The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Downfall and Prison (TRIH ep 342, part 2)
1895 · Resource
This episode (the second in the programme's Oscar Wilde series) recounts the collapse of Wilde's libel suit, the subsequent committal proceedings at Bow Street and the two criminal trials in 1895 that ended with his conviction and a two-year sentence with hard labour.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1895
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Einstein's miracle year (Annus Mirabilis) (1905)
- Reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1888)