Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand DukeAge: 621876–1938
- Name
- Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke
- Given names
- Cyril Vladimirovitch
- Surname
- Romanov
- Name suffix
- Grand Duke
| Birth | 1876 29 22 |
| Birth of a brother | 1877 (Age 12 months)
younger brother -
Boris Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 2) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a brother | 1879 (Age 3)
younger brother -
Andrei (Andrew) Vladimirovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 3) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 1880 (Age 4)
paternal grandmother -
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 4) 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 5)
paternal grandfather -
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Birth of a sister | 1882 (Age 6)
younger sister -
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 6) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 7) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 11) 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 13) 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 14) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 17) 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 18) 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 19) 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 20) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 21) 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 22) 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 23) 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 24) 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 25) 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 sister | Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia - View family 1902 (Age 26)
brother-in-law -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
younger sister -
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 26) 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 27) 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 28) 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 | Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1905 (Age 29) Tegernsee, Bavaria |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 30) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1907 (Age 31)
daughter -
Grand Duchess Maria … Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 32) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1909 (Age 33)
daughter -
Grand Duchess Kira … Of Russia
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| Death of a father | 1909 (Age 33)
father -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 33) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 34) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 35) 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 36) 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 37) 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 37) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | 30 August 1917 (Age 41) Near Borga, Finland, Finland |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 41) 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 42) 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | Boris Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1919 (Age 43)
younger brother -
Boris Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Zenaida Rashevska
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 43) 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 | 1920 (Age 44)
mother -
Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 44) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Marriage of a brother | Andrei (Andrew) Vladimirovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1921 (Age 45)
younger brother -
Andrei (Andrew) Vladimirovich Romanov Grand Duke
sister-in-law -
Mathilde (Maria) Krzesinska
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 45) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 46) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 47) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 50) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 51) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 52) 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 53) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 54) 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 55) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 56) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 57) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Marriage of a son | Vladimir Cyrilovitch Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1934 (Age 58)
daughter-in-law -
Sumner M. Kirby
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| Death of a wife | 1936 (Age 60) |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 60) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 61) 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 62) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1847 29 23 Death 1909 (Age 62) Loading...
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7 years mother |
Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
Birth 1854 Death 1920 (Age 66) Loading...
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Marriage: 1874 |
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2 years #1 himself |
Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1876 29 22 Death 1938 (Age 62) Loading...
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1 year #2 younger brother |
Boris Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1877 30 23 Death 1943 (Age 66) Loading...
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2 years #3 younger brother |
Andrei (Andrew) Vladimirovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1879 32 25 Death 1956 (Age 77) Loading...
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3 years #4 younger sister |
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
Birth 1882 35 28 Death 1957 (Age 75) Loading...
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| Family with Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family |
| himself |
Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1876 29 22 Death 1938 (Age 62) Loading...
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| wife |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
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Marriage: 1905 — Tegernsee, Bavaria |
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2 years #1 daughter |
Grand Duchess Maria … Of Russia
Birth 1907 31 31 Death 1951 (Age 44) Loading...
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2 years #2 daughter |
Grand Duchess Kira … Of Russia
Birth 1909 33 33 Death 1967 (Age 58) Loading...
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9 years #3 son |
Vladimir Cyrilovitch Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 30 August 1917 41 41 Near Borga, Finland, Finland Death yes Loading...
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| Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse + Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family |
| wife's husband |
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
Birth 1868 31 24 Death 1937 (Age 69) Loading...
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8 years wife |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
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Marriage: 1894 |
Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Parents Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov + Olga Karnovich Princess
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
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