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Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand DukeAge: 671866–1933

Name
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke
Given names
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro)
Surname
Romanov
Name suffix
Grand Duke
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Birth 1866 34 27
 

Australian History 1867 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland.
Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Australian History 1868 (Age 2)
 

Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Birth of a brother 1869 (Age 3)
 

younger brother - Sergius Romanov
Australian History 1869 (Age 3)
 

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 6)
 

Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Australian History 1873 (Age 7)
 

Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History 1875 (Age 9)
 

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 12)
 

Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1879 (Age 13)
 

Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History 1880 (Age 14)
 

Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History 1882 (Age 16)
 

Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History 1883 (Age 17)
 

Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway
Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Australian History 1887 (Age 21)
 

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 23)
 

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 24)
 

Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Marriage of a brotherMichael Romanov - View family
1891 (Age 25)
 

elder brother - Michael Romanov
sister-in-law - Sophia … Of Nassau
Death of a mother 1891 (Age 25)
 

mother - Cecily (Olga) …
Australian History 1891 (Age 25)
 

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
Australian History 1892 (Age 26)
 

Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History 1893 (Age 27)
 

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.
MarriageXenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family
1894 (Age 28)
 

Australian History 1894 (Age 28)
 

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 daughter
#1		 1895 (Age 29)
 

daughter - Irina …
Australian History 1895 (Age 29)
 

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 30)
 

Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Birth of a son
#2		 1897 (Age 31)
 

son - Andrew …
Australian History 1897 (Age 31)
 

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 son
#3		 1898 (Age 32)
 

son - Theodore …
Australian History 1898 (Age 32)
 

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 33)
 

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 son
#4		 1900 (Age 34)
 

son - Nikita …
Marriage of a brotherGeorge Romanov - View family
1900 (Age 34)
 

elder brother - George Romanov
sister-in-law - Mary …
Australian History 1900 (Age 34)
 

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 son
#5		 1901 (Age 35)
 

son - Dimitri …
Australian History 1901 (Age 35)
 

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 son
#6		 1902 (Age 36)
 

son - Rostislav …
Australian History 1902 (Age 36)
 

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 37)
 

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 38)
 

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 40)
 

Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a son
#7		 1907 (Age 41)
 

son - Vassily …
Australian History 1908 (Age 42)
 

Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country
Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Death of a father 1909 (Age 43)
 

father - Michael Romanov
Australian History 1909 (Age 43)
 

Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History 1910 (Age 44)
 

Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History 1911 (Age 45)
 

Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded
Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia
Note: The first national census is conducted.
Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History 1912 (Age 46)
 

Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time
Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History 1913 (Age 47)
 

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History 1913 (Age 47)
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 48)
 

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History 1915 (Age 49)
 

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.
Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia
Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History 1916 (Age 50)
 

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.
Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded
Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History 1917 (Age 51)
 

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Death of a brother 1918 (Age 52)
 

younger brother - Sergius Romanov
Australian History 1918 (Age 52)
 

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.
Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V
Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.
Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Death of a brother 1919 (Age 53)
 

elder brother - Nicholas Romanov
Death of a brother 1919 (Age 53)
 

elder brother - George Romanov
Australian History 1919 (Age 53)
 

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History 1920 (Age 54)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 55)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 56)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History 1923 (Age 57)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History 1926 (Age 60)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 61)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 62)
 

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Death of a brother 1929 (Age 63)
 

elder brother - Michael Romanov
Australian History 1929 (Age 63)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (Age 64)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History 1931 (Age 65)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History 1932 (Age 66)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History 1933 (on the date of death)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Death 1933 (Age 67)
 

Family with parents - View family
father
Michael Romanov

Birth 1832 36 34  

Death 1909 (Age 77)  

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7 years
mother
Cecily (Olga) …

Birth 1839  

Death 1891 (Age 52)  

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Marriage: 1857
2 years
#1 elder brother
Nicholas Romanov

Birth 1859 27 20  

Death 1919 (Age 60)  

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2 years
#2 elder brother
Michael Romanov

Birth 1861 29 22  

Death 1929 (Age 68)  

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2 years
#3 elder brother
George Romanov

Birth 1863 31 24  

Death 1919 (Age 56)  

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

Birth 1866 34 27  

Death 1933 (Age 67)  

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3 years
#5 younger brother
Sergius Romanov

Birth 1869 37 30  

Death 1918 (Age 49)  

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Family with Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess - View family
himself
Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke

Birth 1866 34 27  

Death 1933 (Age 67)  

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9 years
wife
Xenia Romanov Grand Duchess

Birth 1875 30 28  

Death 20 April 1960 (Age 85)  London, England

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Marriage: 1894
1 year
#1 daughter
Irina …

Birth 1895 29 20  

Death yes  

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2 years
#2 son
Andrew …

Birth 1897 31 22  

Death yes  

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1 year
#3 son
Theodore …

Birth 1898 32 23  

Death yes  

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2 years
#4 son
Nikita …

Birth 1900 34 25  

Death yes  

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1 year
#5 son
Dimitri …

Birth 1901 35 26  

Death yes  

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1 year
#6 son
Rostislav …

Birth 1902 36 27  

Death yes  

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5 years
#7 son
Vassily …

Birth 1907 41 32  

Death yes  

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Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro) Romanov Grand Duke has 15 first cousins recorded

Father's family (15)

Parents Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Princess Catherine Yourievska
1 George Romanov 1872–1913
2 Olga Romanov 1874–1925
3 Catherine Romanov 1878–1959
Parents Alexander II Nicholoevich Romanov Tsar Of Russia + Marie … Of Hesse - Darmstadt
1 Alexandra Alexandrovna Romanov 1842–1849
2 Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov 1843–1865
3 Alexander III Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia 1845–1894
4 Vladimir Romanov Grand Duke 1847–1909
5 Alexis Romanov Grand Duke 1850–1908
6 Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess 1853–1920
7 Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke 1857–1905
8 Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich Romanov 1860–1919
Parents Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievitch … Of Russia + Princess Elizabeth Alexandra … Of Saxe
1 Nicholas Romanov 1850–1918
2 Princess Olga Constantinovna … 1851–1926
3 Constantine Romanov 1858–1915
4 Dimitri Romanov 1860–1919

Mother's family (0)

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