Alexis Romanov Grand DukeAge: 581850–1908
- Name
- Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
- Given names
- Alexis
- Surname
- Romanov
- Name suffix
- Grand Duke
| Birth | 1850 32 26 |
| Australian History | 1850 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 12 months) 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 3) St. Petersburg, Russia
younger sister -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 3) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 4) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1855 (Age 5)
paternal grandfather -
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1855 (Age 5) 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 6) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Birth of a brother | 1857 (Age 7)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1857 (Age 7) 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 8) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 9) 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 10)
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1860 (Age 10)
paternal grandmother -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 10) 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 11) 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 12) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 13) 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 15)
elder brother -
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Marriage of a brother | Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family 1866 (Age 16)
elder brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 17) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 18) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 19) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a half-brother | 1872 (Age 22)
half-brother -
George Romanov
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 22) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 23) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a half-sister | 1874 (Age 24)
half-sister -
Olga Romanov
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| Marriage of a brother | Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1874 (Age 24)
elder 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 24) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
brother-in-law -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
younger sister -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 25) 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 half-sister | 1878 (Age 28)
half-sister -
Catherine Romanov
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 28) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 29) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a mother | 1880 (Age 30)
mother -
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 30) 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 31) |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 32) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 33) 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 34)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 37) 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 39)
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
sister-in-law -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 39) 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 40) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 41) 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 42) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 43) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 1 November 1894 (Age 44) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia
elder brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Burial of a brother | 19 November 1894 (Age 44) Cathedral Of The, Fortress Of P&P, St. Petersburg, Russia
elder brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 44) 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 45) 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 46) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 47) 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 48) 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 49) 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 50) 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 |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 51) 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 |
| Marriage of a brother | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov - View family 1902 (Age 52) Leghorn, Italy
younger brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
sister-in-law -
Olga Karnovich Princess
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 52) 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 53) 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 54) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Death of a brother | February 1905 (Age 55)
younger brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 56) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (on the date of death) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death | 1908 (Age 58) |
| 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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1847 29 23 Death 1909 (Age 62) Loading...
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3 years #5 himself |
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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Alexis Romanov Grand Duke 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
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