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.
- 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".
- July 7 » In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
- 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.
- December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
- December 3 » The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
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.
- April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
- July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
- July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
- October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
- October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
- November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Same birth/death day
- 1821 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general († 1908)
- 1824 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman († 1884)
- 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 10, 2026), "Beatrix Steyn (1834-1863)".