary of Oscars death was marked by the reopening of his memorial after being refurbished. The reason for refurbishing is people would come and kiss and vandalize the memorial, which bled into the stone itself. The memorial now has a glass halfway up it preventing the kissing of the stone and vandilization
