Grand Duke George Donatus … Of HesseAge: 311906–1937
- Name
- Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse
- Given names
- George Donatus
- Name prefix
- Grand Duke
- Name suffix
- Of Hesse
| Birth | 1906 38 35 |
| Australian History | 1906 Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Birth of a brother | 1908 (Age 2)
younger brother -
Louis …
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 2) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 3) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 4) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 5) 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 6) 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 |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 7) 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 7) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 8) 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 9) 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 |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 10) 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 11) 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. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 12) 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 13) 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 14) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 15) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 16) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 17) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 20) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 21) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 22) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 23) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 24) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Marriage | Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece - View family 1931 (Age 25) |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1931 (Age 25)
son -
Louis …
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| Australian History | 1931 (Age 25) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 26) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1933 (Age 27)
son -
Alexander …
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| Australian History | 1933 (Age 27) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1936 (Age 30)
daughter -
Joanna …
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| Australian History | 1936 (Age 30) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Marriage of a brother | Louis … - View family 1937 (on the date of death)
younger brother -
Louis …
sister-in-law -
Margaret Campbell-Geddes Hon.
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| Death of a wife | 1937 (on the date of death) |
| Death of a son | 1937 (on the date of death)
son -
Louis …
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| Death of a son | 1937 (on the date of death)
son -
Alexander …
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| Death of a father | 1937 (on the date of death)
father -
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
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| Death of a mother | 1937 (on the date of death) |
| Australian History | 1937 (on the date of death) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Death | 1937 (Age 31) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
Birth 1868 31 24 Death 1937 (Age 69) Loading...
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3 years mother |
Princess Eleonore … Of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Birth 1871 Death 1937 (Age 66) Loading...
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Marriage: 1905 |
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1 year #1 himself |
Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse
Birth 1906 38 35 Death 1937 (Age 31) Loading...
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2 years #2 younger brother |
Louis …
Birth 1908 40 37 Death 1968 (Age 60) Loading...
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| Father’s family with Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family |
| father |
Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse
Birth 1868 31 24 Death 1937 (Age 69) Loading...
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8 years step-mother |
Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
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Marriage: 1894 |
| Family with Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece - View family |
| himself |
Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse
Birth 1906 38 35 Death 1937 (Age 31) Loading...
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5 years wife |
Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece
Birth 1911 29 26 Death 1937 (Age 26) Loading...
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Marriage: 1931 |
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| #1 son |
Louis …
Birth 1931 25 20 Death 1937 (Age 6) Loading...
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2 years #2 son |
Alexander …
Birth 1933 27 22 Death 1937 (Age 4) Loading...
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3 years #3 daughter |
Joanna …
Birth 1936 30 25 Death 1939 (Age 3) Loading...
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Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (12)
Parents Prince Louis … Of Battenberg + Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse
Parents Prince Henry … Of Prussia + Princess Irene … Of Hesse
Parents Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
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