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Alexandra Louise Marie Olga of England

Alexandra Louise Marie Olga of England

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Born 29 SEP 1882 , Gmunden, AUS
Died 30 AUG 1963 , Glucksburg Castle, GER
Parents Ernest Augustus William Adolphus of England (Father) Family
Marriage Unknown spouse Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    29 Sep 1882
    Born at Gmunden, AUS
  • Age 2
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age 5
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age 6
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age 13
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age 17
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age 18
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age 18
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age 21
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age 24
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age 25
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age 26
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age 26
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 28
    1910
    Son Frederick Francis born
  • Age 27
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age 27
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age 28
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age 29
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 30
    1912
    Son Christian Louis born
  • Age 29
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age 29
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age 30
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age 31
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age 32
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age 32
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age 33
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age 33
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age 33
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age 34
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age 35
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age 35
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age 36
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 37
    1919
    Daughter Thyra born
  • Age 36
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 40
    1922
    Daughter Anastasia born
  • Age 40
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age 41
    14 Nov 1923
    Father Ernest Augustus William Adolphus died
  • Age 41
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age 43
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age 43
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age 45
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age 46
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age 47
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age 48
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age 53
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age 54
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age 54
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age 54
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age 54
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age 56
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age 57
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age 57
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age 57
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age 60
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age 60
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age 61
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age 61
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age 62
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age 62
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age 64
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age 65
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age 65
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age 65
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age 67
    1950–1953
    Korean War begins
  • Age 69
    6 Feb 1952
    Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
    Reigned 1952–2022
  • Age 70
    5 Dec 1952
    Great Smog of London
  • Age 70
    31 Jan 1953
    North Sea flood
  • Age 70
    28 Feb 1953
    Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
  • Age 70
    29 May 1953
    Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
  • Age 70
    2 Jun 1953
    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Age 71
    6 May 1954
    Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
  • Age 71
    4 Jul 1954
    Food rationing ends
  • Age 72
    22 Sep 1955
    ITV launches
  • Age 73
    5 Jul 1956
    Clean Air Act
  • Age 74
    29 Oct 1956
    Suez Crisis
  • Age 75
    4 Oct 1957
    Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
  • Age 75
    6 Feb 1958
    Munich air disaster
    Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
  • Age 75
    9 Jun 1958
    Gatwick Airport officially opened
    In Sussex.
  • Age 76
    25 Jul 1959
    First hovercraft crosses the Channel
  • Age 80
    5 Oct 1962
    The Beatles release their first single
  • Age 80
    1962–1963
    The Big Freeze
    One of the coldest winters on record.
  • Age 80
    30 Aug 1963
    Died at Glucksburg Castle, GER