Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is regarded by many as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency for homosexual acts.

Oscar Wilde was born on Monday, 16. October 1854.
That was day 289 of the year 1854.

Past away on Freitag November 30, 1900

Age when dead:
46 Jahre 1 Monate 13 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Wednesday October 16, 1901

Oscar Wilde is already dead since:
125 Jahre 1 Monate 23 Tage

Oscar Wilde was alive for 16845 days.
Oscar Wilde is already dead for 45709 days.
Difference: 28864 days (79,03 years).

Oscar Wilde has the same birthday like
Naomi Osaka, Günter Grass and Kellie Martin

The death date of Oscar Wilde is the birthday of
Jonathan Swift, Winston Churchill and Pope Innocent VIII

Birthday Fun Facts

  • The day 16 of month October 1854 was the 46th day of Autumn (meteorological). The day 16 of month October 1854 was the 24th day of Autumn (astronomical).
  • Age 46 The number 46 represents the element Palladium in the Periodic table of elements.
    Palladium is a transition metal, widely used in industry and materials science.
  • Since you visited this page, people have been born. In total there are people born today. They all celebrate the same birthday as you.

Who has the same birthday as Oscar Wilde?


Same vintage - 1854


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Astrology

Zodiac

♎ Libra

(September 24, 1854 - October 23, 1854)

Zodiac sign

Tiger

(September 24, 1854 - October 23, 1854)

Life Number

8

(Success-oriented, strong-willed, sometimes jealous)

Birthstone

Tourmaline

(Compassion, healing, transformation)

Age in absolute numbers

1.455.494.008 Seconds
24.258.233 Minutes
404.303 Hours
16.845 Days
2.406 Weeks
2055 Months
46 Years
4.61 Decades
0.46 Centuries

On April 12, 2027 would be Oscar Wilde exactly 63000 days old.
On April 12, 2027 would be Oscar Wilde exactly 9000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

With 46 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

5.615 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 5.615 hours per day. At your age of 46 years, that equals approximately 5.615 days (15,37 years).

Eat & Drink

702 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 46 years, you have therefore spent approximately 702 days eating. (1,92 years).

Toilet visits

351 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 351 days (0,96 years).

Wait

585 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 585 days (1,60 years).

Laugh

70 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 70 days (0,19 years).

Brush teeth

47 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 47 days (0,13 years).

Work

4.562 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 4.562 days (12,49 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 436.648.202 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 1.819.367.510 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 363.873.502 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 252.690 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 92 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 2.527 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 16.846 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 323 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 830 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 336.919.909.259.259 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 5.559 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 1.925 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 20.047 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 184 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

According to statistical averages, you have walked 60.646 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 1,51 orbits of the Earth...


... 5,56 moon orbits.


... and 2,84 Mars orbit on foot.



60.646 kilometers means:

2.306 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
451 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
316 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
84 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
3 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
2,17 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
59,81 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
5,27 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,05 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,20 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Oscar Wilde ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 617 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 191,49 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 74,97 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 46,12 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 24,52 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 3,89 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 1,57 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,55 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,28 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,19 times.

Special birthdays

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1864 Sunday October 16, 1864 55
18. 1872 Wednesday October 16, 1872 171
20. 1874 Friday October 16, 1874 210
25. 1879 Thursday October 16, 1879 325
30. 1884 Thursday October 16, 1884 465
40. 1894 Tuesday October 16, 1894 820
50. 1904 Sunday October 16, 1904 1275
60. 1914 Friday October 16, 1914 1830
70. 1924 Thursday October 16, 1924 2485
80. 1934 Tuesday October 16, 1934 3240
90. 1944 Monday October 16, 1944 4095
100. 1954 Saturday October 16, 1954 5050
110. 1964 Friday October 16, 1964 6105
120. 1974 Wednesday October 16, 1974 7260
130. 1984 Tuesday October 16, 1984 8515
140. 1994 Sunday October 16, 1994 9870
150. 2004 Saturday October 16, 2004 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
16 • 10 • 1854
Binary:
10000 • 1010 • 11100111110
Hexadecimal:
10 • a • 73e
Octal:
20 • 12 • 3476
Roman:
XVI • X • MDCCCLIV
Morsecode:
·−−−− −···· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−·· ····· ····−
Numbers to letters:
bg • ba • bife
Cross sum:
26
Factor product:
296640
Birthday in words:
sixteen • ten • one thousand eight hundred fifty four

Historical Events

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

May 10, 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857 (Age: 2 years and 6 months) 🔗
November 24, 1859
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species (Age: 5 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 12, 1861
American Civil War (Age: 6 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation (Age: 8 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 22, 1864
First Geneva Convention (Age: 9 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

July 3, 1866
Austro-Prussian War (Age: 11 years and 8 months) 🔗
February 8, 1867
Austro-Hungarian Compromise (Age: 12 years and 3 months) 🔗
July 19, 1870
Franco-Prussian War (Age: 15 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 18, 1871
German Empire Proclaimed (Age: 16 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 18, 1871
Paris Commune (Age: 16 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

March 7, 1876
Telephone Invented (Bell) (Age: 21 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 6, 1877
Phonograph Invented (Edison) (Age: 23 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 21, 1879
Edison invents the light bulb (Age: 25 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 13, 1881
Assassination of Tsar Alexander II (Age: 26 years and 4 months) 🔗
May 20, 1882
Triple Alliance formed (Age: 27 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

November 15, 1884
Berlin Conference (Age: 30 years and 0 months) 🔗
January 29, 1885
First Automobile (Benz) (Age: 30 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 4, 1886
Haymarket Affair (Age: 31 years and 6 months) 🔗
August 31, 1888
Jack the Ripper murders (Age: 33 years and 10 months) 🔗
March 31, 1889
Eiffel Tower completed (Age: 34 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 29, 1890
Wounded Knee Massacre (Age: 36 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 19, 1893
New Zealand grants women the vote (Age: 38 years and 11 months) 🔗
August 1, 1894
First Sino-Japanese War (Age: 39 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

April 6, 1896
First modern Olympic Games (Age: 41 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 21, 1898
Spanish–American War (Age: 43 years and 6 months) 🔗
May 29, 1899
Hague Convention (Age: 44 years and 7 months) 🔗

Birthday-FAQ for Oscar Wilde

How many birthday candles did Oscar Wilde blow out so far?

» At 46 years, Oscar Wilde has already blown out 1081 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Oscar Wilde be twice as old as today?

» Oscar Wilde ist 16.845 days old today. On 12.01.1947 Oscar Wilde will be twice as old as today. Oscar Wilde will then be 92 Jahre und 2 Monate years old.

When will Oscar Wilde be half as old as today?

» On 06.11.1877 Oscar Wilde was half of age today. Back then Oscar Wilde were 23 Jahre und 0 Monate years old.

When was Oscar Wilde conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (21.01.1854), we get the 21.01.1854. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Oscar Wilde were conceived between 11.01.1854 and 31.01.1854.

How many prime number birthdays has Oscar Wilde had so far?

» At 46 years old, Oscar Wilde has already celebrated 14 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 46 years, you've already celebrated 4 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 16.10.1965. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Oscar Wilde at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Oscar Wilde was born exactly 53036 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Oscar Wilde was 145 years and 2 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Oscar Wilde is currently 76 years younger (44710 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Oscar Wilde is today already 28864 days longer dead than he/she was alive.

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