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Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of RussiaAge: 631818–1881

Name
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Given names
Alexander II Nicholoevich
Surname
Romanov
Name suffix
Tsar Of Russia
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Birth 1818 22 20
 

MarriagePrincess Catherine Yourievska - View family
 

Australian History 1818
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Australian History 1824 (Age 6)
 

Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane.
Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed.
Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia'
Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River
Australian History 1825 (Age 7)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Birth of a brother 1827 (Age 9)
 

younger brother - Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
Australian History 1828 (Age 10)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 11)
 

Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain.
Australian History 1830 (Age 12)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a brother 1831 (Age 13)
 

younger brother - Nicholas Romanov
Australian History 1831 (Age 13)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a brother 1832 (Age 14)
 

younger brother - Michael Romanov
Australian History 1832 (Age 14)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 15)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 17)
 

Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne.
Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales.
Australian History 1836 (Age 18)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 20)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 21)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
MarriageMarie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt - View family
1840 (Age 22)
 

Death of a maternal grandfather 1840 (Age 22)
 

maternal grandfather - King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Australian History 1840 (Age 22)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 23)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 1842 (Age 24)
 

daughter - Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov
Australian History 1842 (Age 24)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Birth of a son
#2		 1843 (Age 25)
 

son - Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Australian History 1843 (Age 25)
 

Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property).
Birth of a son
#3		 1845 (Age 27)
 

son - Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1845 (Age 27)
 

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 son
#4		 1847 (Age 29)
 

son - Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Marriage of a brotherGrand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia - View family
1848 (Age 30)
 

younger brother - Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
sister-in-law - Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Death of a daughter 1849 (Age 31)
 

daughter - Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov
Birth of a son
#5		 1850 (Age 32)
 

son - Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1850 (Age 32)
 

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 33)
 

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 daughter
#6		 17 October 1853 (Age 35)
 St. Petersburg, Russia

daughter - Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Australian History 1853 (Age 35)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 36)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Death of a father 1855 (Age 37)
 

father - Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1855 (Age 37)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherNicholas Romanov - View family
1856 (Age 38)
 

younger brother - Nicholas Romanov
sister-in-law - Alexandra …
Australian History 1856 (Age 38)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Birth of a son
#7		 1857 (Age 39)
 

son - Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Marriage of a brotherMichael Romanov - View family
1857 (Age 39)
 

younger brother - Michael Romanov
sister-in-law - Cecily (Olga) …
Australian History 1857 (Age 39)
 

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 40)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 41)
 

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 son
#8		 1860 (Age 42)
 

son - Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
Death of a mother 1860 (Age 42)
 

mother - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1860 (Age 42)
 

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 43)
 

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 44)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 45)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Death of a son 1865 (Age 47)
 

son - Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Marriage of a sonAlexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family
1866 (Age 48)
 

son - Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
daughter-in-law - Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Australian History 1867 (Age 49)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 18 May 1868 (Age 50)
 Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia

grandson - Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1868 (Age 50)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a grandson
#2		 1869 (Age 51)
 

grandson - Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
Australian History 1869 (Age 51)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Death of a grandson 1870 (Age 52)
 

grandson - Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth of a grandson
#3		 1871 (Age 53)
 

grandson - George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth of a son
#9		 1872 (Age 54)
 

son - George Romanov
Australian History 1872 (Age 54)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 55)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a daughter
#10		 1874 (Age 56)
 

daughter - Olga Romanov
Birth of a grandson
#4		 1874 (Age 56)
 

grandson - Alfred … Prince
Marriage of a sonVladimir Romanov Grand Duke - View family
1874 (Age 56)
 

son - Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
daughter-in-law - Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
Marriage of a daughterMarie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess - View family
23 January 1874 (Age 56)
 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

son-in-law - Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
daughter - Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth of a granddaughter
#5		 1875 (Age 57)
 

granddaughter - Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
Birth of a granddaughter
#6		 29 October 1875 (Age 57)
 Eastwell Park, Kent, England

granddaughter - Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Australian History 1875 (Age 57)
 

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 grandson
#7		 1876 (Age 58)
 

grandson - Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke
Birth of a granddaughter
#8		 1876 (Age 58)
 Malta

granddaughter - Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth of a grandson
#9		 1877 (Age 59)
 

grandson - Boris Romanov Grand Duke
Birth of a daughter
#11		 1878 (Age 60)
 

daughter - Catherine Romanov
Birth of a grandson
#10		 1878 (Age 60)
 

grandson - Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth of a granddaughter
#11		 1878 (Age 60)
 

granddaughter - Princess Alexandra …
Australian History 1878 (Age 60)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Birth of a grandson
#12		 1879 (Age 61)
 

grandson - Andrei (Andrew) Vladimirovich Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1879 (Age 61)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a wife 1880 (Age 62)
 

wife - Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Australian History 1880 (Age 62)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1796  

Death 1855 (Age 59)  

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2 years
mother
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia

Birth 1798 28 22  

Death 1860 (Age 62)  

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Marriage: 1817
1 year
#1 himself
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1818 22 20  

Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)  

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9 years
#2 younger brother
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia

Birth 1827 31 29  

Death 1892 (Age 65)  

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4 years
#3 younger brother
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1831 35 33  

Death 1891 (Age 60)  

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1 year
#4 younger brother
Michael Romanov

Birth 1832 36 34  

Death 1909 (Age 77)  

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Family with Princess Catherine Yourievska - View family
himself
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1818 22 20  

Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)  

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29 years
wife
Princess Catherine Yourievska

Birth 1847  

Death 1922 (Age 75)  

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
George Romanov

Birth 1872 54 25  

Death 1913 (Age 41)  

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2 years
#2 daughter
Olga Romanov

Birth 1874 56 27  

Death 1925 (Age 51)  

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4 years
#3 daughter
Catherine Romanov

Birth 1878 60 31  

Death 1959 (Age 81)  

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Family with Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt - View family
himself
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1818 22 20  

Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)  

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6 years
wife
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt

Birth 1824  

Death 1880 (Age 56)  

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Marriage: 1840
2 years
#1 daughter
Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov

Birth 1842 24 18  

Death 1849 (Age 7)  

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1 year
#2 son
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1843 25 19  

Death 1865 (Age 22)  

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2 years
#3 son
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1845 27 21  

Death 1 November 1894 (Age 49)  Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia

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2 years
#4 son
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1847 29 23  

Death 1909 (Age 62)  

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3 years
#5 son
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1850 32 26  

Death 1908 (Age 58)  

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4 years
#6 daughter
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess

Birth 17 October 1853 35 29  St. Petersburg, Russia

Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67)  Zurich, Switzerland

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3 years
#7 son
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1857 39 33  

Death February 1905 (Age 48)  

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3 years
#8 son
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1860 42 36  

Death January 1919 (Age 59)  Fortress Of, Peter And Paul, Russia

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Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia has 7 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (7)

Parents Emperor William I … Of Germany + Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar
1 Louise … 1828–1923
2 Frederick III … German Emperor 1831–1888
Parents Paul Frederick … Grand Duke + Alexandrine …
1 Grand Duke Frederick Francis II … Of Mecklenburg- 1823–1883
Parents Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands + Louisa … Of Prussia
1 Louise … 1828–1871
2 Frederick … 1833–1834
3 William … 1836–1846
4 Marie … 1841–1910

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Last change 5 October 1999
 
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