Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …Age: 681869–1938
- Name
- Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
- Given names
- Maude Charlotte Mary
- Name prefix
- Princess
| Birth | 26 November 1869 28 24 Marlborough, House, London, England |
| Australian History | 1869 Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a brother | 6 April 1871 (Age 16 months)
younger brother -
John Alexander …
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| Death of a brother | 7 April 1871 (Age 16 months)
younger brother -
John Alexander …
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 2) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 3) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 5) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 8) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 9) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 10) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 12) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 13) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 17) 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. |
| Marriage of a sister | Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor - View family 27 July 1889 (Age 19) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
brother-in-law -
Alexander Duff Duke Of Fife
elder sister -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 21) 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 |
| Death of a brother | 14 January 1892 (Age 22) Sandringham, Norfolk, England
elder brother -
Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Burial of a brother | 20 January 1892 (Age 22) Windsor, Berkshire, England
elder brother -
Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1892 (Age 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a brother | George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor - View family 6 July 1893 (Age 23) Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England
elder brother -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
sister-in-law -
Queen Mary … Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 23) 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 24) 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 25) 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 |
| Marriage | Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway - View family 22 July 1896 (Age 26) Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 26) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 27) 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. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 29 September 1898 (Age 28) Bernstorff, Germany
maternal grandmother -
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 28) 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 29) 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. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 30) 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 paternal grandmother | 22 January 1901 (Age 31) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
paternal grandmother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | 2 July 1903 (Age 33) Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
son -
Olav V … King Of Norway
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 29 January 1906 (Age 36) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
maternal grandfather -
Christian IX … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 36) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 38) 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 39) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death of a father | 6 May 1910 (Age 40) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
father -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 40) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 43) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 44) 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 45) 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 46) 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 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 50) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 51) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 52) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 53) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death of a mother | 20 November 1925 (Age 55) Sandringham, Norfolk, England
mother -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 56) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 57) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 58) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | Olav V … King Of Norway - View family 1929 (Age 59)
son -
Olav V … King Of Norway
daughter-in-law -
Crown Princess Martha … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1929 (Age 59) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 1930 (Age 60) Oslo, Norway
granddaughter -
Ragnhild Alexandra … Princess
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| Australian History | 1930 (Age 60) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Death of a sister | 4 January 1931 (Age 61) Portman Square, London, England
elder sister -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Australian History | 1931 (Age 61) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | 1932 (Age 62)
granddaughter -
Astrid Maud Ingeborg … Princess
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| Australian History | 1932 (Age 62) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 63) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death of a sister | 3 December 1935 (Age 66) Coppins, Iver, Bucks, England
elder sister -
Victoria Alexandra Olga …
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| Death of a brother | 20 January 1936 (Age 66) Sandringham, Norfolk, England
elder brother -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
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| Burial of a brother | 28 January 1936 (Age 66) Windsor Castle, St. George Chap., Berkshire, England
elder brother -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 66) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 21 February 1937 (Age 67) Skaugum, Near Oslo, Norway
grandson -
Harald … Crown Prince
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| Australian History | 1937 (Age 67) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 68) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Death | 20 November 1938 (Age 68) London, England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 9 November 1841 22 22 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 6 May 1910 (Age 68) Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
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3 years mother |
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Birth 1 December 1844 26 27 Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 20 November 1925 (Age 80) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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Marriage: 10 March 1863 — St. George Chap., Windsor, England |
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10 months #1 elder brother |
Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 8 January 1864 22 19 Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England Death 14 January 1892 (Age 28) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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17 months #2 elder brother |
Birth 3 June 1865 23 20 Marlborough Hse, London, England Death 20 January 1936 (Age 70) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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21 months #3 elder sister |
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
Birth 20 February 1867 25 22 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 4 January 1931 (Age 63) Portman Square, London, England |
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16 months #4 elder sister |
Victoria Alexandra Olga …
Birth 6 July 1868 26 23 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 3 December 1935 (Age 67) Coppins, Iver, Bucks, England |
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17 months #5 herself |
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
Birth 26 November 1869 28 24 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 20 November 1938 (Age 68) London, England |
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16 months #6 younger brother |
John Alexander …
Birth 6 April 1871 29 26 Death 7 April 1871 (Age 1 day) |
| Family with Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway - View family |
| husband |
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
Birth 1872 28 20 Charlottenlund, Denmark Death 1957 (Age 85) |
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-2 years herself |
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
Birth 26 November 1869 28 24 Marlborough, House, London, England Death 20 November 1938 (Age 68) London, England |
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Marriage: 22 July 1896 — Buckingham, Palace, London, England |
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7 years #1 son |
Olav V … King Of Norway
Birth 2 July 1903 31 33 Appleton House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 17 January 1991 (Age 87) Norway |