Oscar Wilde
Irish
The Apostle of Aestheticism
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| 1854/10/16 | Oscar Wilde is born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin | Born | Oscar Wilde Centre | Dublin | Oscar Wilde's Birthday | ||
| 1854/11/00 | Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde is baptized at St Mark's Church. Now closed, the former St Mark's parish is now part of the parish St Ann's. St Mark's baptismal records are held at St Ann's. | Faith | St Ann's Church | Dublin | |||
| 1855/00/00 | The Wilde family moves to No 1 Merrion Square, family home until 1876. | Home | Oscar Wilde's House | Dublin | |||
| 1871/00/00 | Master Wilde attends Trinity College, Dublin on a royal scholarship from 1871 to 1874. | Education | Trinity College, Dublin | Dublin | |||
| 1874/10/16 | Oscar Wilde matriculates at Magdalen College, Oxford. | Education | Magdalen College | Oxford | |||
| 1878/06/28 | Oscar Wilde recites "Ravenna", the Newdigate Prize winner, at his commencement exercises in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. | Poet | Ravenna (poem) | The Sheldonian Theatre | Oxford | ||
| 1878/11/00 | Mr Wilde graduates from Magdalen College, Oxford with a double first in his BA of Classical Moderations and Literae Humaniores (Greats) | Education | Magdalen College | Oxford | |||
| 1882/01/03 | Oscar Wilde arrives in New York aboard the SS Arizona to promote Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, Patience, and to give a series of lectures. | Lecturer | Castle Clinton National Monument | New York City | Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America | ||
| 1882/01/03 | Oscar Wilde probably stayed at the Grand Hotel, New York during his lecture series | Lecturer | Grand Hotel | New York City | Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America | ||
| 1882/01/26 | Oscar Wilde delivers a lecture on "The English Renaissance" at the Academy of Music (razed). About 800 persons are in the audience. Considering the weather it is quite a large turn out of ladies. Mr Wilde stays at the Mount Vernon Hotel. | Lecturer | William Julian Albert House | Baltimore, MD | Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America | ||
| 1882/01/31 | Oscar Wilde encounters Walt Whitman, living with his brother and sister-in-law in a row house on Stevens St (lost) in Camden, New Jersey. | Guest | Walt Whitman Neighborhood | Camden, NJ | Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America | ||
| 1882/02/00 | Oscar Wilde did stay at the Grand Hotel, New York during his lecture series in Febraury and May | Lecturer | Grand Hotel | New York City | Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America | ||
| 1882/07/15 | At an invitation from Julia Ward Howe, Oscar Wilde lectures at the Newport Casino Theater in Newport, Rhode Island. | Lecturer | Newport Casino | Newport, RI | Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour Of America | ||
| 1883/11/22 | Oscar Wilde gives a talk, The House Beautiful, at the Gaiety Theatre on South King Street, Dublin. "Buy nothing that is not absolutely useful and truly beautiful." | Work | Gaiety Theatre | Dublin | |||
| 1884/05/29 | Constance Lloyd marries Oscar Wilde at the Anglican St James's Church, Paddington. | Groom | Church Of St James | London | Marriage of Constance Lloyd and Oscar Wilde | ||
| 1884/11/00 | Oscar Wilde and his wife Constance Lloyd move to Tite Street. E W Godwin renovates the interior over seven months at considerable expense. The family lives here until Wilde's trial for 'gross indecency' in 1895. | Home | Oscar Wilde House | London | |||
| 1887/02/23 | "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde is serialized two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March, 1897. | Author | The Canterville Ghost | ||||
| 1887/05/11 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is published in three parts in The Court and Society Review, 11, 18 and 25 May, 1887 | Author | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | ||||
| 1888/00/00 | "The Nightingale and the Rose" is published. | Author | The Nightingale and the Rose (fairy tale) | ||||
| 1888/00/00 | "The Selfish Giant" is published. | Author | The Selfish Giant (fairy tale) | ||||
| 1888/05/00 | The Happy Prince - published | Author | The Happy Prince (fable) | ||||
| 1891/00/00 | Wilde becomes infatuated with Lord Alfred Douglas. The affair started after they met for tea at Wilde's house in Tite Street, Chelsea. | Life | Oscar Wilde House | London | |||
| 1891/00/00 | Written at his home on Tite Street, Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is first published as a 20 chapter book. The author is also believed to have penned "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" in his library on ground floor. | Author | The Picture of Dorian Gray (book) | Oscar Wilde House | London | ||
