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Michael RomanovAge: 771832–1909

Name
Michael Romanov
Given names
Michael
Surname
Romanov
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Birth 1832 36 34
 

Australian History 1832
 

Note: Swan River Colony has its name changed to Western Australia.
Australian History 1833 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: The penal settlement of Port Arthur is founded in Van Diemen's Land.
Australian History 1835 (Age 3)
 

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 4)
 

Note: Province of South Australia proclaimed with its western border at 132 degrees E.
Australian History 1838 (Age 6)
 

Note: First Prussian settlers arrive in South Australia; the largest group on non-British migrants in Australia at the time.
Australian History 1839 (Age 7)
 

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 8)
 

elder brother - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
sister-in-law - Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
Death of a maternal grandfather 1840 (Age 8)
 

maternal grandfather - King Frederick William III … Of Prussia
Australian History 1840 (Age 8)
 

Note: Australia's first municipal authority, the City of Adelaide, is established, followed by Sydney City Council.
Australian History 1841 (Age 9)
 

Note: New Zealand is proclaimed as a separate colony, no longer part of New South Wales.
Australian History 1842 (Age 10)
 

Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia.
Australian History 1843 (Age 11)
 

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 13)
 

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 16)
 

elder brother - Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
sister-in-law - Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
Australian History 1850 (Age 18)
 

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 19)
 

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 21)
 

Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo
Australian History 1854 (Age 22)
 

Note: The Eureka Stockade
Death of a father 1855 (Age 23)
 

father - Nicholas I Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1855 (Age 23)
 

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.
Marriage of a brotherNicholas Romanov - View family
1856 (Age 24)
 

elder brother - Nicholas Romanov
sister-in-law - Alexandra …
Australian History 1856 (Age 24)
 

Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania.
MarriageCecily (Olga) … - View family
1857 (Age 25)
 

Australian History 1857 (Age 25)
 

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 26)
 

Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph.
Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote.
Birth of a son
#1		 1859 (Age 27)
 

son - Nicholas Romanov
Australian History 1859 (Age 27)
 

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 28)
 

mother - Princess Charlotte … Of Prussia
Australian History 1860 (Age 28)
 

Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E.
Birth of a son
#2		 1861 (Age 29)
 

son - Michael Romanov
Australian History 1861 (Age 29)
 

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 30)
 

Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E.
Birth of a son
#3		 1863 (Age 31)
 

son - George Romanov
Australian History 1863 (Age 31)
 

Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Birth of a son
#4		 1866 (Age 34)
 

son - Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
Australian History 1867 (Age 35)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 36)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a son
#5		 1869 (Age 37)
 

son - Sergius Romanov
Australian History 1869 (Age 37)
 

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 40)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 41)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 43)
 

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 46)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 47)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 48)
 

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 49)
 

elder brother - Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia
Australian History 1882 (Age 50)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 51)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 55)
 

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 57)
 

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 58)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Marriage of a sonMichael Romanov - View family
1891 (Age 59)
 

son - Michael Romanov
daughter-in-law - Sophia … Of Nassau
Death of a wife 1891 (Age 59)
 

wife - Cecily (Olga) …
Death of a brother 1891 (Age 59)
 

elder brother - Nicholas Romanov
Australian History 1891 (Age 59)
 

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 of a brother 1892 (Age 60)
 

elder brother - Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia
Australian History 1892 (Age 60)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 61)
 

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.
Marriage of a sonAlexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke - View family
1894 (Age 62)
 

son - Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
daughter-in-law - Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess
Australian History 1894 (Age 62)
 

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.
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 1895 (Age 63)
 

granddaughter - Irina …
Australian History 1895 (Age 63)
 

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 64)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Birth of a grandson
#2		 1897 (Age 65)
 

grandson - Andrew …
Australian History 1897 (Age 65)
 

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 grandson
#3		 1898 (Age 66)
 

grandson - Theodore …
Australian History 1898 (Age 66)
 

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 67)
 

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.
Birth of a grandson
#4		 1900 (Age 68)
 

grandson - Nikita …
Marriage of a sonGeorge Romanov - View family
1900 (Age 68)
 

son - George Romanov
daughter-in-law - Mary …
Australian History 1900 (Age 68)
 

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
Birth of a grandson
#5		 1901 (Age 69)
 

grandson - Dimitri …
Australian History 1901 (Age 69)
 

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
Birth of a grandson
#6		 1902 (Age 70)
 

grandson - Rostislav …
Australian History 1902 (Age 70)
 

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 71)
 

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 72)
 

Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital
Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History 1906 (Age 74)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a grandson
#7		 1907 (Age 75)
 

grandson - Vassily …
Australian History 1908 (Age 76)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History 1909 (on the date of death)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Death 1909 (Age 77)
 

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 elder brother
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1831 35 33  

Death 1891 (Age 60)  

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1 year
#4 himself
Michael Romanov

Birth 1832 36 34  

Death 1909 (Age 77)  

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Family with Cecily (Olga) … - View family
himself
Michael Romanov

Birth 1832 36 34  

Death 1909 (Age 77)  

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7 years
wife
Cecily (Olga) …

Birth 1839  

Death 1891 (Age 52)  

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Marriage: 1857
2 years
#1 son
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1859 27 20  

Death 1919 (Age 60)  

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#2 son
Michael Romanov

Birth 1861 29 22  

Death 1929 (Age 68)  

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#3 son
George Romanov

Birth 1863 31 24  

Death 1919 (Age 56)  

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3 years
#4 son
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1866 34 27  

Death 1933 (Age 67)  

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3 years
#5 son
Sergius Romanov

Birth 1869 37 30  

Death 1918 (Age 49)  

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Michael 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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