Christian IX … King Of DenmarkAge: 871818–1906
- Name
- Christian IX … King Of Denmark
- Given names
- Christian IX
- Name suffix
- King Of Denmark
| Birth | 8 April 1818 33 29 Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany |
| Australian History | 1818 Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 5) Note: A penal colony is founded at Moreton Bay, now the city of Brisbane. Note: Bathurst and Melville Islands are annexed. Note: Permission granted to change the name of the continent from 'New Holland' to 'Australia' Note: 1824-25 - Hume and Hovell expedition travels overland to Port Phillip Bay, discovers Murray River |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 6) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 9) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 10) Note: The whole of Australia is claimed as British territory. The settlement of Perth is founded. Swan River Colony is declared by Charles Fremantle for Britain. |
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 11) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1831 (Age 12)
maternal grandmother -
Louise …
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| Death of a father | 1831 (Age 12) |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 12) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 13) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 14) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 16) Note: John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner establish a settlement at Port Phillip, now the city of Melbourne. Note: William Wentworth establishes Australian Patriotic Association (Australia's first political party) to demand democracy for New South Wales. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1836 (Age 17)
maternal grandfather -
Charles … Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1836 (Age 17) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 19) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 20) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 21) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 22) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage | Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel - View family 1842 (Age 23) |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 23) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 3 June 1843 (Age 25) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 24) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1 December 1844 (Age 26) Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a son #3 | 24 December 1845 (Age 27) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Australian History | 1845 (Age 26) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1847 (Age 28)
daughter -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 daughter #5 | 1853 (Age 34)
daughter -
Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 34) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 35) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 36) 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 37) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 38) 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. |
| Birth of a son #6 | 1858 (Age 39)
son -
Valdemar …
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 39) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 40) 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. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 41) 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 42) 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 43) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark - View family 10 March 1863 (Age 44) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
son-in-law -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
daughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 44) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 8 January 1864 (Age 45) Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 3 June 1865 (Age 47) Marlborough Hse, London, England
grandson -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
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| Christening of a grandson | 7 July 1865 (Age 47)
grandson -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
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| Marriage of a daughter | Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark - View family 1866 (Age 47)
son-in-law -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
daughter -
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 20 February 1867 (Age 48) Marlborough, House, London, England
granddaughter -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Marriage of a son | George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - View family 1867 (Age 48)
daughter-in-law -
Princess Olga Constantinovna …
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| Death of a mother | 1867 (Age 48) |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 48) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 18 May 1868 (Age 50) Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, Russia |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 6 July 1868 (Age 50) Marlborough, House, London, England
granddaughter -
Victoria Alexandra Olga …
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| Birth of a grandson #6 | 2 August 1868 (Age 50) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 49) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | 26 November 1869 (Age 51) Marlborough, House, London, England
granddaughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Birth of a grandson #8 | 1869 (Age 50)
grandson -
George Oldenburg
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| Birth of a grandson #9 | 1869 (Age 50)
grandson -
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Australian History | 1869 (Age 50) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | 26 September 1870 (Age 52) Charlottenlund, Nr: Copenhagen, Denmark
grandson -
Christian X … King Of Denmark
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| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | 1870 (Age 51)
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Death of a grandson | 1870 (Age 51)
grandson -
Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Birth of a grandson #12 | 6 April 1871 (Age 52)
grandson -
John Alexander …
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| Birth of a grandson #13 | 1871 (Age 52)
grandson -
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Death of a grandson | 7 April 1871 (Age 52)
grandson -
John Alexander …
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| Birth of a grandson #14 | 1872 (Age 53) Charlottenlund, Denmark
grandson -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
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| Birth of a grandson #15 | 1872 (Age 53)
grandson -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 53) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 54) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | 1875 (Age 56)
granddaughter -
Louise …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | 1875 (Age 56)
granddaughter -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 56) 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 grandson #18 | 1876 (Age 57)
grandson -
Harold …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | 1876 (Age 57)
granddaughter -
Mary …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | 1878 (Age 59)
granddaughter -
Ingeborg … Of Denmark
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| Birth of a grandson #21 | 1878 (Age 59) |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 59) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | 1879 (Age 60)
granddaughter -
Marie Louise Hanover
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 60) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #23 | 1880 (Age 61)
granddaughter -
Thyra …
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| Birth of a grandson #24 | 1880 (Age 61)
grandson -
George William Hanover
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 61) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | 1882 (Age 63)
grandson -
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
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| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | 1 June 1882 (Age 64)
granddaughter -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Birth of a granddaughter #27 | 1882 (Age 63)
granddaughter -
Alexandra Hanover
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 63) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 64) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Birth of a granddaughter #28 | 1884 (Age 65)
granddaughter -
Olga Hanover
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| Birth of a grandson #29 | 1885 (Age 66)