| 1895/03/24 | At the Cafe Royal, Frank Harris advises Oscar Wilde to drop his charge of criminal libel against the Marquess of Queensberry, father of Alfred Douglas. | Life | Hotel Cafe Royal, London | London | |||
| 1895/05/21 | After his first criminal trial ended in a mistrial when a lone juror refused to vote to convict, Oscar Wilde's second criminal trial for being a homosexual begins. | Inmate | |||||
| 1895/05/25 | After being found guilty of indecency, Oscar Wilde is sentenced to two years with hard labour. | Defendant | Reading Gaol (Main Building) Former Her Majesty's Prison | Reading | Marriage of Constance Lloyd and Oscar Wilde | ||
| 1895/06/00 | Following his conviction, Constance takes the surname 'Holland' and moves her sons to schools in Europe. | Life | Marriage of Constance Lloyd and Oscar Wilde | ||||
| 1897/01/00 | While imprisoned in Reading Gaol, Oscar Wilde begins composing a letter to "Bosie", Lord Alfred Douglas. Inmate Wilde is permitted to write to his friends and his solicitor at the rate of one page at a time. | Author | De Profundis (book) | Reading Gaol (Main Building) Former Her Majesty's Prison | Reading | ||
| 1900/11/30 | Oscar Wilde dies of meningitis. | Died | |||||
| 1905/00/00 | "De Profundis" by Oscar Wilde is published. | Author | De Profundis (book) | ||||
| 1914/08/00 | After about nine to ten months of sculpting by Jacob Epstein, Oscar Wilde's tomb is installed on a plinth by Charles Holden with an inscription carved by Joseph Cribb. | In Memoriam | Grave of Oscar Wilde | Pere Lachaise Cemetery | |||
| 2008/01/22 | "The Importance of Being Earnest" is revived at the Vaudeville theatre. Starring Penelope Keith, the comedy ran until 26 April 2008. | Playwright | The Importance of Being Earnest (play) | The Vaudeville Theatre | London |
31 Creative Works by Oscar Wilde »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Ravenna (poem) | Author | Poem | 1878/00/00 |
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| Vera or, The Nihilists (play) | Author | Play | 1880/00/00 | |
| Poems (Oscar Wilde Collection) | Author | Poems | 1881/00/00 | |
| The Duchess of Padua (play) | Author | Play | 1883/00/00 | |
| The Canterville Ghost | Author | Short Story | 1887/02/23 |
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| The Sphinx Without a Secret (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1887/05/00 | |
| Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Author | Short Story | 1887/05/11 |
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| The Model Millionaire (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1887/06/00 | |
| The Remarkable Rocket (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1888/00/00 | |
| The Happy Prince and Other Tales (fairy tale collection) | Author | Fairy Tale Collection | 1888/00/00 | |
| The Selfish Giant (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1888/00/00 |
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| The Devoted Friend (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1888/00/00 | |
| The Nightingale and the Rose (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1888/00/00 |
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| The Happy Prince (fable) | Author | Short Story | 1888/05/00 |
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| The Portrait of Mr W H (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1889/00/00 | |
| Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1891/00/00 | |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (book) | Author | Novel | 1891/00/00 |
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| The Birthday of the Infanta (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1891/00/00 | |
| The Star-Child (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1891/00/00 | |
| The Fisherman and his Soul (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1891/00/00 | |
| The Young King (fairy tale) | Author | Fairy Tale | 1891/00/00 | |
| A House of Pomegranates (fairy tale collection) | Author | Fairy Tale Collection | 1891/00/00 | |
| Lady Windermere's Fan (play) | Author | Play | 1892/00/00 |
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| Salome (play) | Author | Play | 1893/00/00 | |
| A Woman of No Importance (play) | Author | Play | 1893/00/00 | |
| The Sphinx (poem) | Author | Poem | 1894/00/00 |
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| Poems in Prose (poem collection) | Author | Poems | 1894/00/00 | |
| An Ideal Husband (play) | Author | Play | 1895/00/00 |
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| The Importance of Being Earnest (play) | Author | Play | 1895/02/14 |
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| The Ballad of Reading Gaol (poem) | Author | Poem | 1898/00/00 | |
| De Profundis (book) | Author | Memoir | 1905/00/00 |
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