Duke Arthur … Of ConnaughtAge: 551883–1938
- Name
- Duke Arthur … Of Connaught
- Given names
- Arthur
- Name prefix
- Duke
- Name suffix
- Of Connaught
| Birth | 1883 32 22 |
| Marriage | Alexandra … Duchess Of Fife - View family |
| Australian History | 1883 Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a sister | 1886 (Age 3)
younger sister -
Patricia … Lady Ramsay
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 4) 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 6) 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 7) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 8) 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 9) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 10) 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. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 11) 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 12) 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 13) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 14) 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 15) 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. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 16) 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 17) 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 18) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England
paternal grandmother -
Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 21) 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 | Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden - View family 15 June 1905 (Age 22) Windsor, England
brother-in-law -
Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf "Gustaf" Adolf Bernadotte
elder sister -
Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 23) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 27) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30) 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 30) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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 |
| Death of a mother | 14 March 1917 (Age 34) Clarence House, London, England
mother -
Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1917 (Age 34) 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 35) 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 36) 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 sister | 1 May 1920 (Age 37) Stockholm, Sweden
elder sister -
Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 37) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 38) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 39) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 40) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 43) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 44) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 45) 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 46) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 47) 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 48) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 49) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 50) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 53) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 54) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (on the date of death) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Death | 1938 (Age 55) |
| Family with parents - View family |
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Prince Arthur William Patrick …
Birth 1 May 1850 30 30 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 16 January 1942 (Age 91) Bagshot Park, Surrey, England Loading...
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10 years mother |
Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia
Birth 25 June 1860 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Death 14 March 1917 (Age 56) Clarence House, London, England Loading...
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Marriage: 13 March 1879 — St. George Chap., Windsor, England |
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3 years #1 elder sister |
Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden
Birth 15 January 1882 31 21 Bagshot Park, Bagshot, Surrey, England Death 1 May 1920 (Age 38) Stockholm, Sweden Loading...
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1 year #2 himself |
Duke Arthur … Of Connaught
Birth 1883 32 22 Death 1938 (Age 55) Loading...
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3 years #3 younger sister |
Patricia … Lady Ramsay
Birth 1886 35 25 Death 1974 (Age 88) Loading...
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| Family with Alexandra … Duchess Of Fife - View family |
| himself |
Duke Arthur … Of Connaught
Birth 1883 32 22 Death 1938 (Age 55) Loading...
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8 years wife |
Alexandra … Duchess Of Fife
Birth 1891 42 23 Death 26 February 1959 (Age 68) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
Duke Alistair Arthur … Of Connaught 2Nd
Death 1943 Loading...
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Duke Arthur … Of Connaught has 37 first cousins recorded
Father's family (37)
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 Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Parents (Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince + Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Parents Prince Leopold George Duncan … + Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck
Parents Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg + Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg
Mother's family (0)
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