King William III … Of NetherlandsAge: 731817–1890
- Name
- King William III … Of Netherlands
- Given names
- William III
- Name prefix
- King
- Name suffix
- Of Netherlands
| Birth | 19 February 1817 24 22 Brussels, Belgium |
| Australian History | 1817 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 brother | 1818 (Age 10 months)
younger brother -
Alexander …
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| Australian History | 1818 (Age 10 months) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Birth of a brother | 1820 (Age 2)
younger brother -
Henry …
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| Birth of a brother | 1822 (Age 4)
younger brother -
Ernest …
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| Death of a brother | 1822 (Age 4)
younger brother -
Ernest …
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| Birth of a sister | 1824 (Age 6)
younger sister -
Sophie …
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 6) 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 |
| Australian History | 1825 (Age 7) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 10) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 11) 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 12) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 13) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 14) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 15) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 17) 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 18) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 12 October 1837 (Age 20) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
paternal grandmother -
Wilhelmina …
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| Australian History | 1838 (Age 20) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Marriage | Sophie Wurttemberg - View family 18 June 1839 (Age 22) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Australian History | 1839 (Age 21) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1840 (Age 22)
son -
William …
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| Australian History | 1840 (Age 22) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 23) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Marriage of a sister | Sophie … - View family 1842 (Age 24)
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Charles Alexander … Of Saxe-Weimar
younger sister -
Sophie …
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| Australian History | 1842 (Age 24) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1843 (Age 25)
son -
Maurice …
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| Death of a paternal grandfather | 12 December 1843 (Age 26) Berlin, Germany
paternal grandfather -
King William I … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 25) 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 27) 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. |
| Death of a brother | 1848 (Age 30)
younger brother -
Alexander …
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| Death of a father | 17 March 1849 (Age 32) Tilburg, Netherlands
father -
King William II … Of Netherlands
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| Death of a son | 1850 (Age 32)
son -
Maurice …
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 32) 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 son #3 | 1851 (Age 33)
son -
Alexander …
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| Australian History | 1851 (Age 33) 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 |
| Marriage of a brother | Henry … - View family 1853 (Age 35)
younger brother -
Henry …
sister-in-law -
Amalia …
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 35) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 36) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 39) 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. |
| Australian History | 1858 (Age 40) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 41) 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. |
| Australian History | 1860 (Age 42) 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 43) 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 44) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 45) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Death of a mother | 1 March 1865 (Age 48) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
mother -
Anna Pavlovna …
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 49) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 50) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 51) 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 54) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 55) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 57) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Death of a wife | 3 June 1877 (Age 60) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
wife -
Sophie Wurttemberg
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| Marriage of a brother | Henry … - View family 1878 (Age 60)
younger brother -
Henry …
sister-in-law -
Mary …
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 60) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage | Queen Regent Emma … Of Netherlands - View family 7 January 1879 (Age 61) Arolsen, Germany |
| Death of a son | 1879 (Age 61)
son -
William …
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| Death of a brother | 1879 (Age 61)
younger brother -
Henry …
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| Australian History | 1879 (Age 61) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | 31 August 1880 (Age 63) The Hague, Netherlands
daughter -
Queen Wilhelmina … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 62) 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 64) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 65) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a son | 1884 (Age 66)
son -
Alexander …
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 69) 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 71) 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 72) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Death | 23 November 1890 (Age 73) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
| Family with parents - View family |
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King William II … Of Netherlands
Birth 6 December 1792 20 18 The Hague, Netherlands Death 17 March 1849 (Age 56) Tilburg, Netherlands Loading...
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2 years mother |
Anna Pavlovna …
Birth 18 January 1795 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 1 March 1865 (Age 70) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Loading...
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Marriage: 1816 |
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14 months #1 himself |
King William III … Of Netherlands
Birth 19 February 1817 24 22 Brussels, Belgium Death 23 November 1890 (Age 73) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands Loading...
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10 months #2 younger brother |
Alexander …
Birth 1818 25 22 Death 1848 (Age 30) Loading...
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2 years #3 younger brother |
Henry …
Birth 1820 27 24 Death 1879 (Age 59) Loading...
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2 years #4 younger brother |
Ernest …
Birth 1822 29 26 Death 1822 Loading...
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2 years #5 younger sister |
Sophie …
Birth 1824 31 28 Death 1897 (Age 73) Loading...
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| Family with Sophie Wurttemberg - View family |
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King William III … Of Netherlands
Birth 19 February 1817 24 22 Brussels, Belgium Death 23 November 1890 (Age 73) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands Loading...
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16 months wife |
Sophie Wurttemberg
Birth 17 June 1818 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Death 3 June 1877 (Age 58) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands Loading...
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Marriage: 18 June 1839 — Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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6 months #1 son |
William …
Birth 1840 22 21 Death 1879 (Age 39) Loading...
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3 years #2 son |
Maurice …
Birth 1843 25 24 Death 1850 (Age 7) Loading...
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8 years #3 son |
Alexander …
Birth 1851 33 32 Death 1884 (Age 33) Loading...
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| Family with Queen Regent Emma … Of Netherlands - View family |
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King William III … Of Netherlands
Birth 19 February 1817 24 22 Brussels, Belgium Death 23 November 1890 (Age 73) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands Loading...
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41 years wife |
Queen Regent Emma … Of Netherlands
Birth 2 August 1858 Arolsen, Germany Death 20 March 1934 (Age 75) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Loading...
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Marriage: 7 January 1879 — Arolsen, Germany |
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20 months #1 daughter |
Queen Wilhelmina … Of Netherlands
Birth 31 August 1880 63 22 The Hague, Netherlands Death 28 November 1962 (Age 82) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands Loading...
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King William III … Of Netherlands has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands + Louisa … Of Prussia
Mother's family (0)
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