Princess Marina … Of GreeceAge: 611906–1968
- Name
- Princess Marina … Of Greece
- Given names
- Marina
- Name prefix
- Princess
- Name suffix
- Of Greece
Birth | 30 November 1906 34 24 Athens, Greece |
Australian History | 1906 Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
Australian History | 1908 (Age 13 months) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
Death of a maternal grandfather | 1909 (Age 2)
maternal grandfather -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
|
Australian History | 1909 (Age 2) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
Australian History | 1910 (Age 3) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
Australian History | 1911 (Age 4) 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 5) 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 |
Death of a paternal grandfather | 18 March 1913 (Age 6) Salonika, Greece
paternal grandfather -
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
|
Australian History | 1913 (Age 6) 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 6) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
Australian History | 1914 (Age 7) 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 8) 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 9) 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 10) 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 11) 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 12) 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. |
Death of a maternal grandmother | 1920 (Age 13)
maternal grandmother -
Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
|
Australian History | 1920 (Age 13) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
Australian History | 1921 (Age 14) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
Australian History | 1922 (Age 15) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
Australian History | 1923 (Age 16) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
Death of a paternal grandmother | 1926 (Age 19)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
|
Australian History | 1926 (Age 19) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
Australian History | 1927 (Age 20) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
Australian History | 1928 (Age 21) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
Australian History | 1929 (Age 22) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
Australian History | 1930 (Age 23) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
Australian History | 1931 (Age 24) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
Australian History | 1932 (Age 25) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
Australian History | 1933 (Age 26) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
Marriage | George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent - View family 29 November 1934 (Age 27) Westminster, Abbey, London, England |
Birth of a son #1 | 9 September 1935 (Age 28) 3 Belgrave Sq., England |
Birth of a daughter #2 | 25 December 1936 (Age 30)
daughter -
Alexandra Windsor Princess
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Australian History | 1936 (Age 29) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
Australian History | 1937 (Age 30) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
Death of a father | 1938 (Age 31)
father -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
|
Australian History | 1938 (Age 31) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
Australian History | 1939 (Age 32) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
Australian History | 1940 (Age 33) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
Australian History | 1941 (Age 34) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
Birth of a son #3 | 4 July 1942 (Age 35) Coppins, England
son -
Prince Michael Windsor
|
Death of a husband | 25 August 1942 (Age 35) Morven, Scotland |
Australian History | 1942 (Age 35) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
Australian History | 1943 (Age 36) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
Australian History | 1944 (Age 37) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
Australian History | 1945 (Age 38) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
Australian History | 1946 (Age 39) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
Australian History | 1948 (Age 41) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
Australian History | 1949 (Age 42) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
Australian History | 1950 (Age 43) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
Australian History | 1951 (Age 44) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
Australian History | 1952 (Age 45) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
Australian History | 1954 (Age 47) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party |
Australian History | 1955 (Age 48) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill' |
Australian History | 1956 (Age 49) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage |
Death of a mother | 1957 (Age 50) |
Australian History | 1957 (Age 50) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. |
Marriage of a son | Edward George Nicholas Windsor Duke Of Kent - View family 1961 (Age 54)
daughter-in-law -
Katharine Worsley Duchess Of Kent
|
Birth of a grandson #1 | 26 June 1962 (Age 55)
grandson -
Earl George Philip Windsor Of St. Andrews
|
Australian History | 1962 (Age 55) Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT. Note: Malayan Insurgence ends |
Christening of a grandson | 14 September 1962 (Age 55) Buckingham, Palace, Music Room, England
grandson -
Earl George Philip Windsor Of St. Andrews
|
Marriage of a daughter | Alexandra Windsor Princess - View family April 1963 (Age 56) England
son-in-law -
Angus Ogilvy Hon.
daughter -
Alexandra Windsor Princess
|
Birth of a grandson #2 | 29 February 1964 (Age 57) Thatched House, Lodge, England
grandson -
James Robert Bruce Ogilvy
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Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 28 April 1964 (Age 57)
granddaughter -
Helen Marina Lucy Windsor Lady
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Australian History | 1964 (Age 57) Note: The Beatles tour Australia; Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne; Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity; Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old; Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War. |
Christening of a granddaughter | 12 May 1964 (Age 57) Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
granddaughter -
Helen Marina Lucy Windsor Lady
|
Australian History | 1965 (Age 58) Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland |
Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 31 July 1966 (Age 59) Thatched House, Lodge, Richmond Park, England
granddaughter -
Marina Victoria, Australia Alexandra Ogilvy
|
Australian History | 1966 (Age 59) Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted; Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt. |
Australian History | 14 February 1966 (Age 59) Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound. |
Australian History | 1967 (Age 60) Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people; Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton; Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings; Note: Talkback radio is introduced; Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney; Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party; Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia. |
Australian History | 1968 (on the date of death) Note: Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney; |
Death | 1968 (Age 61) Kensington, Palace, England |
Family with parents - View family |
father |
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
Birth 1872 26 21 Death 1938 (Age 66) Loading...
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10 years mother |
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
Birth 1882 35 28 Death 1957 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: 1902 |
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5 years #1 herself |
Princess Marina … Of Greece
Birth 30 November 1906 34 24 Athens, Greece Death 1968 (Age 61) Kensington, Palace, England Loading...
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#2 brother |
Child 2 …
Death yes Loading...
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#3 brother |
Child 3 …
Death yes Loading...
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#4 sister |
Olga … Princess
Death yes Loading...
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#5 sister |
Elizabeth …
Death yes Loading...
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Family with George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent - View family |
husband |
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
Birth 20 December 1902 37 35 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 25 August 1942 (Age 39) Morven, Scotland Loading...
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4 years herself |
Princess Marina … Of Greece
Birth 30 November 1906 34 24 Athens, Greece Death 1968 (Age 61) Kensington, Palace, England Loading...
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Marriage: 29 November 1934 — Westminster, Abbey, London, England |
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9 months #1 son |
Edward George Nicholas Windsor Duke Of Kent
Birth 9 September 1935 32 28 3 Belgrave Sq., England Death yes Loading...
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16 months #2 daughter |
Alexandra Windsor Princess
Birth 25 December 1936 34 30 Death yes Loading...
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6 years #3 son |
Prince Michael Windsor
Birth 4 July 1942 39 35 Coppins, England Death yes Loading...
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Princess Marina … Of Greece has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece + Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Parents George Oldenburg + Mary …
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Parents Prince Andrew … Of Greece + Princess Alice … Of Battenberg
Parents Christopher Oldenburg + Anastasia Stewart
Mother's family (3)
Parents Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke + Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Extra information
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