Wilhelmine …Age: 831808–1891
- Name
- Wilhelmine …
- Given names
- Wilhelmine
| Birth | 18 January 1808 39 40 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Marriage | Charles … Duke - View family |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 13 March 1808 (Age 55 days) Rendsborg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
paternal grandfather -
Christian VII … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1808 Note: The Rum Rebellion |
| Australian History | 1817 (Age 8) 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' |
| Australian History | 1818 (Age 9) Note: Oxley charts the Macquarie River. |
| Australian History | 1824 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Marriage | Frederick VII … King Of Denmark - View family 1 November 1828 (Age 20) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 19) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 20) 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 21) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1831 (Age 22)
maternal grandmother -
Louise …
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| Australian History | 1831 (Age 22) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 23) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 24) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 26) 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. |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1836 (Age 27)
maternal grandfather -
Charles … Of Hesse-Cassel
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| Australian History | 1836 (Age 27) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1838 (Age 29) Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time. |
| Death of a father | 3 December 1839 (Age 31) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
father -
Frederick VI … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1839 (Age 30) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 31) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 32) Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1842 (Age 33) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1843 (Age 34) 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 36) 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. |
| Australian History | 1850 (Age 41) 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. |
| Australian History | 1851 (Age 42) 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 |
| Death of a mother | 21 March 1852 (Age 44) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
mother -
Marie …
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| Australian History | 1853 (Age 44) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 45) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 46) 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 47) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 48) 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 49) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 50) 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 51) 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 52) 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 53) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Death of a husband | 15 November 1863 (Age 55) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
husband -
Frederick VII … King Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1863 (Age 54) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. |
| Australian History | 1867 (Age 58) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 59) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 60) 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 63) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 64) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 66) 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 husband | 1878 (Age 69)
husband -
Charles … Duke
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| Australian History | 1878 (Age 69) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 70) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 71) 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 sister | 1881 (Age 72)
elder sister -
Caroline …
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| Australian History | 1882 (Age 73) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 74) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 78) 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 80) 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 81) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 82) 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 |
| Death | 30 May 1891 (Age 83) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Frederick VI … King Of Denmark
Birth 28 January 1768 18 16 Christiansborg, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 3 December 1839 (Age 71) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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-3 months mother |
Marie …
Birth 28 October 1767 23 17 Hanau, Hesse, Germany Death 21 March 1852 (Age 84) Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Loading...
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Marriage: 31 July 1790 — Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany |
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5 months #1 elder brother |
Christian …
Birth 1791 22 23 Death 1791 Loading...
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1 year #2 elder sister |
Marie Louise …
Birth 1792 23 24 Death 1793 (Age 12 months) Loading...
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1 year #3 elder sister |
Caroline …
Birth 1793 24 25 Death 1881 (Age 88) Loading...
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2 years #4 elder sister |
Louise …
Birth 1795 26 27 Death 1795 Loading...
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2 years #5 elder brother |
Christian …
Birth 1797 28 29 Death 1797 Loading...
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5 years #6 elder sister |
Louise Juliane …
Birth 1802 33 34 Death 1802 Loading...
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3 years #7 elder sister |
Frederica Maria …
Birth 1805 36 37 Death 1805 Loading...
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3 years #8 herself |
Wilhelmine …
Birth 18 January 1808 39 40 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death 30 May 1891 (Age 83) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Loading...
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| Family with Charles … Duke - View family |
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Charles … Duke
Birth 1813 Death 1878 (Age 65) Loading...
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Wilhelmine …
Birth 18 January 1808 39 40 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death 30 May 1891 (Age 83) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
| Family with Frederick VII … King Of Denmark - View family |
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Frederick VII … King Of Denmark
Birth 6 October 1808 Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Death 15 November 1863 (Age 55) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Loading...
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Wilhelmine …
Birth 18 January 1808 39 40 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death 30 May 1891 (Age 83) Glücksburg, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Loading...
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Marriage: 1 November 1828 — Copenhagen, Denmark |
Wilhelmine … has 2 first cousins recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents Duke Frederick Christian … Of Schleswig- + Louise Augusta …
Mother's family (1)
Parents Duke Frederick William … Of Schleswig + Princess Louise Caroline … Of Hesse-Cassel
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