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==Events==
 
*[[January 1]] &ndash; Percy Payne appointed keeper of the engine house and driver of the horses for the [[Charlottesville Hose, Hook and Ladder Company]].<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2071155|title=IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BRIEF NEWSY NOTES SERVED IN A NUTSHELL|author=Staff|publishdate=Wednesday January 2, 1895|accessdate=October 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
*[[October 27]] &ndash; The University of Virginia [[Rotunda]] and its adjoining structures burned. Often referred to locally as [[The Great Fire]].
 
:According to the Daily Progress: “The first alarm was at about half past ten o'clock...only the scorched brick shell of the Rotunda remained standing; Robert Mills' Annex, the University's main classroom building, was a smoldering ruin and two-thirds of the University Library's collection was destroyed." <ref>{{cite web|title= "Arise and Build!": A Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 Rotunda Fire |url= https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/rotunda |author=|work=| publisher= University of Virginia Library|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=May 12, 2019}}</ref> The '''[[Rotunda Burning Society]]''' is one of the secret societies at the [[University of Virginia]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Wrapped in Mystery: A guide to secret—and not-so-secret—student organizations at UVA|url=https://uvamagazine.org/articles/wrapped_in_mystery|author=Robert Viccellio|work=Article|publisher=UVa Alumni Magazine|location=|publishdate=Spring 2012|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
 
*[[December 24]] &ndash; [[James Lindsay]], the [[Daily Progress]] newspaper's founder and publisher,<ref>{{cite-progress|title=Yesteryears: James H. Lindsay|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/cdp-lifestyles/2012/jan/29/yesteryears-james-h-lindsay-ar-1644940/|author=David A. Maurer|pageno=|printdate=29 Jan 2012|publishdate=|accessdate=29 Jan 2012|cturl=}}</ref> announced in an editorial at the end of the year that subscriptions were to be paid in advance rather "than the old plan of waiting until the amounts due on subscription are large and burdensome." <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Business Matter|url=http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2072641/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2072643/4015/1178.5/3/1/0|author=Staff Reports|pageno=2|printdate=December 24, 1895|publishdate=December 24, 1895|accessdate=December 25, 2016 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref>
 
==Elections==
 
*[[May 23]] &ndash; Municipal elections held in Charlottesville. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=In The City and In the County|url=http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2071750/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2071751/5317/1262.5/3/1/0|author=Staff Reports|pageno=1|publishdate=May 23, 1895|printdate=May 23, 1895|accessdate=May 23, 2016 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref>
 
==Deaths==
 
*[[July 29]] &ndash; [[John B. Minor]], LL.D., professor of common and statue law for fifty years at the [[University of Virginia]], died in Charlottesville this afternoon aged eighty-three.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038206/1895-08-03/ed-1/seq-2/|title=Martinsburg Independent. (Martinsburg, W. Va.)|last=|first=|publishdate=03 Aug. 1895|publisher=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=October 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
== Births ==
 
* [[March 16]] – [[Lafayette Johnson]] is born in Staunton, Virginia. A [[World War I veterans|World War I veteran]], Johnson had his portrait photograph prominently included within the [[Holsinger Studio Collection]].
* [[December 23]] – [[Alfred Washington]] is born to Gus and Martha Washington in [[Charlottesville]]. A resident of Chestnut Grove and a farmhand, he was called up for service in [[World War I veterans|World War I]] and had his portrait photograph included within the [[Holsinger Studio Collection]].
 
==Images==
<gallery perrow="4">
File:1895-The Great Fire.JPG|[[Rotunda]] Fire. On October 27, 1895, a crowd looks on as flames appear to rise from the Rotunda on the Lawn at the University of Virginia.
File:1906-Christ Protestant Episcopal Church rendering.JPG|[[Christ Episcopal Church]] was begun in 1895 and replaced an earlier church which faced in the opposite direction, toward Jefferson Street.
</gallery>
 
==References==
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Events

According to the Daily Progress: “The first alarm was at about half past ten o'clock...only the scorched brick shell of the Rotunda remained standing; Robert Mills' Annex, the University's main classroom building, was a smoldering ruin and two-thirds of the University Library's collection was destroyed." [2] The Rotunda Burning Society is one of the secret societies at the University of Virginia. [3]
  • December 24James Lindsay, the Daily Progress newspaper's founder and publisher,[4] announced in an editorial at the end of the year that subscriptions were to be paid in advance rather "than the old plan of waiting until the amounts due on subscription are large and burdensome." [5]

Elections

  • May 23 – Municipal elections held in Charlottesville. [6]

Deaths

Births

Images

References

  1. Web. IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BRIEF NEWSY NOTES SERVED IN A NUTSHELL, Staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, Wednesday January 2, 1895, retrieved October 31, 2022.
  2. Web. "Arise and Build!": A Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 Rotunda Fire, University of Virginia Library, retrieved May 12, 2019.
  3. Web. Wrapped in Mystery: A guide to secret—and not-so-secret—student organizations at UVA, Robert Viccellio, Article, UVa Alumni Magazine, Spring 2012, retrieved November 3, 2019.
  4. Web. Yesteryears: James H. Lindsay, David A. Maurer, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, retrieved 29 Jan 2012.
  5. Web. Business Matter, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, December 24, 1895, retrieved December 25, 2016 from University of Virginia Library. Print. December 24, 1895 page 2.
  6. Web. In The City and In the County, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, May 23, 1895, retrieved May 23, 2016 from University of Virginia Library. Print. May 23, 1895 page 1.
  7. Web. Martinsburg Independent. (Martinsburg, W. Va.), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress., 03 Aug. 1895, retrieved October 31, 2022.