1818
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Events
- February 1 – The General Assembly passed an Act of the legislature mandating the meeting of the University of Virginia Commissioners at Rockfish Gap and outlining their duties included a provision for the primary instruction of poor children that allocated a portion of the income of the Literary Fund to the education of poor children in reading, writing, and arithmetic (Acts of Assembly [1817–18 sess.], 12).[1]
- August 1 –The commission appointed to select a site for the University of Virginia met 1-4 August 1818 in the Rockfish Gap tavern. Among the 21 members present were former presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, as well as judges Spencer Roane, Archibald Stewart, and Creed Taylor. The commissioners chose Charlottesville over Lexington and Staunton for the site of the University.[1][2]
Elections
Deaths
- November 17 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of Great Britain and namesake of the Charlottesville, died at Kew Palace in Kew, England, (aged 74).
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web. Rockfish Gap Report of the University of Virginia Commissioners, 4 August 1818, Founders Online, Feb. 4, 2024, retrieved Feb. 4, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Serpentine Timeline, Winter 2018, retrieved April 16, 2021.