February 14

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Significant events that happened (or will happen) on February 14. It is also Valentine's Day.

Events

  • 1816 – Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and others obtain a charter from the Virginia General Assembly for Central College, which historian Philip Alexander Bruce describes as “the University in its chrysalis state.” They raise $40,000 and buy the land where the University of Virginia now sits.[1]
  • 1826 – Edgar Allan Poe enrolls at UVA, joins the Jefferson Society in June, but drops out December 15, saddled with gambling and other debts.[2]

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References

  1. Web. Serpentine Timeline, Winter 2018, retrieved April 16, 2021.
  2. Web. Serpentine Timeline, Winter 2018, retrieved April 16, 2021.