Olga RomanovAge: 511874–1925
- Name
- Olga Romanov
- Given names
- Olga
- Surname
- Romanov
| Birth | 1874 56 27 |
| Marriage | Count … Von Merenberg - View family |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1874
half-brother -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
half-brother's wife -
Marie Pavlovna Grand Duchess
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| Marriage of a half-sister | Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess - View family 23 January 1874 Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
father's son-in-law -
Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince
half-sister -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1875 (Age 12 months) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Birth of a sister | 1878 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Catherine Romanov
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 4) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 5) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 6) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Death of a father | 13 March 1881 (Age 7) |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 8) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 9) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke - View family 1884 (Age 10)
half-brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
half-brother's wife -
Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1887 (Age 13) 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 half-brother | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov - View family 1889 (Age 15)
half-brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
half-brother's wife -
Princess Alexandra … Of Greece
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| Australian History | 1889 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 17) 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 18) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 19) 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. |
| Death of a half-brother | 1 November 1894 (Age 20) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia
half-brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Burial of a half-brother | 19 November 1894 (Age 20) Cathedral Of The, Fortress Of P&P, St. Petersburg, Russia
half-brother -
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
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| Australian History | 1894 (Age 20) 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 21) 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 22) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1897 (Age 23)
son -
George …
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| Australian History | 1897 (Age 23) 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. |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | 1898 (Age 24)
daughter -
Olga …
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| Australian History | 1898 (Age 24) 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 25) 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 26) 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 |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 27) 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 |
| Marriage of a half-brother | Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov - View family 1902 (Age 28) Leghorn, Italy
half-brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
half-brother's wife -
Olga Karnovich Princess
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 28) 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 29) 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 30) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Death of a half-brother | February 1905 (Age 31)
half-brother -
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 32) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Death of a half-brother | 1908 (Age 34)
half-brother -
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1908 (Age 34) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Death of a half-brother | 1909 (Age 35)
half-brother -
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
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| Australian History | 1909 (Age 35) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 36) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 37) 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 38) 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 |
| Death of a brother | 1913 (Age 39)
elder brother -
George Romanov
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| Australian History | 1913 (Age 39) 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 39) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 40) 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 41) 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 42) 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 43) 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 44) 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. |
| Death of a half-brother | January 1919 (Age 45) Fortress Of, Peter And Paul, Russia
half-brother -
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 45) 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. |
| Death of a half-sister | 25 October 1920 (Age 46) Zurich, Switzerland
half-sister -
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
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| Australian History | 1920 (Age 46) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 47) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Death of a mother | 1922 (Age 48)
mother -
Princess Catherine Yourievska
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| Australian History | 1922 (Age 48) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 49) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Death | 1925 (Age 51) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1818 22 20 Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63) Loading...
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29 years mother |
Princess Catherine Yourievska
Birth 1847 Death 1922 (Age 75) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 elder brother |
George Romanov
Birth 1872 54 25 Death 1913 (Age 41) Loading...
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2 years #2 herself |
Olga Romanov
Birth 1874 56 27 Death 1925 (Age 51) Loading...
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4 years #3 younger sister |
Catherine Romanov
Birth 1878 60 31 Death 1959 (Age 81) Loading...
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| Father’s family with Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt - View family |
| father |
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1818 22 20 Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63) Loading...
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6 years step-mother |
Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Birth 1824 Death 1880 (Age 56) Loading...
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Marriage: 1840 |
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2 years #1 half-sister |
Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov
Birth 1842 24 18 Death 1849 (Age 7) Loading...
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1 year #2 half-brother |
Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1843 25 19 Death 1865 (Age 22) Loading...
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2 years #3 half-brother |
Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Birth 1845 27 21 Death 1 November 1894 (Age 49) Livadia, Crimea, Near Yalta, Russia Loading...
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2 years #4 half-brother |
Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1847 29 23 Death 1909 (Age 62) Loading...
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3 years #5 half-brother |
Alexis Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1850 32 26 Death 1908 (Age 58) Loading...
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4 years #6 half-sister |
Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess
Birth 17 October 1853 35 29 St. Petersburg, Russia Death 25 October 1920 (Age 67) Zurich, Switzerland Loading...
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3 years #7 half-brother |
Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke
Birth 1857 39 33 Death February 1905 (Age 48) Loading...
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3 years #8 half-brother |
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov
Birth 1860 42 36 Death January 1919 (Age 59) Fortress Of, Peter And Paul, Russia Loading...
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| Family with Count … Von Merenberg - View family |
| husband |
Count … Von Merenberg
Birth 1871 Death 1948 (Age 77) Loading...
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3 years herself |
Olga Romanov
Birth 1874 56 27 Death 1925 (Age 51) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 son |
George …
Birth 1897 26 23 Death yes Loading...
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1 year #2 daughter |
Olga …
Birth 1898 27 24 Death yes Loading...
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Olga Romanov has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia + Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Parents Michael Romanov + Cecily (Olga) …
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I7019
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