Henry …Age: 591820–1879
- Name
- Henry …
- Given names
- Henry
| Birth | 1820 27 24 |
| Birth of a brother | 1822 (Age 2)
younger brother -
Ernest …
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| Death of a brother | 1822 (Age 2)
younger brother -
Ernest …
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| Birth of a sister | 1824 (Age 4)
younger sister -
Sophie …
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| Australian History | 1824 (Age 4) 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 5) Note: New South Wales western border is extended to 129 degrees E. Van Diemen's Land is proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1828 (Age 8) Note: Charles Sturt charts the Darling River. |
| Australian History | 1829 (Age 9) 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 10) Note: Sturt arrives at Goolwa, having charted the Murray River. |
| Australian History | 1831 (Age 11) Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published. |
| Australian History | 1832 (Age 12) Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1833 (Age 13) Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land. |
| Australian History | 1835 (Age 15) 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 16) Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E. |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | 12 October 1837 (Age 17) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
paternal grandmother -
Wilhelmina …
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| Australian History | 1838 (Age 18) 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 19) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
elder brother -
King William III … Of Netherlands
sister-in-law -
Sophie Wurttemberg
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| Australian History | 1839 (Age 19) Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko. |
| Australian History | 1840 (Age 20) Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council. |
| Australian History | 1841 (Age 21) 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 22)
brother-in-law -
Grand Duke Charles Alexander … Of Saxe-Weimar
younger sister -
Sophie …
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| Australian History | 1842 (Age 22) Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 12 December 1843 (Age 23) Berlin, Germany
paternal grandfather -
King William I … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1843 (Age 23) 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 25) 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 28)
elder brother -
Alexander …
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| Death of a father | 17 March 1849 (Age 29) Tilburg, Netherlands
father -
King William II … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1850 (Age 30) 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 31) 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 | Amalia … - View family 1853 (Age 33) |
| Australian History | 1853 (Age 33) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo |
| Australian History | 1854 (Age 34) Note: The Eureka Stockade |
| Australian History | 1855 (Age 35) 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 36) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. |
| Australian History | 1857 (Age 37) 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 38) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. |
| Australian History | 1859 (Age 39) 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 40) 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 41) 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 42) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. |
| Australian History | 1863 (Age 43) 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 45) The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
mother -
Anna Pavlovna …
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| Australian History | 1867 (Age 47) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 48) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 49) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Death of a wife | 1872 (Age 52)
wife -
Amalia …
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| Australian History | 1872 (Age 52) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 53) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 55) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Marriage | Mary … - View family 1878 (Age 58) |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 58) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Marriage of a brother | King William III … Of Netherlands - View family 7 January 1879 (Age 59) Arolsen, Germany
elder brother -
King William III … Of Netherlands
sister-in-law -
Queen Regent Emma … Of Netherlands
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| Australian History | 1879 (on the date of death) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Death | 1879 (Age 59) |
| 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 elder brother |
Alexander …
Birth 1818 25 22 Death 1848 (Age 30) Loading...
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2 years #3 himself |
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 Amalia … - View family |
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Henry …
Birth 1820 27 24 Death 1879 (Age 59) Loading...
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10 years wife |
Amalia …
Birth 1830 Death 1872 (Age 42) Loading...
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Marriage: 1853 |
| Family with Mary … - View family |
| himself |
Henry …
Birth 1820 27 24 Death 1879 (Age 59) Loading...
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35 years wife |
Mary …
Birth 1855 Death 1888 (Age 33) Loading...
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Marriage: 1878 |
Henry … has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands + Louisa … Of Prussia
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
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