Queen Regent Emma … Of NetherlandsAge: 751858–1934
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- Queen Regent Emma … Of Netherlands
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- Emma
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| Birth | 2 August 1858 Arolsen, Germany |
| Australian History | 1858 Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 4 months) 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 16 months) 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 2) 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 3) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 4) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 8) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 9) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 10) 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 13) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 14) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 16) 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 19) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage | King William III … Of Netherlands - View family 7 January 1879 (Age 20) Arolsen, Germany |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 20) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 31 August 1880 (Age 22) The Hague, Netherlands
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Queen Wilhelmina … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1880 (Age 21) 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 23) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 24) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 28) 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 30) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Death of a husband | 23 November 1890 (Age 32) Het Loo, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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King William III … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1890 (Age 31) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 32) 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 (Age 33) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 34) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 35) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 36) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 37) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 38) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 39) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 40) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 41) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Marriage of a daughter | Queen Wilhelmina … Of Netherlands - View family 7 February 1901 (Age 42) The Hague, Netherlands
son-in-law -
Duke Henry … Of Mecklenburg
daughter -
Queen Wilhelmina … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1901 (Age 42) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 43) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 44) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 45) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 47) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 49) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | 30 April 1909 (Age 50) The Hague, Netherlands
granddaughter -
Queen Juliana … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 50) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 51) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 52) 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 53) 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 54) 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 54) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 55) 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 56) 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 57) 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 58) 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 59) 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 60) 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 61) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 62) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 63) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 64) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 67) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 68) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 69) 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 70) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 71) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 72) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 73) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 74) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Death | 20 March 1934 (Age 75) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands |
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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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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 + 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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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 step-son |
William …
Birth 1840 22 21 Death 1879 (Age 39) Loading...
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3 years #2 step-son |
Maurice …
Birth 1843 25 24 Death 1850 (Age 7) Loading...
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Alexander …
Birth 1851 33 32 Death 1884 (Age 33) Loading...
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