Dreyer Tree » Beatrix Steyn (1834-1863)
Personal data Beatrix Steyn
- She was born on October 2, 1834 in "Paardeberg", dist Malmesbury.
- She died on November 22, 1863 in "Nooitgedacht", dist. Philadelphia, WC, South Africa, she was 29 years old.
- A child of Elbert Lucas Steyn and Aletta Petronella Clasina van Niekerk
Household of Beatrix Steyn
She is married to Michiel Adriaan de Kock.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Susanna de Kock 1858-????
- Beatrix de Kock 1860-????
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Birthday October 2, 1834
- The temperature on October 2, 1834 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 year 1834: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 3 » Wake Forest University is established (as Wake Forest Institute) in North Carolina, United States.
- March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
- March 18 » Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
- May 30 » Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
- August 1 » Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
- October 16 » Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
Day of death November 22, 1863
- The temperature on November 22, 1863 was about 9.6 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
- March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
- July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
- August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
- August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
- October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
Same birth/death day
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- 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)
- 1832 » Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic († 1917)
- 1847 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany († 1934)
- 1851 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist († 1929)
- 1871 » Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826)
- 1875 » Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
- 1886 » Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)
- 1896 » George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)
- 1900 » Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)
- 1902 » Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I5175.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Beatrix Steyn (1834-1863)".