Alexander …Age: 301818–1848
- Name
- Alexander …
- Given names
- Alexander
| Birth | 1818 25 22 |
| Australian History | 1818 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 19) 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 of a brother | King William III … Of Netherlands - View family 18 June 1839 (Age 21) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
elder brother -
King William III … Of Netherlands
sister-in-law -
Sophie Wurttemberg
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| Australian History | 1839 (Age 21) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| 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. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 12 December 1843 (Age 25) 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 | 1848 (Age 30) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
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 elder brother |
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 himself |
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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Alexander … has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands + Louisa … Of Prussia
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I7084
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