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Elizabeth Alexandra Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

Elizabeth Alexandra Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Born 1864
Died 1918 , assassinated during the Russian revolution
Parents Alice Maud Mary von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Birth
    1864
    Born
  • Age c. 3
    15 Aug 1867
    Second Reform Act
  • Age c. 6
    9 Jun 1870
    Charles Dickens dies
  • Age c. 6
    9 Aug 1870
    Elementary Education Act
    Schooling for all children in England and Wales.
  • Age c. 8
    16 Mar 1872
    First FA Cup final
  • Age c. 8
    30 Nov 1872
    First international football match, Scotland v England
  • Age c. 12
    10 Mar 1876
    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
  • Age c. 13
    9 Jul 1877
    First Wimbledon Championships
  • Age c. 14
    14 Dec 1878
    Mother Alice Maud Mary died
  • Age c. 15
    11 Jan 1879
    Zulu War begins
  • Age c. 15
    28 Dec 1879
    Tay Bridge disaster
  • Age c. 18
    19 Apr 1882
    Charles Darwin dies
  • Age c. 18
    29 Aug 1882
    England lose to Australia at The Oval; the Ashes begin
  • Age c. 20
    Dec 1884
    Third Reform Act
  • Age c. 24
    17 Apr 1888
    The Football League is founded
  • Age c. 24
    7 Dec 1888
    John Dunlop patents the pneumatic tyre
  • Age c. 32
    2 Jun 1896
    Marconi patents wireless telegraphy
  • Age c. 35
    1899–1902
    Second Boer War
  • Age c. 37
    22 Jan 1901
    Accession of Edward VII
    Reigned 1901–1910
  • Age c. 37
    22 Jan 1901
    Queen Victoria dies
  • Age c. 39
    17 Dec 1903
    The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
  • Age c. 43
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 44
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 45
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 45
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 46
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 46
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 47
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 47
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 48
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 48
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 49
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 50
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 51
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 51
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 52
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 52
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 52
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 53
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 54
    1918
    Died at assassinated during the Russian revolution
  • Age c. 54
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 54
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 54
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War