When Machielis van der Meer was born in April 1795, in Pijnacker, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Pieter van der Meer, was 35 and his mother, Johanna Geertruij Jacobse, was 36. He married Kornelia van den Berg on 2 May 1821, in Delft, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 17 January 1867, in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 71.
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The United East India Company is liquidated.
The Dutch defeated the French.
William VI, prince of Orange, became King William I of the Netherlands.
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.
Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.
Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.
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