Leopold … 1889

Leopold …Age: 331889–1922

Name: Leopold …

Given names: Leopold

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Birth	1889 31 31
Australian History	1889 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 12 months) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Birth of a brother	1891 (Age 2) younger brother - Maurice … Prince
Australian History	1891 (Age 2) 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 3) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 6) 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
Death of a father	1896 (Age 7) father - Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg
Australian History	1896 (Age 7) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 maternal grandmother	22 January 1901 (Age 12) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England maternal grandmother - Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
Australian History	1901 (Age 12) 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 13) 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 14) 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 15) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Marriage of a sister	Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg - View family 1906 (Age 17) Church Of, San Jeronimo, Madrid, Spain brother-in-law - Alfonso XIII … King Of Spain elder sister - Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg
Australian History	1906 (Age 17) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 21) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 24) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Death of a brother	1914 (Age 25) younger brother - Maurice … Prince
Australian History	1914 (Age 25) 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 26) 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 27) 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 28) 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 29) 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 30) 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 31) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 32) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (on the date of death) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Death	1922 (Age 33)

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father	Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg Birth 1858 Death 1896 (Age 38) Loading...
-9 months mother	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...
	Marriage: 23 July 1885 — Whippingham, Isle Of Wight
5 months #1 elder brother	Marquess Alexander … Of Carisbrooke Birth 1886 28 28 Death 23 February 1960 (Age 74) Loading...
22 months #2 elder sister	Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg Birth 24 October 1887 29 30 Death 1969 (Age 81) Lausanne, Romandy, Switzerland Loading...
14 months #3 himself	Leopold … Birth 1889 31 31 Death 1922 (Age 33) Loading...
2 years #4 younger brother	Maurice … Prince Birth 1891 33 33 Death 1914 (Age 23) Loading...

Leopold … has 36 first cousins recorded

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Parents Frederick III … German Emperor + Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1 William II … German Emperor 1859–1941

2 Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen 1860–1919

3 Prince Henry … Of Prussia 1862–1929

4 Sigismund … 1864–1866

5 Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe 1866–1929

6 Waldemar … 1868–1879

7 Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia 1870–1932

8 Princess Margarete … Of Hesse 1872–1954

Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark

1 Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1864–1892

2 George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor 1865–1936

3 Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor 1867–1931

4 Victoria Alexandra Olga … 1868–1935

5 Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … 1869–1938

6 John Alexander … 1871–1871

Parents Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse + Princess Alice Maud Mary …

1 Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse 1863–1950

2 Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess 1864–1918

3 Princess Irene … Of Hesse 1866–1953

4 Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse 1868–1937

5 Frederick … 1870–1873

6 Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina 1872–1918

7 Mary "May" … 1874–1878

Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess

1 Alfred … Prince 1874–1899

2 Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 1875–1938

3 Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1876–1936

4 Princess Alexandra … 1878–1942

5 Beatrice … Princess 1884–1966

Parents (Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince + Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

1 Christian Victor … 1867–1900

2 Albert … Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein 1869–1931

3 Helena Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1870–1948

4 Princess Marie Louise … 1872–1956

5 Frederick Harold … 1876–1876

Parents Prince Arthur William Patrick … + Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia

1 Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden 1882–1920

2 Duke Arthur … Of Connaught 1883–1938

3 Patricia … Lady Ramsay 1886–1974

Parents Prince Leopold George Duncan … + Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck

1 Princess Alice … Of Athlone 1883–1981

2 Duke Charles Edward … 1884–1954