Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of RussiaAge: 501868–1918
- Name
- Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
- Given names
- Nicholas II Alexandrovich
- Surname
- Romanov
- Name suffix
- Tsar Of Russia
| Birth | 18 May 1868 23 21 Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia |
| Australian History | 1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a brother | 1869 (Age 7 months)
younger brother -
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 7 months) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death of a brother | 1870 (Age 19 months)
younger brother -
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Birth of a brother | 1871 (Age 2)
younger brother -
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 3) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 4) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a sister | 1875 (Age 6)
younger sister -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 6) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a brother | 1878 (Age 9)
younger brother -
Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 9) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 10) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1880 (Age 11)
paternal grandmother -
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 11) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 13 March 1881 (Age 12)
paternal grandfather -
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Birth of a sister | 1 June 1882 (Age 14)
younger sister -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 13) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 14) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 18) 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 20) 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 21) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 22) 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 23) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 24) 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. |
| Marriage | Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina - View family 26 November 1894 (Age 26) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Marriage of a sister | Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family 1894 (Age 25)
brother-in-law -
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
younger sister -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Death of a father | 1 November 1894 (Age 26) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 25) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | November 1895 (Age 27) Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia
daughter -
Olga Nicholovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1895 (Age 26) 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 27) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | June 1897 (Age 29)
daughter -
Tatiana Nicholovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 28) 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 30) Bernstorff, Germany
maternal grandmother -
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 29) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | May 1899 (Age 30)
daughter -
Maria Nicholovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Death of a brother | July 1899 (Age 31) Abbas Tuman, Caucasus, Russia
younger brother -
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 30) 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 31) 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | June 1901 (Age 33)
daughter -
Anastasia Nicholovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Marriage of a sister | Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess - View family July 1901 (Age 33)
brother-in-law -
Prince Peter … Of Oldenburg
younger sister -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 |
| Birth of a son #5 | 12 August 1904 (Age 36) Peterhof, Near, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 35) 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 37) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
maternal grandfather -
Christian IX … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 37) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 41) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 42) 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family July 1912 (Age 44) Vienna, Austria
younger brother -
Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Natalia Sheremetevskaya
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| Australian History | 1912 (Age 43) 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 44) 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 44) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 45) 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 46) 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess - View family 1916 (Age 47) Russia
brother-in-law -
Nicholas Koulikovsky Colonel
younger sister -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 47) 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 48) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 10 July 1918 (Age 50) Perm, Russia
younger brother -
Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Death of a wife | 16 July 1918 (on the date of death) Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 49) 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. |
| Death | 16 July 1918 (Age 50) Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1845 27 21 Death 1 November 1894 (Age 49) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia Loading...
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2 years mother |
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Birth 1847 28 29 Death October 1928 (Age 81) Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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Marriage: 1866 |
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2 years #1 himself |
Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 18 May 1868 23 21 Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia Death 16 July 1918 (Age 50) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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7 months #2 younger brother |
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1869 24 22 Death 1870 (Age 12 months) Loading...
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2 years #3 younger brother |
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1871 26 24 Death July 1899 (Age 28) Abbas Tuman, Caucasus, Russia Loading...
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4 years #4 younger sister |
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth 1875 30 28 Death 20 April 1960 (Age 85) London, England Loading...
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3 years #5 younger brother |
Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1878 33 31 Death 10 July 1918 (Age 40) Perm, Russia Loading...
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4 years #6 younger sister |
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth 1 June 1882 37 35 Death 24 November 1960 (Age 78) East Toronto, Ontario, Canada Loading...
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| Family with Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina - View family |
| himself |
Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 18 May 1868 23 21 Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia Death 16 July 1918 (Age 50) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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4 years wife |
Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
Birth 6 June 1872 35 29 Darmstadt, Germany Death 16 July 1918 (Age 46) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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Marriage: 26 November 1894 — Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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11 months #1 daughter |
Olga Nicholovna Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth November 1895 27 23 Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia Death 18 July 1918 (Age 22) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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19 months #2 daughter |
Tatiana Nicholovna … Grand Duchess
Birth June 1897 29 24 Death 18 July 1918 (Age 21) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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23 months #3 daughter |
Maria Nicholovna Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth May 1899 30 26 Death 18 July 1918 (Age 19) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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2 years #4 daughter |
Anastasia Nicholovna Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth June 1901 33 28 Death 18 July 1918 (Age 17) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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3 years #5 son |
Alexis Nicolaievich Romanov Tsarevich
Birth 12 August 1904 36 32 Peterhof, Near, St. Petersburg, Russia Death 18 July 1918 (Age 13) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
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Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia has 42 first cousins recorded
Father's family (14)
Parents Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke + Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Olga Karnovich Princess
Mother's family (28)
Parents Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark + Louise … Of Sweden
Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Parents George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg + Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Parents Duke Ernest Augustus Hanover Of Cumberland + Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
Extra information
Internal reference
I6210
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