King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-SigmaringenAge: 611865–1927
- Name
- King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Given names
- Ferdinand I
- Surname
- Hohenzollern
- Name prefix
- King Of Romania
- Name suffix
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
| Birth | 24 August 1865 Sigmaringen, Germany |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 16 months) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 2) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 3) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 6) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 7) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 9) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 12) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 13) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 14) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 16) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 17) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 21) 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 23) 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 24) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 25) 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 26) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage | Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha - View family 10 January 1893 (Age 27) Sigmaringen, Germany |
| Birth of a son #1 | 15 October 1893 (Age 28) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 27) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 12 October 1894 (Age 29) Pelesch, Romania
daughter -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 31) 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 32) 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 33) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1900 (Age 34)
daughter -
Marie Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 34) 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 35) 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 |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 36) 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 |
| Birth of a son #4 | 1903 (Age 37)
son -
Nicholas Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 40) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 42) 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 #5 | 1909 (Age 43)
daughter -
Ileana Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 43) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 44) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 45) 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 46) 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | 1913 (Age 47)
daughter -
Mircea Hohenzollern
|
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 47) 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 47) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 48) 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 49) 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 |
| Death of a daughter | 2 November 1916 (Age 51)
daughter -
Mircea Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1916 (Age 50) 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 51) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania - View family 31 August 1918 (Age 53) Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
daughter-in-law -
Joana Maria Valentina Lambrino
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| Australian History | 1918 (Age 52) 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 (Age 53) 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. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 54) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Marriage of a daughter | Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania - View family 27 February 1921 (Age 55) Bucharest, Romania
son-in-law -
George II Oldenburg King Of Greece
daughter -
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
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| Marriage of a son | Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania - View family 10 March 1921 (Age 55) Athens, Greece
daughter-in-law -
Princess Helen … Of Greece
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| Birth of a grandson #1 | 25 October 1921 (Age 56) Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania
grandson -
Michael Hohenzollern King Of Romania
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 55) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 56) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 6 September 1923 (Age 58) Belgrade, Serbia
grandson -
King Peterii … Of Yugoslavia
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| Australian History | 1923 (Age 57) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 60) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 61) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Death | 20 July 1927 (Age 61) Sinaia, Romania |
| Family with Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha - View family |
| himself |
King Of Romania Ferdinand I Hohenzollern Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Birth 24 August 1865 Sigmaringen, Germany Death 20 July 1927 (Age 61) Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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10 years wife |
Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
Birth 29 October 1875 31 22 Eastwell Park, Kent, England Death 10 July 1938 (Age 62) Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Loading...
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Marriage: 10 January 1893 — Sigmaringen, Germany |
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9 months #1 son |
Carol II Hohenzollern King Of Romania
Birth 15 October 1893 28 17 Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Death 4 April 1953 (Age 59) Villa Mar Y Sol, Estoril, Portugal Loading...
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1 year #2 daughter |
Princess Elizabeth Hohenzollern Of Romania
Birth 12 October 1894 29 18 Pelesch, Romania Death 14 November 1956 (Age 62) Cannes, France Loading...
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5 years #3 daughter |
Marie Hohenzollern
Birth 1900 34 24 Death 1961 (Age 61) Loading...
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3 years #4 son |
Nicholas Hohenzollern
Birth 1903 37 27 Death 1978 (Age 75) Loading...
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6 years #5 daughter |
Ileana Hohenzollern
Birth 1909 43 33 Death yes Loading...
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4 years #6 daughter |
Mircea Hohenzollern
Birth 1913 47 37 Death 2 November 1916 (Age 3) Loading...
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