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Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich RomanovAge: 591860–1919

Name
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
Given names
Paul Alexandrovich
Surname
Romanov
Name prefix
Grand Duke
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Birth 1860 42 36
 

Death of a paternal grandmother 1860
 

paternal grandmother - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1860
 

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 12 months)
 

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 2)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 3)
 

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 5)
 

elder brother - Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Marriage of a brotherAlexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family
1866 (Age 6)
 

elder brother - Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law - Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Australian History 1867 (Age 7)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 8)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 9)
 

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 12)
 

half-brother - George Romanov
Australian History 1872 (Age 12)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 13)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a half-sister 1874 (Age 14)
 

half-sister - Olga Romanov
Marriage of a brotherVladimir Romanov Grand Duke - View family
1874 (Age 14)
 

elder brother - Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law - Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
Marriage of a sisterMarie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess - View family
23 January 1874 (Age 14)
 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

brother-in-law - Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
elder sister - Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Australian History 1875 (Age 15)
 

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 18)
 

half-sister - Catherine Romanov
Australian History 1878 (Age 18)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 19)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a mother 1880 (Age 20)
 

mother - Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Australian History 1880 (Age 20)
 

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 21)
 

father - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1882 (Age 22)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 23)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Marriage of a brotherSerge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family
1884 (Age 24)
 

elder brother - Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law - Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
Australian History 1887 (Age 27)
 

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.
MarriagePrincess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family
1889 (Age 29)
 

Australian History 1889 (Age 29)
 

Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 1890 (Age 30)
 

daughter - Maria Pavlovna Romanov
Australian History 1890 (Age 30)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Birth of a son
#2		 1891 (Age 31)
 

son - Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov Grand Duke
Death of a wife 1891 (Age 31)
 

wife - Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Australian History 1891 (Age 31)
 

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 32)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia

elder brother - Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Burial of a brother 19 November 1894 (Age 34)
 Cathedral Of The, Fortress Of P&P, St. Petersburg, Russia

elder brother - Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1894 (Age 34)
 

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 35)
 

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
Birth of a son
#3		 1896 (Age 36)
 

son - Vladimir Romanov
Australian History 1896 (Age 36)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 37)
 

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 38)
 

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 39)
 

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 40)
 

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 41)
 

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
MarriageOlga Karnovich Princess - View family
1902 (Age 42)
 Leghorn, Italy

Australian History 1902 (Age 42)
 

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 43)
 

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 44)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Birth of a daughter
#4		 1905 (Age 45)
 

daughter - Natalie Romanov
Death of a brother February 1905 (Age 45)
 

elder brother - Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1906 (Age 46)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a daughter
#5		 1908 (Age 48)
 

daughter - Irina Romanov
Marriage of a daughterMaria Pavlovna Romanov - View family
1908 (Age 48)
 

son-in-law - William … Prince Of Sweden
daughter - Maria Pavlovna Romanov
Death of a brother 1908 (Age 48)
 

elder brother - Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1908 (Age 48)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Birth of a grandson
#1		 8 May 1909 (Age 49)
 Stockholm, Sweden

grandson - Lennart Gustaf Nicholas … Count Of Wisborg
Death of a brother 1909 (Age 49)
 

elder brother - Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1909 (Age 49)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 50)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 51)
 

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 52)
 

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 half-brother 1913 (Age 53)
 

half-brother - George Romanov
Australian History 1913 (Age 53)
 

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 53)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 54)
 

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 55)
 

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 56)
 

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 57)
 

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.
Death of a son 1918 (Age 58)
 

son - Vladimir Romanov
Australian History 1918 (Age 58)
 

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 (on the date of death)
 

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

Family with parents - View family
father
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1818 22 20  

Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)  

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6 years
mother
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt

Birth 1824  

Death 1880 (Age 56)  

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Marriage: 1840
2 years
#1 elder sister
Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov

Birth 1842 24 18  

Death 1849 (Age 7)  

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1 year
#2 elder brother
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1843 25 19  

Death 1865 (Age 22)  

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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

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2 years
#4 elder brother
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1847 29 23  

Death 1909 (Age 62)  

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3 years
#5 elder brother
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1850 32 26  

Death 1908 (Age 58)  

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4 years
#6 elder sister
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 elder brother
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1857 39 33  

Death February 1905 (Age 48)  

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3 years
#8 himself
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1860 42 36  

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

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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)  

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29 years
step-mother
Princess Catherine Yourievska

Birth 1847  

Death 1922 (Age 75)  

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Marriage: yes
#1 half-brother
George Romanov

Birth 1872 54 25  

Death 1913 (Age 41)  

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2 years
#2 half-sister
Olga Romanov

Birth 1874 56 27  

Death 1925 (Age 51)  

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4 years
#3 half-sister
Catherine Romanov

Birth 1878 60 31  

Death 1959 (Age 81)  

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Family with Princess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family
himself
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1860 42 36  

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

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10 years
wife
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece

Birth 1870 24 19  

Death 1891 (Age 21)  

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Marriage: 1889
1 year
#1 daughter
Maria Pavlovna Romanov

Birth 1890 30 20  

Death 1958 (Age 68)  

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1 year
#2 son
Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1891 31 21  

Death 1941 (Age 50)  Switzerland

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Family with Olga Karnovich Princess - View family
himself
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1860 42 36  

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

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6 years
wife
Olga Karnovich Princess

Birth 1866  

Death 1929 (Age 63)  

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Marriage: 1902 — Leghorn, Italy
-6 years
#1 son
Vladimir Romanov

Birth 1896 36 30  

Death 1918 (Age 22)  

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9 years
#2 daughter
Natalie Romanov

Birth 1905 45 39  

Death yes  

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3 years
#3 daughter
Irina Romanov

Birth 1908 48 42  

Death yes  

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Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov has 9 first cousins recorded

Father's family (9)

Parents Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia + Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
1 Nicholas Romanov 1850–1918
2 Princess Olga Constantinovna … 1851–1926
3 Constantine Romanov 1858–1915
4 Dimitri Romanov 1860–1919
Parents Michael Romanov + Cecily (Olga) …
1 Nicholas Romanov 1859–1919
2 Michael Romanov 1861–1929
3 George Romanov 1863–1919
4 Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke 1866–1933
5 Sergius Romanov 1869–1918

Mother's family (0)

Extra information

Internal reference I6316
Last change 5 October 1999
 
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