King William I … Of NetherlandsAge: 711772–1843
- Name
- King William I … Of Netherlands
- Given names
- William I
- Name prefix
- King
- Name suffix
- Of Netherlands
| Birth | 24 August 1772 24 21 Oraniensaal, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands |
| Birth of a brother | 1774 (Age 16 months)
younger brother -
Frederick …
|
| Australian History | 1788 (Age 15) 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. |
| Marriage of a sister | Frederica … - View family 1790 (Age 17)
brother-in-law -
Charles …
elder sister -
Frederica …
|
| Australian History | 1790 (Age 17) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
| Marriage | Wilhelmina … - View family 1 October 1791 (Age 19) Berlin, Germany |
| Birth of a son #1 | 6 December 1792 (Age 20) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Australian History | 1792 (Age 19) 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 son #2 | 1797 (Age 24) |
| Australian History | 1797 (Age 24) 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 25) Note: 1798-9 - George Bass and Matthew Flinders sail from Sydney and circumnavigate Tasmania, thus proving it to be an island. |
| Death of a brother | 1799 (Age 26)
younger brother -
Frederick …
|
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 1800 (Age 27)
daughter -
Charlotte …
|
| Australian History | 1803 (Age 30) Note: Matthew Flinders completes the first circumnavigation of the continent (still known as 'New Holland') |
| Australian History | 1804 (Age 31) 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 daughter | 1806 (Age 33)
daughter -
Charlotte …
|
| Death of a father | 1806 (Age 33)
father -
Prince William V … Of Orange
|
| Australian History | 1808 (Age 35) Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 1810 (Age 37)
daughter -
Marianne … Of Netherlands
|
| Marriage of a son | King William II … Of Netherlands - View family 1816 (Age 43)
daughter-in-law -
Anna Pavlovna …
|
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 19 February 1817 (Age 44) Brussels, Belgium
grandson -
King William III … Of Netherlands
|
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 44) 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' |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1818 (Age 45)
grandson -
Alexander …
|
| Australian History | 1818 (Age 45) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Death of a sister | 1819 (Age 46)
elder sister -
Frederica …
|
| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1820 (Age 47)
grandson -
Henry …
|
| Death of a mother | 1820 (Age 47)
mother -
Wilhelmina …
|
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1822 (Age 49)
grandson -
Ernest …
|
| Death of a grandson | 1822 (Age 49)
grandson -
Ernest …
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | 1824 (Age 51)
granddaughter -
Sophie …
|
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 51) 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 son | Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands - View family 1825 (Age 52)
daughter-in-law -
Louisa … Of Prussia
|
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 52) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 5 August 1828 (Age 55) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
granddaughter -
Louise …
|
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 55) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 56) 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 daughter | Marianne … Of Netherlands - View family 1830 (Age 57)
son-in-law -
Prince Albert … Of Prussia
daughter -
Marianne … Of Netherlands
|
| Australian History | 1830 (Age 57) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 58) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 59) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 1833 (Age 60)
grandson -
Frederick …
|
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 60) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Death of a grandson | 1834 (Age 61)
grandson -
Frederick …
|
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 62) 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. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 1836 (Age 63)
grandson -
William …
|
| Australian History | 1836 (Age 63) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Death of a wife | 12 October 1837 (Age 65) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
wife -
Wilhelmina …
|
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 65) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Marriage of a grandson | King William III … Of Netherlands - View family 18 June 1839 (Age 66) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
grandson -
King William III … Of Netherlands
grandson's wife -
Sophie Wurttemberg
|
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 66) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 67) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Marriage | Henrietta … - View family 17 February 1841 (Age 68) Berlin, Germany |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | 1841 (Age 68)
granddaughter -
Marie …
|
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 68) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Sophie … - View family 1842 (Age 69)
granddaughter's husband -
Grand Duke Charles Alexander … Of Saxe-Weimar
granddaughter -
Sophie …
|
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 69) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 70) 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). |
| Death | 12 December 1843 (Age 71) Berlin, Germany |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Prince William V … Of Orange
Birth 1748 37 38 Death 1806 (Age 58) Loading...
|
|
3 years mother |
Wilhelmina …
Birth 1751 Death 1820 (Age 69) Loading...
|
|
Marriage: yes |
|
| #1 elder sister |
Frederica …
Birth 1770 22 19 Death 1819 (Age 49) Loading...
|
|
3 years #2 himself |
King William I … Of Netherlands
Birth 24 August 1772 24 21 Oraniensaal, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Death 12 December 1843 (Age 71) Berlin, Germany Loading...
|
|
16 months #3 younger brother |
Frederick …
Birth 1774 26 23 Death 1799 (Age 25) Loading...
|
| Family with Wilhelmina … - View family |
| himself |
King William I … Of Netherlands
Birth 24 August 1772 24 21 Oraniensaal, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Death 12 December 1843 (Age 71) Berlin, Germany Loading...
|
|
2 years wife |
Wilhelmina …
Birth 18 November 1774 30 23 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Death 12 October 1837 (Age 62) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Loading...
|
|
Marriage: 1 October 1791 — Berlin, Germany |
|
|
14 months #1 son |
King William II … Of Netherlands
Birth 6 December 1792 20 18 The Hague, Netherlands Death 17 March 1849 (Age 56) Tilburg, Netherlands Loading...
|
|
4 years #2 son |
Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands
Birth 1797 24 22 Death 1881 (Age 84) Loading...
|
|
3 years #3 daughter |
Charlotte …
Birth 1800 27 25 Death 1806 (Age 6) Loading...
|
|
10 years #4 daughter |
Marianne … Of Netherlands
Birth 1810 37 35 Death 1883 (Age 73) Loading...
|
| Family with Henrietta … - View family |
| himself |
King William I … Of Netherlands
Birth 24 August 1772 24 21 Oraniensaal, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Death 12 December 1843 (Age 71) Berlin, Germany Loading...
|
|
20 years wife |
Henrietta …
Birth 28 February 1792 Maastricht, Limberg, Netherlands Death 26 October 1864 (Age 72) Loading...
|
|
Marriage: 17 February 1841 — Berlin, Germany |
King William I … Of Netherlands has 2 first cousins recorded
Father's family (2)
Parents Prince Charles Christian … Of Nassau-Weilb + Caroline …
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I6612
Last change 19 August 2011 - 06:48:50by: Jason Potts JP
Hit Count: 839