Emperor William I … Of GermanyAge: 901797–1888
- Name
- Emperor William I … Of Germany
- Given names
- William I
- Name prefix
- Emperor
- Name suffix
- Of Germany
| Birth | 22 March 1797 27 21 Berlin, Germany |
| Marriage | Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar - View family |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 16 December 1797 (Age 8 months) Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany
paternal grandfather -
Frederick William Hohenzollern
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| Australian History | 1797 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. |
| Birth of a sister | 1798 (Age 9 months)
younger sister -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1798 (Age 9 months) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Birth of a sister | 1799 (Age 21 months)
younger sister -
Frederica …
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| Death of a sister | 1800 (Age 2)
younger sister -
Frederica …
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| Birth of a brother | 1801 (Age 3)
younger brother -
Charles …
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| Birth of a sister | 1803 (Age 5)
younger sister -
Alexandrine …
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| Australian History | 1803 (Age 5) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Birth of a brother | 1804 (Age 6)
younger brother -
Ferdinand …
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| Australian History | 1804 (Age 6) 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. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 25 February 1805 (Age 7) Berlin, Germany
paternal grandmother -
Frederica … Of Hesse-Darmstadt
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| Death of a brother | 1806 (Age 8)
younger brother -
Ferdinand …
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| Birth of a sister | 1808 (Age 10)
younger sister -
Louisa … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1808 (Age 10) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Birth of a brother | 1809 (Age 11)
younger brother -
Prince Albert … Of Prussia
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| Death of a mother | 1810 (Age 12)
mother -
Louise … Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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| Marriage of a sister | Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia - View family 1817 (Age 19)
brother-in-law -
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
younger sister -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1817 (Age 19) 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 20) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Marriage of a sister | Alexandrine … - View family 1822 (Age 24)
brother-in-law -
Paul Frederick … Grand Duke
younger sister -
Alexandrine …
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 26) 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 |
| Marriage of a sister | Louisa … Of Prussia - View family 1825 (Age 27)
brother-in-law -
Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands
younger sister -
Louisa … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1825 (Age 27) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1828 (Age 30)
daughter -
Louise …
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| Australian History | 1828 (Age 30) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 31) 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. |
| Marriage of a brother | Prince Albert … Of Prussia - View family 1830 (Age 32)
younger brother -
Prince Albert … Of Prussia
sister-in-law -
Marianne … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1830 (Age 32) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 18 October 1831 (Age 34) Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 33) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 34) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 35) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 40) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 41) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Death of a father | 1840 (Age 42) |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 42) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 43) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 44) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 45) 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 47) 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. |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 52) 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 53) 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 55) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 56) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 57) 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 58) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 59) 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. |
| Marriage of a son | Frederick III … German Emperor - View family 25 January 1858 (Age 60) London, England
daughter-in-law -
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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| Australian History | 1858 (Age 60) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 27 January 1859 (Age 61) Berlin, Germany
grandson -
William II … German Emperor
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| Australian History | 1859 (Age 61) 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 granddaughter #2 | 1860 (Age 62)
granddaughter -
Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen
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| Death of a sister | 1860 (Age 62)
younger sister -
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1860 (Age 62) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. |
| Death of a brother | 2 January 1861 (Age 63)
elder brother -
Frederick William IV … King Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1861 (Age 63) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1862 (Age 64)
grandson -
Prince Henry … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1862 (Age 64) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 65) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1864 (Age 66)
grandson -
Sigismund …
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| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 12 April 1866 (Age 69)
granddaughter -
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe
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| Death of a grandson | 1866 (Age 68)
grandson -
Sigismund …
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 69) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1868 (Age 70)
grandson -
Waldemar …
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| Australian History | 1868 (Age 70) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 71) 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 #7 | 14 June 1870 (Age 73) Potsdam, Germany
granddaughter -
Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia
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| Death of a sister | 1870 (Age 72)
younger sister -
Louisa … Of Prussia
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| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | 1872 (Age 74)
granddaughter -
Princess Margarete … Of Hesse
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| Death of a brother | 1872 (Age 74)
younger brother -
Prince Albert … Of Prussia
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 74) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 75) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 77) 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 80) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death of a grandson | 1879 (Age 81)
grandson -
Waldemar …
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 81) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 82) 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 84) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Death of a brother | 1883 (Age 85)
younger brother -
Charles …
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| Australian History | 1883 (Age 85) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 89) 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. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Prince Henry … Of Prussia - View family 1888 (Age 90)
grandson -
Prince Henry … Of Prussia
grandson's wife -
Princess Irene … Of Hesse
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| Death | 9 March 1888 (Age 90) Berlin, Germany |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Birth 1770 25 18 Potsdam, Germany Death 1840 (Age 70) Loading...
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6 years mother |
Louise … Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Birth 1776 Death 1810 (Age 34) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 sister |
Daughter Stillborn …
Death yes Loading...
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| #2 elder brother |
Frederick William IV … King Of Prussia
Birth 15 October 1795 25 19 Berlin, Germany Death 2 January 1861 (Age 65) Loading...
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17 months #3 himself |
Emperor William I … Of Germany
Birth 22 March 1797 27 21 Berlin, Germany Death 9 March 1888 (Age 90) Berlin, Germany Loading...
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9 months #4 younger sister |
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Birth 1798 28 22 Death 1860 (Age 62) Loading...
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1 year #5 younger sister |
Frederica …
Birth 1799 29 23 Death 1800 (Age 12 months) Loading...
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2 years #6 younger brother |
Charles …
Birth 1801 31 25 Death 1883 (Age 82) Loading...
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2 years #7 younger sister |
Alexandrine …
Birth 1803 33 27 Death 1892 (Age 89) Loading...
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1 year #8 younger brother |
Ferdinand …
Birth 1804 34 28 Death 1806 (Age 2) Loading...
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4 years #9 younger sister |
Louisa … Of Prussia
Birth 1808 38 32 Death 1870 (Age 62) Loading...
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1 year #10 younger brother |
Prince Albert … Of Prussia
Birth 1809 39 33 Death 1872 (Age 63) Loading...
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| Father’s family with Auguste Von Harrach - View family |
| father |
King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Birth 1770 25 18 Potsdam, Germany Death 1840 (Age 70) Loading...
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30 years step-mother |
Auguste Von Harrach
Birth 1800 Death 1873 (Age 73) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
| Family with Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar - View family |
| himself |
Emperor William I … Of Germany
Birth 22 March 1797 27 21 Berlin, Germany Death 9 March 1888 (Age 90) Berlin, Germany Loading...
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14 years wife |
Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar
Birth 1811 Death 1890 (Age 79) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 daughter |
Louise …
Birth 1828 30 17 Death 1923 (Age 95) Loading...
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4 years #2 son |
Frederick III … German Emperor
Birth 18 October 1831 34 20 Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany Death 15 June 1888 (Age 56) Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany Loading...
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Emperor William I … Of Germany has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents King William I … Of Netherlands + Wilhelmina …
Mother's family (0)
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