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Oscar Wilde

By AWhitaker

  • 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

  • "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

    Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd

  • The Short story " The picture of Dorian Gray" appears on the cover of Lippencott's monthly magazine

    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

    Oscar Meets Lord Alfred Douglas Queensbury

    Lord Alfred later becomes his gay lover.
  • "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is published as a book

    "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is published as a book

  • "Intentions" is published

    Intentions is a set of dialogues on Aesthetic philosophy

  • The play "Lady Windermere's Fan" is produced

  • The play " A woman of no importance" is produced

  • 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

  • Oscar Wilde dies

    Oscar Wilde dies of cerebral meningitis in Paris and is buried in Lachaise Cementery.
  • Robert Ross helped build Oscar Wildes memorial

    Robert Ross helped build Oscar Wildes memorial

  • Oscar Wilde's memorial reopens after being refurbished

    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