BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 309                 Monday, 4 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Contort Yourself
Poet and writer
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde


  • 16 October 1854 (+) is born in Dublin, Ireland.

  • 6 April 1895 (x) is arrested after losing a libel case against the 9th Marquess of Queensberry John Sholto Douglas in London, United Kingdom.

  • 25 May 1895 (x) is convicted of 'committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons' and sentenced to two years hard labour in London, United Kingdom.

  • 30 November 1900 (-) dies of meningitis in Paris, France.


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