Brief Life History of Vaclav
Vaclav Rinkevic was born on 30 October 1936. He died on 3 August 1999, in Vilnius County, Lithuania, at the age of 62.
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World Events (3)
1939 · Baltic states pressured into signing treaties allowing Moscow to station troops on their soil. Vilnius given back to Lithuania.
Age 3
1991
Age 55
1991
Age 55
Name Meaning
Czech and Slovak (Václav): from the personal name Václav, Old Czech Vęceslav, Latinized as Wenceslaus, from an Old Slavic name composed of the elements vet'e ‘more, greater’ + slav ‘glory’ or ‘famous’ (from slava ‘glory’). It was borne by a 10th-century duke of Bohemia who fought against a revival of paganism in his territory; after his death he was adopted as patron saint of Bohemia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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