Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of RussiaAge: 491845–1894
- Name
- Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
- Given names
- Alexander III Alexandrovich
- Surname
- Romanov
- Name suffix
- Tsar Of Russia
| Birth | 1845 27 21 |
| Australian History | 1845 Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a brother | 1847 (Age 2)
younger brother -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
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| Death of a sister | 1849 (Age 4)
elder sister -
Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov
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| Birth of a brother | 1850 (Age 5)
younger brother -
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 5) 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 6) 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 sister | 17 October 1853 (Age 8) St. Petersburg, Russia
younger sister -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 8) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 9) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1855 (Age 10)
paternal grandfather -
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1855 (Age 10) 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 11) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a brother | 1857 (Age 12)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 12) 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. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 13) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 14) 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. |
| Birth of a brother | 1860 (Age 15)
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1860 (Age 15)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 15) 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 16) 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 17) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 18) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a brother | 1865 (Age 20)
elder brother -
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Marriage | Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark - View family 1866 (Age 21) |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 22) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 18 May 1868 (Age 23) Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 23) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1869 (Age 24) |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 24) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death of a son | 1870 (Age 25) |
| Birth of a son #3 | 1871 (Age 26) |
| Birth of a half-brother | 1872 (Age 27)
half-brother -
George Romanov
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 27) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 28) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a half-sister | 1874 (Age 29)
half-sister -
Olga Romanov
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| Marriage of a brother | Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1874 (Age 29)
younger brother -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
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| Marriage of a sister | Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess - View family 23 January 1874 (Age 29) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
brother-in-law -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
younger sister -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1875 (Age 30)
daughter -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 30) 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 son #5 | 1878 (Age 33) |
| Birth of a half-sister | 1878 (Age 33)
half-sister -
Catherine Romanov
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 33) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 34) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a mother | 1880 (Age 35)
mother -
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 35) 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 father | 13 March 1881 (Age 36) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 1 June 1882 (Age 37)
daughter -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 37) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 38) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage of a brother | Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1884 (Age 39)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 42) 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 brother | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov - View family 1889 (Age 44)
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
sister-in-law -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 44) 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 45) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 48) 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 of a daughter | Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family 1894 (Age 49)
son-in-law -
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
daughter -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 49) 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. |
| Death | 1 November 1894 (Age 49) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia |
| Burial | 19 November 1894 (18 days after death) Cathedral Of The, Fortress Of P&P, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1818 22 20 Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63) Loading...
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6 years mother |
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Birth 1824 Death 1880 (Age 56) Loading...
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Marriage: 1840 |
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2 years #1 elder sister |
Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov
Birth 1842 24 18 Death 1849 (Age 7) Loading...
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1 year #2 elder brother |
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1843 25 19 Death 1865 (Age 22) Loading...
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2 years #3 himself |
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 #4 younger brother |
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1847 29 23 Death 1909 (Age 62) Loading...
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3 years #5 younger brother |
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1850 32 26 Death 1908 (Age 58) Loading...
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4 years #6 younger sister |
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland Loading...
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3 years #7 younger brother |
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1857 39 33 Death February 1905 (Age 48) Loading...
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3 years #8 younger brother |
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1860 42 36 Death January 1919 (Age 59) Fortress Of, Peter And Paul, Russia Loading...
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| Father’s family with Princess Catherine Yourievska - View family |
| father |
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1818 22 20 Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63) Loading...
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29 years step-mother |
Princess Catherine Yourievska
Birth 1847 Death 1922 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 half-brother |
George Romanov
Birth 1872 54 25 Death 1913 (Age 41) Loading...
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2 years #2 half-sister |
Olga Romanov
Birth 1874 56 27 Death 1925 (Age 51) Loading...
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4 years #3 half-sister |
Catherine Romanov
Birth 1878 60 31 Death 1959 (Age 81) Loading...
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| Family with Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark - View family |
| himself |
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 wife |
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 son |
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 son |
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1869 24 22 Death 1870 (Age 12 months) Loading...
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2 years #3 son |
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 daughter |
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth 1875 30 28 Death 20 April 1960 (Age 85) London, England Loading...
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3 years #5 son |
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 daughter |
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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Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia + Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Parents Michael Romanov + Cecily (Olga) …
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I6213
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