When Willemijntje Vrij was born on 30 July 1761, in Heenvliet, South Holland, Netherlands, her father, Barent Maartensz Vrij, was 50 and her mother, Hester Droogsteen, was 43. She married Jan van der Hoek on 4 June 1786. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 20 August 1831, in her hometown, at the age of 70.
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A four year war with England was fought.
An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.
The United East India Company is liquidated.
Indian (Punjab): Khatri name, probably a clipping of Sanskrit vijan meaning ‘deserted’.
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