When Johannes Hermanus Gunning was born on 13 July 1859, in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, his father, Prof. Dr. Jan Willem Gunning, was 31 and his mother, Petronella Adriana Pierson, was 26. He married Cecilia van Eeghen on 14 December 1882, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 March 1951, in Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 91.
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The Dutch abolished slavery in Suriname. The Dutch were among the last Europeans to abolish slavery.
Amstel Brewery was founded on June 11, 1870, in Amsterdam. It is named after the Amstel River which served for refrigeration. They use ice from canals to help keep their brews cold.
Death by suicide of van Gogh.
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name Gundewin (ancient Germanic Gund(e)win).
Dutch: variant of Gunnink .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conaing ‘descendant of Conaing’, a personal name, a borrowing of Anglo-Saxon cyning ‘king’. In Clare sometimes adopted for Ó Gamhnáin, see Goonan .
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