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Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of RussiaAge: 651827–1892

Name
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
Given names
Constantine Nikolaievitch
Name prefix
Grand Duke
Name suffix
Of Russia
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Birth 1827 31 29
 

Australian History 1828 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River.
Australian History 1829 (Age 2)
 

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 3)
 

Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River.
Birth of a brother 1831 (Age 4)
 

younger brother - Nicholas Romanov
Australian History 1831 (Age 4)
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a brother 1832 (Age 5)
 

younger brother - Michael Romanov
Australian History 1832 (Age 5)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 6)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 8)
 

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 9)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 11)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 12)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Marriage of a brotherAlexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family
1840 (Age 13)
 

elder brother - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law - Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Death of a maternal grandfather 1840 (Age 13)
 

maternal grandfather - King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Australian History 1840 (Age 13)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 14)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 15)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 16)
 

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).
Australian History 1845 (Age 18)
 

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.
MarriagePrincess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe - View family
1848 (Age 21)
 

Birth of a son
#1		 1850 (Age 23)
 

son - Nicholas Romanov
Australian History 1850 (Age 23)
 

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.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 1851 (Age 24)
 

daughter - Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Australian History 1851 (Age 24)
 

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
Australian History 1853 (Age 26)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 27)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Death of a father 1855 (Age 28)
 

father - Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1855 (Age 28)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherNicholas Romanov - View family
1856 (Age 29)
 

younger brother - Nicholas Romanov
sister-in-law - Alexandra …
Australian History 1856 (Age 29)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage of a brotherMichael Romanov - View family
1857 (Age 30)
 

younger brother - Michael Romanov
sister-in-law - Cecily (Olga) …
Australian History 1857 (Age 30)
 

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
#3		 1858 (Age 31)
 

son - Constantine Romanov
Australian History 1858 (Age 31)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 32)
 

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.
Birth of a son
#4		 1860 (Age 33)
 

son - Dimitri Romanov
Death of a mother 1860 (Age 33)
 

mother - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1860 (Age 33)
 

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 34)
 

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 35)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 36)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Marriage of a daughterPrincess Olga Constantinovna … - View family
1867 (Age 40)
 

son-in-law - George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
daughter - Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Australian History 1867 (Age 40)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Birth of a grandson
#1		 2 August 1868 (Age 41)
 Athens, Greece

grandson - Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
Australian History 1868 (Age 41)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a grandson
#2		 1869 (Age 42)
 

grandson - George Oldenburg
Australian History 1869 (Age 42)
 

Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a granddaughter
#3		 1870 (Age 43)
 

granddaughter - Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Birth of a grandson
#4		 1872 (Age 45)
 

grandson - Prince Nicholas … Of Greece
Australian History 1872 (Age 45)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 46)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 48)
 

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 granddaughter
#5		 1876 (Age 49)
 

granddaughter - Mary …
Australian History 1878 (Age 51)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 52)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 53)
 

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
#6		 1881 (Age 54)
 

grandson - Artemi Romanov Prince Iskander
Death of a brother 13 March 1881 (Age 54)
 

elder brother - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth of a grandson
#7		 1882 (Age 55)
 

grandson - Prince Andrew … Of Greece
Marriage of a sonNicholas Romanov - View family
1882 (Age 55)
 

son - Nicholas Romanov
daughter-in-law - Nadezhda Dreyer
Australian History 1882 (Age 55)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 56)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Marriage of a sonConstantine Romanov - View family
1884 (Age 57)
 

son - Constantine Romanov
daughter-in-law - Elizabeth …
Birth of a grandson
#8		 1886 (Age 59)
 

grandson - Ivan Romanov
Australian History 1887 (Age 60)
 

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
#9		 1888 (Age 61)
 

grandson - Christopher Oldenburg
Marriage of a grandsonConstantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece - View family
27 October 1889 (Age 62)
 Athens, Greece

grandson - Constantine I Oldenburg King Of Greece
grandson's wife - Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
Marriage of a granddaughterPrincess Alexandra … Of Greece - View family
1889 (Age 62)
 

nephew - Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
granddaughter - Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Australian History 1889 (Age 62)
 

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 63)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Birth of a grandson
#10		 1891 (Age 64)
 

grandson - Constantine Romanov
Death of a granddaughter 1891 (Age 64)
 

granddaughter - Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
Death of a brother 1891 (Age 64)
 

younger brother - Nicholas Romanov
Australian History 1891 (Age 64)
 

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 (on the date of death)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death 1892 (Age 65)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1796  

Death 1855 (Age 59)  

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2 years
mother
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia

Birth 1798 28 22  

Death 1860 (Age 62)  

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Marriage: 1817
1 year
#1 elder brother
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1818 22 20  

Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)  

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9 years
#2 himself
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia

Birth 1827 31 29  

Death 1892 (Age 65)  

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4 years
#3 younger brother
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1831 35 33  

Death 1891 (Age 60)  

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1 year
#4 younger brother
Michael Romanov

Birth 1832 36 34  

Death 1909 (Age 77)  

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Family with Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe - View family
himself
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia

Birth 1827 31 29  

Death 1892 (Age 65)  

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3 years
wife
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe

Birth 1830  

Death 1911 (Age 81)  

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Marriage: 1848
2 years
#1 son
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1850 23 20  

Death 1918 (Age 68)  

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1 year
#2 daughter
Princess Olga Constantinovna …

Birth 1851 24 21  

Death 1926 (Age 75)  

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7 years
#3 son
Constantine Romanov

Birth 1858 31 28  

Death 1915 (Age 57)  

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2 years
#4 son
Dimitri Romanov

Birth 1860 33 30  

Death 1919 (Age 59)  

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Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia has 7 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (7)

Parents Emperor William I … Of Germany + Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar
1 Louise … 1828–1923
2 Frederick III … German Emperor 1831–1888
Parents Paul Frederick … Grand Duke + Alexandrine …
1 Grand Duke Frederick Francis II … Of Mecklenburg- 1823–1883
Parents Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands + Louisa … Of Prussia
1 Louise … 1828–1871
2 Frederick … 1833–1834
3 William … 1836–1846
4 Marie … 1841–1910

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