Louise Caroline Alberta … PrincessAge: 911848–1939
- Name
- Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
- Given names
- Louise Caroline Alberta
- Name suffix
- Princess
| Birth | 18 March 1848 28 28 Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
| Birth of a brother | 1 May 1850 (Age 2) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 21 months) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 2) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine |
| Birth of a brother | 7 April 1853 (Age 5) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 4) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 5) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 6) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1856 (Age 7) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a sister | 14 April 1857 (Age 9) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger sister -
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 8) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. |
| Marriage of a sister | Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 25 January 1858 (Age 9) London, England
brother-in-law -
Frederick III … German Emperor
elder sister -
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 9) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 10) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 11) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 16 March 1861 (Age 12) Frogmore House, Windsor, England
maternal grandmother -
Marie Luise Victoria Hanover
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| Death of a father | 14 December 1861 (Age 13) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 12) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Marriage of a sister | Princess Alice Maud Mary … - View family 1 July 1862 (Age 14) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse
elder sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 13) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a brother | Edward VII Wettin King Of England - View family 10 March 1863 (Age 14) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
elder brother -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
sister-in-law -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 14) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a sister | Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg - View family 5 July 1866 (Age 18) Windsor Castle, England
brother-in-law -
(Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 18) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 19) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 20) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Marriage | John Campbell Duke Of Argyll - View family 21 March 1871 (Age 23) St. George Chap., Windsor, England |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 23) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 24) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Marriage of a brother | Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince - View family 23 January 1874 (Age 25) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
elder brother -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
sister-in-law -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 26) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Death of a sister | 14 December 1878 (Age 30) Darmstadt, Germany
elder sister -
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 29) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Arthur William Patrick … - View family 13 March 1879 (Age 30) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
sister-in-law -
Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 30) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 31) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Leopold George Duncan … - View family 27 April 1882 (Age 34) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
sister-in-law -
Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 33) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 34) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a brother | 28 March 1884 (Age 36) Cannes, France
younger brother -
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
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| Marriage of a sister | Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg - View family 23 July 1885 (Age 37) Whippingham, Isle Of Wight
brother-in-law -
Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg
younger sister -
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 38) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 40) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 41) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 42) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 43) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 44) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 45) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 46) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 47) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 48) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 49) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 50) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Death of a brother | 30 July 1900 (Age 52) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
elder brother -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 51) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Death of a mother | 22 January 1901 (Age 52) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
mother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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| Death of a sister | 5 August 1901 (Age 53) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany
elder sister -
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 52) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 53) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 54) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 55) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 57) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 59) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 60) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death of a brother | 6 May 1910 (Age 62) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
elder brother -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Burial of a brother | 20 May 1910 (Age 62) Windsor, Berkshire, England
elder brother -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 61) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 62) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 63) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 64) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 64) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Death of a husband | 1914 (Age 65)
husband -
John Campbell Duke Of Argyll
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| Australian History | 1914 (Age 65) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 66) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 67) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 68) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 69) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 70) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 71) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 72) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 73) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Death of a sister | 9 June 1923 (Age 75) Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London, England |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 74) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 77) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 78) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 79) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 80) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 81) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 82) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 83) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 84) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 87) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 88) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 89) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 90) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Death | 3 December 1939 (Age 91) Kensington, Palace, London, England |
| Burial | Frogmore, England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 26 August 1819 Schloss Rosenau, Near Coburg, Germany Death 14 December 1861 (Age 42) Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
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-3 months mother |
Birth 24 May 1819 51 32 Kensington, Palace, London, England Death 22 January 1901 (Age 81) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England |
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Marriage: 10 February 1840 — Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England |
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9 months #1 elder sister |
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 21 November 1840 21 21 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 5 August 1901 (Age 60) Friedrichshof, Kronberg, Taunus, Germany |
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Birth 9 November 1841 22 22 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 6 May 1910 (Age 68) Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
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17 months #3 elder sister |
Princess Alice Maud Mary …
Birth 25 April 1843 23 23 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 14 December 1878 (Age 35) Darmstadt, Germany |
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15 months #4 elder brother |
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany |
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22 months #5 elder sister |
Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Birth 25 May 1846 26 27 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 9 June 1923 (Age 77) Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London, England |
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22 months #6 herself |
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
Birth 18 March 1848 28 28 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 3 December 1939 (Age 91) Kensington, Palace, London, England |
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Prince Arthur William Patrick …
Birth 1 May 1850 30 30 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 16 January 1942 (Age 91) Bagshot Park, Surrey, England |
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3 years #8 younger brother |
Prince Leopold George Duncan …
Birth 7 April 1853 33 33 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 28 March 1884 (Age 30) Cannes, France |
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4 years #9 younger sister |
Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
Birth 14 April 1857 37 37 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 26 October 1944 (Age 87) Bantridge Park, Balcombe, Sussex, England |
| Family with John Campbell Duke Of Argyll - View family |
| husband |
John Campbell Duke Of Argyll
Birth 1845 Death 1914 (Age 69) |
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3 years herself |
Louise Caroline Alberta … Princess
Birth 18 March 1848 28 28 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 3 December 1939 (Age 91) Kensington, Palace, London, England |
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Marriage: 21 March 1871 — St. George Chap., Windsor, England |