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Nicholas RomanovAge: 601831–1891

Name
Nicholas Romanov
Given names
Nicholas
Surname
Romanov
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Birth 1831 35 33
 

Australian History 1831
 

Note: Sydney Herald (later to become The Sydney Morning Herald) first published.
Birth of a brother 1832 (Age 12 months)
 

younger brother - Michael Romanov
Australian History 1832 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 2)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 4)
 

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 5)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 7)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 8)
 

Note: Paul Edmund Strzelecki becomes first European to ascend and name Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.
Marriage of a brotherAlexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia - View family
1840 (Age 9)
 

elder brother - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law - Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Death of a maternal grandfather 1840 (Age 9)
 

maternal grandfather - King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Australian History 1840 (Age 9)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 10)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 11)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 12)
 

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 14)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherGrand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia - View family
1848 (Age 17)
 

elder brother - Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
sister-in-law - Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Australian History 1850 (Age 19)
 

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 20)
 

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
Australian History 1853 (Age 22)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 23)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Death of a father 1855 (Age 24)
 

father - Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1855 (Age 24)
 

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.
MarriageAlexandra … - View family
1856 (Age 25)
 

Australian History 1856 (Age 25)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
Marriage of a brotherMichael Romanov - View family
1857 (Age 26)
 

younger brother - Michael Romanov
sister-in-law - Cecily (Olga) …
Australian History 1857 (Age 26)
 

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 27)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Australian History 1859 (Age 28)
 

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.
Death of a mother 1860 (Age 29)
 

mother - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1860 (Age 29)
 

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 30)
 

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 31)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Australian History 1863 (Age 32)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Australian History 1867 (Age 36)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 37)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History 1869 (Age 38)
 

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 41)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 42)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 44)
 

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 47)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 48)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 49)
 

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 brother 13 March 1881 (Age 50)
 

elder brother - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1882 (Age 51)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 52)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 56)
 

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 58)
 

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 59)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History 1891 (on the date of death)
 

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 1891 (Age 60)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1796  

Death 1855 (Age 59)  

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2 years
mother
Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia

Birth 1798 28 22  

Death 1860 (Age 62)  

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Marriage: 1817
1 year
#1 elder brother
Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia

Birth 1818 22 20  

Death 13 March 1881 (Age 63)  

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9 years
#2 elder brother
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia

Birth 1827 31 29  

Death 1892 (Age 65)  

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4 years
#3 himself
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1831 35 33  

Death 1891 (Age 60)  

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1 year
#4 younger brother
Michael Romanov

Birth 1832 36 34  

Death 1909 (Age 77)  

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Family with Alexandra … - View family
himself
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1831 35 33  

Death 1891 (Age 60)  

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7 years
wife
Alexandra …

Birth 1838  

Death 1900 (Age 62)  

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Marriage: 1856

Nicholas Romanov has 7 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (7)

Parents Emperor William I … Of Germany + Augusta … Of Saxe-Weimar
1 Louise … 1828–1923
2 Frederick III … German Emperor 1831–1888
Parents Paul Frederick … Grand Duke + Alexandrine …
1 Grand Duke Frederick Francis II … Of Mecklenburg- 1823–1883
Parents Prince Frederik … Of Netherlands + Louisa … Of Prussia
1 Louise … 1828–1871
2 Frederick … 1833–1834
3 William … 1836–1846
4 Marie … 1841–1910

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