Beatrice … PrincessAge: 821884–1966
- Name
- Beatrice … Princess
- Given names
- Beatrice
- Name suffix
- Princess
| Birth | 1884 39 30 |
| Marriage | Alfonso … Infante Of Spain - View family |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 3) 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 5) 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 6) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a sister | Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha - View family 10 January 1893 (Age 9) Sigmaringen, Germany
brother-in-law -
King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
elder sister -
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 9) 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 sister | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1894 (Age 10)
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
elder sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 12) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 13) 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 14) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 1899 (Age 15)
elder brother -
Alfred … Prince
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 15) 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. |
| Death of a father | 30 July 1900 (Age 16) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
father -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 16) 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 paternal grandmother | 22 January 1901 (Age 17) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
paternal grandmother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1905 (Age 21) Tegernsee, Bavaria
brother-in-law -
Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke
elder sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 22) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 26) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 27) 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 28) 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 29) 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 29) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 30) 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 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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 34) 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 35) 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 mother | 25 October 1920 (Age 36) Zurich, Switzerland
mother -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 36) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 37) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 38) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 39) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 42) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 43) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 44) 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 45) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 48) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 49) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death of a sister | 1936 (Age 52)
elder sister -
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 52) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 53) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Death of a sister | 10 July 1938 (Age 54) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
elder sister -
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
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| Australian History | 1938 (Age 54) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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. |
| Death of a sister | 1942 (Age 58)
elder sister -
Princess Alexandra …
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| Australian History | 1942 (Age 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) 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 62) 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 64) 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 65) 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 66) 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 67) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Australian History | 1952 (Age 68) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1954 (Age 70) 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 71) 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 72) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage |
| Australian History | 1957 (Age 73) 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. |
| Australian History | 1962 (Age 78) 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 |
| Australian History | 1964 (Age 80) 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. |
| Australian History | 1965 (Age 81) Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland |
| Australian History | 1966 (on the date of death) 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 82) Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound. |
| Death | 1966 (Age 82) |
| Family with parents - View family |
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Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
Birth 6 August 1844 24 25 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Death 30 July 1900 (Age 55) Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Loading...
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9 years mother |
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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Marriage: 23 January 1874 — Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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-1 months #1 elder brother |
Alfred … Prince
Birth 1874 29 20 Death 1899 (Age 25) Loading...
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22 months #2 elder sister |
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England Death 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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2 months #3 elder sister |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
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2 years #4 elder sister |
Princess Alexandra …
Birth 1878 33 24 Death 1942 (Age 64) Loading...
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6 years #5 herself |
Beatrice … Princess
Birth 1884 39 30 Death 1966 (Age 82) Loading...
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| Family with Alfonso … Infante Of Spain - View family |
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Alfonso … Infante Of Spain
Death yes Loading...
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| herself |
Beatrice … Princess
Birth 1884 39 30 Death 1966 (Age 82) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
Beatrice … Princess has 50 first cousins recorded
Father's family (35)
Parents Frederick III … German Emperor + Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Parents Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse + Princess Alice Maud Mary …
Parents (Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince + Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Parents Prince Arthur William Patrick … + Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
Parents Prince Leopold George Duncan … + Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
Parents Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg + Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
Mother's family (15)
Parents Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Parents Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke + Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Olga Karnovich Princess
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