Dreyer Tree » Coenraad Christoffel Wantzenberg Steyn (1851-1934)
Personal data Coenraad Christoffel Wantzenberg Steyn
- He was born on April 11, 1851 in Driekoppies, district Kroonstad.
- He died on August 3, 1934 in Klipkop, he was 83 years old.
- A child of Johannes Christiaan Steyn and Johanna Sophia Catharina Klopper
Household of Coenraad Christoffel Wantzenberg Steyn
He is married to Maria Elizabeth Dreyer.
They got married on October 11, 1869 at Kroonstad, OFS, he was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Susarah Johanna Steyn 1871-????
- Lukas Cornelius Steyn 1884-1964
- Maria Elizabeth Steyn 1889-1945
- Elizabeth Maria Steyn 1895-????
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Historical events
Birthday April 11, 1851
- The temperature on April 11, 1851 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
- July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- November 9 » Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
- December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
- December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
- December 29 » The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage October 11, 1869
- The temperature on October 11, 1869 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
- February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
- March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
- May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
- July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
- October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
Day of death August 3, 1934
- The temperature on August 3, 1934 was between 9.1 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
- January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
- February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
- July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
- August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
- December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
- December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
Same birth/death day
- 1854 » Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer († 1938)
- 1856 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer and rugby player († 1903)
- 1859 » Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author († 1939)
- 1862 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State († 1948)
- 1862 » William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic († 1938)
- 1864 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist († 1943)
- 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
- 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
- 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
- 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
- 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
- 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
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The Dreyer Tree publication was prepared by Hendrik Dreyer.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I4932.php : accessed January 21, 2026), "Coenraad Christoffel Wantzenberg Steyn (1851-1934)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I4932.php : accessed January 21, 2026), "Coenraad Christoffel Wantzenberg Steyn (1851-1934)".