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'''Timeline of Charlottesville government'''
This article is a timeline of the history of Charlottesville municipal government. 
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
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==1607 to 1700s==
==1700 - 1775==
* 1744 - Created by a statute of and formed from Goochland County, Albemarle County was named for William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle, and governor of Virginia.
* 1761 Part of Louisa County was added to Albemarle County.
* 1762 – The General Assembly establishes Charlottesville as the Albemarle County seat. Charlottesville, laid out on a grid, is named in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III.[[Queen Charlotte]]
* 1770 - The islands in the Fluvanna (now the James) River were added to Albemarle County. <ref>Albemarle County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records,
* 1799-1870 circa Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. <ref>https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01362.xml</ref>
* 8 February 1745 – On this date, the court met for the first time. The county seat is the city of Charlottesville. <ref>Albemarle County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1799-1870 circa Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. <ref>https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01362.xml | </ref>
* 4 June 1781 - All order books between 1748 and 1781, except the first and many loose papers, were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville during the Revolutionary War. <ref> https://fusilier.wordpress.com/banastre-tarleton-article-2000/ </ref><ref> Albemarle County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1799-1870 circa Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. <ref>https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01362.xml | </ref>


== 1775 to 1783 ==
* 1801 - Charlottesville incorporated as a town.
* 1806 - The General Assembly moved to remove the free negro population from Virginia with a law that stated that any emancipated slaves, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit the right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court.
: : May 1, 1806. A law passed by the General Assembly, stated that all emancipated slaves, freed after this date, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit his right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish.  Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court. Beginning in 1837, freed slaves could petition the local courts for permission to remain. <ref> https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01362.xml</ref>
* 1807 - In Virginia, it became illegal to emancipate slaves without moving them out of the state. http://www.charlottesville.org/departments-and-services/departments-h-z/neighborhood-development-services/historic-preservation-and-design-review/historic-resources-committee/local-markers/number-nothing
* 1781 - Capt. John “Jack” Jouett ([[Jack Jouett]]) warns the General Assembly, meeting in Charlottesville, of an impending raid by the British army. The assembly reconvenes in Staunton. In the British raid, under Banastre Tarleton on Charlottesville during the American Revolutionary War, all the Albemarle County Courthouse order books (except the first) and many loose papers 1748-1781 were destroyed.
All order books except the first and many loose papers between 1748 and 1781 were destroyed by British general Banastre Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781 during the Revolutionary War.
==1783 – 1860==
* 1790 - August 2: Census Day, Under the general direction of Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State, marshals took the census in the original 13 States. Accouding to the federal census, Albemarle County’s total population was 12,589 – 6,839 free whites, 171 all “other free persons” and 5,579 slaves. <ref>{{https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1790/number_of_persons/1790a-02.pdf}}</ref>
1801 Jefferson is elected President of the United States and serves two terms (1801-1809).< https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/timeline-founding-university-virginia</ref>
* 1816 – January 15: The General Assembly passed an ACT “Whereas the Trustees of the Town of Charlottesville, in the county of Albemarle, are so reduced, by death, resignations and removals, that there is not a sufficient number to proceed to business; by which the improvements and regulations of the said Town are much obstructed; for remedy whereof,… in John Kelly, John H. Craven, John Winn, Twyman Waytt, James Leitch, Nicholas Lewis, William Watson, Joseph Bishop, John R. Jones, John C. Ragland, Frank Carr and Alexander Garrett…appointed additional Trustees.”
*1819 – February 2: In order more effectually to regulate the police, the General Assembly passed an act (Chapter CXL) extending the jurisdiction of the trustees of the town of Charlottesville half mile beyond the limits of the town on every side.
* 1826 - Christ Church Episcopal is consecrated as Charlottesville's first church. Religious services had been held in the Albemarle County courthouse.
* 1831 – March 31: An ACT was passed to raise money for paving the streets of the town of Charlottesville. Opie Norris, John R. Jones, William A. Bibb, William D. Fitz and Andrew M'Kee were appointed commissioners to raise by lottery or lotteries any sum of money not exceeding twenty thousand dollars for the purpose of paving streets of the town (Chapter 211 of the Acts of Assembly of 1830).
* 1837 - Freed slaves, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year would forfeit his right to freedom and be sold by the [[Overseers of the Poor]] for the benefit of the parish, could begin petitioning the local courts for permission to remain.<ref>https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01362.xml</ref>
* 1850 - Louisa Railroad Co., a predecessor of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, arrives in Charlottesville. The railroad connects to the Shenandoah Valley in 1858.
