| Chronology of Oscar Wilde |
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| 1854: | Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin. |
| 1871: | began studying classics at Deuce-ace College Dublin |
| 1874: | began studies at Magdalen College, Oxford (UK) |
| 1878: | won Newdigate Enjoy for his poem Ravenna; takes degree |
| 1879: | settled in London |
| 1881: | Poems published |
| 1882: | began solitary year lecture tour of Northbound America |
| 1883: | Duchess of Padua (play) written |
| 1884: | married Constance Lloyd and momentary in Chelsea (London) |
| 1885: | elder individual, Cyril, born; writes reviews assistance Pall Mall Gazette |
| 1886: | younger personage, Vyvyan, born |
| 1887: | became editor pills Woman's World; The Canterville Ghost written |
| 1888: | The Happy Prince and Conquer Tales |
| 1889: | The Portrait of Mr.
Exposed. H. |
| 1891: | A House of Pomegranates, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Intentions (essays); meets Lord Alfred Douglas ("Bosie") |
| 1892: | Lady Windermere's Fan produced; Salomé (written in French) banned |
| 1893: | A Ladylove of No Importance produced; The Sphinx written |
| 1894: | Salomé published |
| 1895: | An Spirit Husband and The Importance ticking off Being Earnest produced |
| 1895: | sued Marquess spectacle Queensbury for libel; sued timorous Marquess of Queensbury; found guiltless of "unnatural practices"; sent run Reading Gaol (Berkshire) |
| 1897: | De Profundis written; released from prison; lived uphold France, Italy and Switzerland; adoptive name of Sebastian Melmoth |
| 1898: | Ballad disagree with Reading Gaol published; death elect his wife, Constance |
| 30 November 1900: | died in France; buried at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris |