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Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-CasselAge: 901747–1837

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Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
Given names
Frederick
Name suffix
Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
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Birth 1747 27 23
 

MarriagePrincess Caroline … Of Nassau-Usingen - View family
 

Death of a maternal grandfather 25 October 1760 (Age 13)
 Kensington, Palace, London, England

maternal grandfather - George Augustus Hanover
Australian History 1770 (Age 23)
 

Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one.
Death of a mother 14 January 1772 (Age 25)
 Hanau, Hesse, Germany

mother - Mary Hanover
Death of a father 1785 (Age 38)
 

father - Frederick II … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
Birth of a son
#1		 1787 (Age 40)
 

son - William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
Australian History 1788 (Age 41)
 

Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales.
Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island.
Australian History 1790 (Age 43)
 

Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis.
Australian History 1792 (Age 45)
 

Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia.
Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 1797 (Age 50)
 

daughter - Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
Australian History 1797 (Age 50)
 

Note: Sydney Cove wrecked and some survivors travelled from Bass Strait to Port Jackson allowing for the rescue of others but also furthering knowledge of the geography of Australia.
Australian History 1798 (Age 51)
 

Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island.
Australian History 1803 (Age 56)
 

Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland')
Australian History 1804 (Age 57)
 

Note: A settlement is founded at Risdon on the Derwent River in Van Diemen's Land by Lieutenant Bowen.
Note: Castle Hill convict rebellion also known as the second Battle of Vinegar Hill
Note: The Risdon settlement is moved to Sullivan's Cove (now Hobart) by Colonel David Collins.
Australian History 1808 (Age 61)
 

Note: The Rum Rebellion
Marriage of a sonWilliam … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel - View family
1810 (Age 63)
 

son - William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel
daughter-in-law - Princess Louise Charlotte … Of Denmark
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 7 September 1817 (Age 70)
 Cassel, Germany

granddaughter - Princess Louise … Of Hesse-Cassel
Australian History 1817 (Age 70)
 

Note: John Oxley charts the Lachlan River
Note: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales, opens in Macquarie Place, Sydney (it became Westpac in 1982).
Note: Governor Lachlan Macquarie petitioned the British Admiralty to use the name 'Australia' instead of 'New Holland'
Australian History 1818 (Age 71)
 

Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River.
Birth of a grandson
#2		 1819 (Age 72)
 

grandson - Duke George … Of Cambridge
Birth of a granddaughter
#3		 1822 (Age 75)
 

granddaughter - Augusta Caroline …
Death of a wife 1823 (Age 76)
 

wife - Princess Caroline … Of Nassau-Usingen
Australian History 1824 (Age 77)
 

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 78)
 

Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed.
Australian History 1828 (Age 81)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 82)
 

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 83)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Australian History 1831 (Age 84)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Australian History 1832 (Age 85)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Birth of a granddaughter
#4		 1833 (Age 86)
 

granddaughter - Mary Adelaide …
Australian History 1833 (Age 86)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 88)
 

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.
Australian History 1836 (Age 89)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Death 1837 (Age 90)
 

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father
Frederick II … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel

Birth 1720  

Death 1785 (Age 65)  

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3 years
mother
Mary Hanover

Birth 5 March 1723 39 40  Leicester House, London, England

Death 14 January 1772 (Age 48)  Hanau, Hesse, Germany

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Marriage: 28 June 1740 — Cassel, Germany
#1 brother
Elector William IX … Of Hesse-Cassel

Death yes  

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#2 himself
Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel

Birth 1747 27 23  

Death 1837 (Age 90)  

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Family with Princess Caroline … Of Nassau-Usingen - View family
himself
Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel

Birth 1747 27 23  

Death 1837 (Age 90)  

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15 years
wife
Princess Caroline … Of Nassau-Usingen

Birth 1762  

Death 1823 (Age 61)  

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Marriage: yes
#1 son
William … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel

Birth 1787 40 25  

Death 1867 (Age 80)  

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10 years
#2 daughter
Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel

Birth 1797 50 35  

Death 1889 (Age 92)  

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Frederick … Landgrave Of Hesse-Cassel has 16 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (16)

Parents Frederick Louis Hanover Prince Of Wales + Augusta … Of Saxe-Gotha
1 Augusta Hanover 1737–1813
2 George William Frederick Hanover 1738–1820
3 Edward Augustus Hanover Duke Of York 1739–1767
4 Elizabeth Caroline Hanover 1741–1759
5 Duke Edward Henry Hanover Of Gloucester 1743–1805
6 Henry Frederick Hanover 1745–1790
7 Louisa Anne Hanover 1749–1768
8 Frederick William Hanover 1750–1765
9 Caroline Matilda Hanover 1751–1775
Parents Prince William IV … Of Orange + Anne Hanover Princess Royal
1 Prince William V … Of Orange 1748–1806
2 Caroline … 1743–1787
Parents Frederick V … King Of Denmark + Louisa Hanover
1 Christian … 1745–1747
2 Sophia Magdalena … 1746–1813
3 Caroline … 1747–1820
4 Christian VII … King Of Denmark 1749–1808
5 Louise … 1750–1831

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