Andreas Victor Michiels

Dutch officer (1797–1849) Andreas Victor Michiels (30 May 1797 – 25 May 1849) was a Dutch military and administrative officer in the Dutch East Indies. He was Governor of West Coast Sumatra from 1837 until 1849. In 1849 he was appointed commander of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army. He led the Dutch 3rd expedition in Bali, in which he perished in May 1849. Early life and military career Michiels entered military service at age 17 years, participated in the Battle of Waterloo, and in 1817 went to the island of Java, where he was directly involved in the conflict in Cirebon. On 29 August 1818 he was promoted to captain. He fought in the Java War as a colonel commandant. On 22 November 1828, King William I appointed Michiels a knight and officer in the Military William Order, one year before he was appointed as a major. In the years 1831 and 1832, he participated in the conquest of Narras and Kottiangan, in 1832, he led an expedition against the Jambi Sultanate; the month of May in that year he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and in November he was awarded a knighthood in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. He led the raid on Bonjol and under his leadership he was able to take it.