Prince Henry Maurice … Of BattenbergAge: 381858–1896
- Name
- Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg
- Given names
- Henry Maurice
- Name prefix
- Prince
- Name suffix
- Of Battenberg
| Birth | 1858 |
| Australian History | 1858 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 12 months) 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 2) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1861 (Age 3) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Australian History | 1862 (Age 4) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 5) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 10) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 11) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 14) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 15) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 17) 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 20) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 21) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 22) 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 24) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 25) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage | Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg - View family 23 July 1885 (Age 27) Whippingham, Isle Of Wight |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1886 (Age 28) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 24 October 1887 (Age 29)
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Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 29) 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. |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1889 (Age 31)
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Leopold …
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 31) 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 32) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1891 (Age 33)
son -
Maurice … Prince
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 33) 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 34) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 (on the date of death) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Death | 1896 (Age 38) |
| Family with Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg - View family |
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Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg
Birth 1858 Death 1896 (Age 38) Loading...
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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 Loading...
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Marriage: 23 July 1885 — Whippingham, Isle Of Wight |
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5 months #1 son |
Marquess Alexander … Of Carisbrooke
Birth 1886 28 28 Death 23 February 1960 (Age 74) Loading...
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22 months #2 daughter |
Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg
Birth 24 October 1887 29 30 Death 1969 (Age 81) Lausanne, Romandy, Switzerland Loading...
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14 months #3 son |
Leopold …
Birth 1889 31 31 Death 1922 (Age 33) Loading...
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2 years #4 son |
Maurice … Prince
Birth 1891 33 33 Death 1914 (Age 23) Loading...
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