Oscar Wilde died on 30 November 1900 in 6th arrondissement of Paris, aged 46. An Irish poet, playwright and wit, Wilde was a leading figure of the aesthetic movement, which championed art for art's sake. He wrote the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and a series of sparkling comedies for the London stage, including Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest. At the height of his fame in 1895 he was prosecuted after a failed libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry and convicted of gross indecency for his relationships with men, receiving two years of hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis, and after his release he produced The Ballad of Reading Gaol. He spent his last years in exile in France.
Before and after
- 1 September 1900Publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- 8 September 1900The Galveston hurricane
- 7 October 1900Birth of Heinrich Himmler
- 8 November 1900Birth of Margaret Mitchell
- 30 November 1900Death of Oscar Wilde
- 14 December 1900Max Planck introduces the quantum
- 20 December 1900Discovery of 21P/Giacobini–Zinner
- from 1901 to 1904Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)
- 1901Discovery of europium
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