When Hendrik Vilart was born on 19 February 1826, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Hendrik Vilart, was 33 and his mother, Maria Selijn, was 31. He married Hendrika Muller on 17 August 1853, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 28 December 1902, in his hometown, at the age of 76.
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Belgium rebelled against Netherlands.
The Natura Artis Magistra, also known as Artis, is the oldest Zoo in the Netherlands and among the oldest zoos in all of Europe. It is located in the center of Amsterdam. Gerard Westerman, J.W.H. Werlemann and J.J. Wijsmuller founded the Zoo in 1838, where it was initially open only to members. The zoo would become public in 1851. In addition to the typical Zoo fare, Artis also contains an aquarium, planetarium, arboretum, and a sizeable collection of art.
The Bijbels (Biblical) Museum was founded in Amsterdam during 1852. Reverend Leendert Scouten laid the foundations for the museum with a scale model of the tabernacle. The museum is now home to rare exhibits, including the oldest printed Bible found in the Netherlands (from 1477).
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Miguel, Alfonso, Jorge, Juan, Alberto, Alfredo, Angel, Bienvenido, Carlos, Concepcion. Portuguese Aderito, Joaquim.
Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and French (Pyrénées-Orientales): topographic name derived from Late Latin villare ‘(part of an) outlying farm, dependent settlement’, denoting an inhabitant of a hamlet, or a habitational name from any of numerous places called Vilar.
Slovenian: from a derivative of vile ‘hayfork, dungfork’, applied as a nickname or perhaps as an occupational name for a fork maker. Compare Villar .
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