grandson -
Christian Hanover
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| Birth of a grandson #30 | 1887 (Age 68)
grandson -
Gustav …
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| Birth of a grandson #31 | 1887 (Age 68) |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 68) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #32 | 1888 (Age 69)
grandson -
Christopher Oldenburg
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor - View family 27 July 1889 (Age 71) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
granddaughter's husband -
Alexander Duff Duke Of Fife
granddaughter -
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor
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| Marriage of a grandson | Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family 27 October 1889 (Age 71) Athens, Greece
grandson -
Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
grandson's wife -
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Princess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family 1889 (Age 70)
granddaughter's husband -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 70) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #33 | 1890 (Age 71)
granddaughter -
Dagmar …
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 71) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death of a granddaughter | 1891 (Age 72)
granddaughter -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1891 (Age 72) 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 |
| Death of a grandson | 14 January 1892 (Age 73) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Burial of a grandson | 20 January 1892 (Age 73) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 73) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage of a grandson | George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor - View family 6 July 1893 (Age 75) Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England
grandson -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
grandson's wife -
Queen Mary … Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1893 (Age 74) 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. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family 26 November 1894 (Age 76) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
grandson's wife -
Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family 1894 (Age 75)
granddaughter's husband -
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
granddaughter -
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 75) 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 76) 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 |
| Marriage of a grandson | Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway - View family 22 July 1896 (Age 78) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
grandson -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
granddaughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Louise … - View family 1896 (Age 77)
granddaughter's husband -
Prince Frederick … Of Schaumburg -Lippe
granddaughter -
Louise …
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … - View family 22 July 1896 (Age 78) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
grandson -
Charles Haakon VII … King Of Norway
granddaughter -
Princess Maude Charlotte Mary …
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| Australian History | 1896 (Age 77) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Ingeborg … Of Denmark - View family 1897 (Age 78)
granddaughter's husband -
Prince Charles … Of Sweden
granddaughter -
Ingeborg … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 78) 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. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Christian X … King Of Denmark - View family 1898 (Age 79)
grandson -
Christian X … King Of Denmark
grandson's wife -
Alexandrine … Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
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| Death of a wife | 29 September 1898 (Age 80) Bernstorff, Germany |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 79) 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. |
| Death of a grandson | July 1899 (Age 81) Abbas Tuman, Caucasus, Russia
grandson -
George Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1899 (Age 80) 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. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Mary … - View family 1900 (Age 81)
granddaughter's husband -
George Romanov
granddaughter -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 81) 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 |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess - View family July 1901 (Age 83)
granddaughter's husband -
Prince Peter … Of Oldenburg
granddaughter -
Olga Alexandrovna Romanov Grand Duchess
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| Death of a grandson | 1901 (Age 82)
grandson -
Christian Hanover
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 82) 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 grandson | Prince Nicholas … Of Greece - View family 1902 (Age 83)
grandson -
Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
grandson's wife -
Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna Romanov Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 83) 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 |
| Marriage of a grandson | Prince Andrew … Of Greece - View family 1903 (Age 84)
grandson -
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
grandson's wife -
Princess Alice … Of Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 84) 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 85) 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 granddaughter | 1906 (Age 87)
granddaughter -
Louise …
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 87) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death | 29 January 1906 (Age 87) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Burial | Roskilde, Denmark |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Duke Frederick William … Of Schleswig
Birth 1785 Death 1831 (Age 46) Loading...
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4 years mother |
Princess Louise Caroline … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 1789 45 39 Death 1867 (Age 78) Loading...
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Marriage: 1810 |
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8 years #1 himself |
Christian IX … King Of Denmark
Birth 8 April 1818 33 29 Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany Death 29 January 1906 (Age 87) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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| Family with Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel - View family |
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Christian IX … King Of Denmark
Birth 8 April 1818 33 29 Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany Death 29 January 1906 (Age 87) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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-7 months wife |
Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth 7 September 1817 30 28 Cassel, Germany Death 29 September 1898 (Age 81) Bernstorff, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: 1842 |
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17 months #1 son |
Frederick VIII … King Of Denmark
Birth 3 June 1843 25 25 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 14 May 1912 (Age 68) Hamburg, Germany Loading...
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18 months #2 daughter |
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
Birth 1 December 1844 26 27 Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 20 November 1925 (Age 80) Sandringham, Norfolk, England Loading...
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13 months #3 son |
George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Birth 24 December 1845 27 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Death 18 March 1913 (Age 67) Salonika, Greece Loading...
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1 year #4 daughter |
Tsarina Dagmar "Marie" … Of Denmark
Birth 1847 28 29 Death October 1928 (Age 81) Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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6 years #5 daughter |
Princess Thyra … Of Denmark
Birth 1853 34 35 Death 1933 (Age 80) Loading...
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5 years #6 son |
Valdemar …
Birth 1858 39 40 Death 1939 (Age 81) Loading...
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Christian IX … King Of Denmark has 8 first cousins recorded
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Parents Frederick VI … King Of Denmark + Marie …
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