When Wencl Vaclav Slavik was born on 8 March 1817, in České Budějovice, Czechia, his father, Josef Slavik, was 22 and his mother, Mariana Chlapikova, was 13. He married Anna S Koutek about 1865, in Bohemia, Austria. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 October 1879, in Le Sueur, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Montgomery, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Czech and Jewish (from Bohemia) (Slavík); Slovak (Slávik): from Czech slavík, Slovak slávik ‘nightingale’, a nickname for a good singer. As a Jewish surname, it may have been adopted by a cantor in a synagogue.
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