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| 1854: |
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde born in Dublin. |
| 1871: |
began studying classics at Trinity College Dublin |
| 1874: |
began studies at Magdalen College, Oxford (UK) |
| 1878: |
won Newdigate Prize for his poem Ravenna; takes degree |
| 1879: |
settled in London |
| 1881: |
Poems published |
| 1882: |
began one year lecture tour of North America |
| 1883: |
Duchess of Padua (play) written |
| 1884: |
married Constance Lloyd and lived in Chelsea (London) |
| 1885: |
elder son, Cyril, born; writes reviews for Pall Mall Gazette |
| 1886: |
younger son, Vyvyan, born |
| 1887: |
became editor of Woman's World; The Canterville Ghost written |
| 1888: |
The Happy Prince and Other Tales |
| 1889: |
The Portrait of Mr. W. 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 Woman of No Importance produced; The Sphinx written |
| 1894: |
Salomé published |
| 1895: |
An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest produced |
| 1895: |
sued Marquess of Queensbury for libel; sued by Marquess of Queensbury; found guilty of "unnatural practices"; sent to Reading Gaol (Berkshire) |
| 1897: |
De Profundis written; released from prison; lived in France, Italy and Switzerland; adopted name of Sebastian Melmoth |
| 1898: |
Ballad of Reading Gaol published; death of his wife, Constance |
| 30 November 1900: |
died in France; buried at Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris |
