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George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand DukeAge: 281871–1899

Name
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Given names
George Alexandrovich
Surname
Romanov
Name suffix
Grand Duke
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Birth 1871 26 24
 

Australian History 1872 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 2)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a sister 1875 (Age 4)
 

younger sister - Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
Australian History 1875 (Age 4)
 

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 brother 1878 (Age 7)
 

younger brother - Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1878 (Age 7)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 8)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Death of a paternal grandmother 1880 (Age 9)
 

paternal grandmother - Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Australian History 1880 (Age 9)
 

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 paternal grandfather 13 March 1881 (Age 10)
 

paternal grandfather - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth of a sister 1 June 1882 (Age 11)
 

younger sister - Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
Australian History 1882 (Age 11)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 12)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 16)
 

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 18)
 

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 19)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (Age 20)
 

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 21)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 22)
 

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 father 1 November 1894 (Age 23)
 Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia

father - Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Marriage of a brotherNicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family
26 November 1894 (Age 23)
 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

elder brother - Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law - Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
Marriage of a sisterXenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family
1894 (Age 23)
 

brother-in-law - Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
younger sister - Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
Australian History 1894 (Age 23)
 

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 24)
 

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 25)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History 1897 (Age 26)
 

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.
Death of a maternal grandmother 29 September 1898 (Age 27)
 Bernstorff, Germany

maternal grandmother - Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
Australian History 1898 (Age 27)
 

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 28)
 

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 July 1899 (Age 28)
 Abbas Tuman, Caucasus, Russia

Burial
 Peter And Paul, Cathedral, Russia

Family with parents - View family
father
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
mother
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark

Birth 1847 28 29  

Death October 1928 (Age 81)  Copenhagen, Denmark

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Marriage: 1866
2 years
#1 elder brother
Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 18 May 1868 23 21  Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia

Death 16 July 1918 (Age 50)  Ekaterinburg, Russia

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7 months
#2 elder brother
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov

Birth 1869 24 22  

Death 1870 (Age 12 months)  

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2 years
#3 himself
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1871 26 24  

Death July 1899 (Age 28)  Abbas Tuman, Caucasus, Russia

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4 years
#4 younger sister
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess

Birth 1875 30 28  

Death 20 April 1960 (Age 85)  London, England

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3 years
#5 younger brother
Michael "Mischa" Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1878 33 31  

Death 10 July 1918 (Age 40)  Perm, Russia

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4 years
#6 younger sister
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess

Birth 1 June 1882 37 35  

Death 24 November 1960 (Age 78)  East Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke has 42 first cousins recorded

Father's family (14)

Parents Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke + Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
1 Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke 1876–1938
2 Boris Romanov Grand Duke 1877–1943
3 Andrei (Andrew) Vladimirovich Romanov Grand Duke 1879–1956
4 Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia 1882–1957
Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
1 Alfred … Prince 1874–1899
2 Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 1875–1938
3 Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1876–1936
4 Princess Alexandra … 1878–1942
5 Beatrice … Princess 1884–1966
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
1 Maria Pavlovna Romanov 1890–1958
2 Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov Grand Duke 1891–1941
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Olga Karnovich Princess
1 Vladimir Romanov 1896–1918
2 Natalie Romanov 1905–?
3 Irina Romanov 1908–?

Mother's family (28)

Parents Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark + Louise … Of Sweden
1 Christian X … King Of Denmark 1870–1947
2 Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway 1872–1957
3 Louise … 1875–1906
4 Harold … 1876–1949
5 Ingeborg … Of Denmark 1878–1958
6 Thyra … 1880–1945
7 Gustav … 1887–1944
8 Dagmar … 1890–1961
Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
1 Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1864–1892
2 George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor 1865–1936
3 Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor 1867–1931
4 Victoria Alexandra Olga … 1868–1935
5 Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … 1869–1938
6 John Alexander … 1871–1871
Parents George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg + Princess Olga Constantinovna …
1 Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece 1868–1923
2 George Oldenburg 1869–1957
3 Princess Alexandra … Of Greece 1870–1891
4 Prince Nicholas … Of Greece 1872–1938
5 Mary … 1876–1940
6 Prince Andrew … Of Greece 1882–1944
7 Christopher Oldenburg 1888–1940
8 Olga … ?–?
Parents Duke Ernest Augustus Hanover Of Cumberland + Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
1 Marie Louise Hanover 1879–1948
2 George William Hanover 1880–1912
3 Alexandra Hanover 1882–1963
4 Olga Hanover 1884–1958
5 Christian Hanover 1885–1901
6 Duke Ernest Augustus Hanover Of BruNew South Walesick 1887–1953

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