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Marie Kirillovna

Marie Kirillovna

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Born 1907
Died 1951
Parents Victoria Melita von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Mother) Family
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of Edward VII
  • Birth
    1907
    Born
  • Year of birth
    17 Jun 1907
    Brooklands motor circuit opens
    At Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Age c. 1
    13 Jul 1908
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 2
    1 Jan 1909
    First old age pensions paid
  • Age c. 2
    25 Jul 1909
    Blériot makes the first flight across the Channel
  • Age c. 3
    6 May 1910
    Accession of George V
    Reigned 1910–1936
  • Age c. 3
    13 Aug 1910
    Florence Nightingale dies
  • Age c. 4
    18 Aug 1911
    Parliament Act limits the power of the House of Lords
  • Age c. 4
    16 Dec 1911
    National Insurance Act
  • Age c. 5
    Mar 1912
    Captain Scott dies returning from the South Pole
  • Age c. 5
    15 Apr 1912
    Titanic sinks
  • Age c. 6
    8 Jun 1913
    Suffragette Emily Davison dies at the Derby
  • Age c. 7
    1914–1918
    Britain declares war on Germany: First World War begins
  • Age c. 8
    25 Apr 1915
    Gallipoli landings
  • Age c. 8
    7 May 1915
    Lusitania sunk
  • Age c. 9
    24 Apr 1916
    Easter Rising in Dublin
  • Age c. 9
    5 Jun 1916
    Lord Kitchener lost at sea
  • Age c. 9
    1 Jul 1916
    Battle of the Somme begins
    About 57,000 British casualties on the first day.
  • Age c. 10
    31 Jul 1917
    Battle of Passchendaele begins
  • Age c. 11
    6 Feb 1918
    Some women get the vote
    Representation of the People Act.
  • Age c. 11
    1918–1919
    Spanish flu pandemic
  • Age c. 11
    11 Nov 1918
    Armistice ends the First World War
  • Age c. 12
    14 Jun 1919
    Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
  • Age c. 16
    28 Apr 1923
    First FA Cup final at Wembley
  • Age c. 17
    22 Jan 1924
    First Labour government
  • Age c. 19
    26 Jan 1926
    John Logie Baird demonstrates television
  • Age c. 19
    3 May 1926
    General Strike begins
  • Age c. 21
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • Age c. 21
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age c. 22
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age c. 23
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age c. 29
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age c. 29
    2 Mar 1936
    Mother Victoria Melita died
  • Age c. 29
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age c. 29
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age c. 29
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age c. 30
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 32
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age c. 33
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age c. 33
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age c. 33
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age c. 35
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age c. 35
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age c. 37
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age c. 37
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age c. 38
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age c. 38
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age c. 40
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age c. 41
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age c. 41
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age c. 41
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age c. 43
    1950–1953
    Korean War begins
  • Age c. 44
    1951
    Died