* 1851
**March 30: With the passing of the Acts of the Assembly, the mayor was empowered to hear all cases which violated the ordinances of the town. A provision offered the defendant the right of appeal to the alderman if the mayor’s fine exceeded $10.00.  No more than $1,000 in taxes could be collected in a year, and any additional taxes for special programs required two-thirds majority vote of those qualified to vote in the town elections. (The right to vote was vested in those individuals who were free and white males and who had paid taxes for at least a year.)
** Saturday, February 25: Election of Mayor Drury Wood and four Alderman, R. T. W. Duke,  John B. Dodd, Andrew J. Brown, and William M. Keblinger, to serve for the ensuing year.
* 1853 – Records of the proceeding indicate a Council existing for this year.
* 1854
** The city held its first mayoral election. (The mayor-city council form of town government continued until 1888, when Charlottesville was incorporated.)
** March 2: First recorded meeting of Council. John Simpson was elected secretary and treasurer of the Council and was to be paid $30 for services as Clerk of the Council.
* 1855
** The Council offered to give a reward of $300 for apprehension and conviction of the persons supposed to have been attempting to burn down buildings. At the same meeting, the Council set an election to determine if the required two-thirds of the voters would agree to a special tax raising $1,000 for the purchase of a fire engine and a building to house it.
** March 20: A total of 46 persons voted in favor of raising taxes for firefighting equipment and R. S. Jones was given the authority to buy a fire engine from James Smith of New York City.
** July 19: The Council awarded a contract to Patrick Martin to build an engine house and an office for the mayor.
** September 1: Despite the pleas of his fellow officers, Mayor Drury Wood, who had declined pay for his services, handed in his resignation after only six months in office.  R. T. W. Duke was appointed by the Council to temporary serve as mayor.
** November 24: Mayor R. T. W. Duke resigned and John B. Dodd was appointed to take his place.
** February: John B. Dodd was elected mayor by his townsmen, he received 79 votes. 
*1857 – Receiving 22 votes and placing fourth in a field of thirteen candidates, T. W. Savage (identified as a “Negro tailor” by the newspapers of the day) became an Alderman.
* 1858
** February: William T. Early elected Mayor.
** October: [[T. W. Savage]] became acting mayor when [[William T. Early]] resigned and [[V. W. Southhall]] was offered the position but turned it down.  Savage held the title of Mayor until the next election. 
*1859 – While his name was not listed in the result of the election, T. W. Savage was named as [[Overseer of the Poor | Overseers of the Poor]].
===1860 -1865===
Charlottesville provided the Confederate war effort with swords, uniforms, and artificial limbs during the  "War of Northern Aggression". During the War, Charlottesville was served by the following elected mayors: [[Thomas Wood]], [[George Carr]], [[John H. Bibb]], [[G. M. McIntire]]. 
* 1863 - The Southern Railroad, running on a north-south route, arrives in Charlottesville. Intersecting the previous railway line midway between downtown and the University of Virginia, the arrival of the railroads established the area as a commercial hub.
* 1864 – The South was divided into five military districts and [[Francis H. Pierpont]] was serving as governor of Virginia; Charlottesville became district one.
* 1865
** Elected mayor, [[C. L. Fowler]] served until 1868.
** March 3: Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's Union Army of the Shenandoah entered Charlottesville to destroy railroad facilities as the 3rd Cavalry Division led by Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer arrived from Waynesboro. Mayor [[Christopher H. Fowler]], other local officials, and University of Virginia professors Socrates Maupin and John B. Minor and Rector Thomas L. Preston met Custer, just east of here. Fowler surrendered the town, and the professors asked that the university be protected, "for it would always be a national asset." Custer agreed and posted guards during the three-day occupation. The University suffered little damage, unlike the Virginia Military Institute, which had been burned in June 1864 Union troops enter Charlottesville. The mayor, and a group town and University officials, surrendered the town and the University of Virginia to Maj. Gen. George A. Custer’s Union cavalry. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/departments-and-services/departments-h-z/neighborhood-development-services/historic-preservation-and-design-review/historic-resources-committee/state-highway-markers/occupation-of-charlottesville</ref>
*1868
** April 4: Francis H. Pierpont was removed from office as governor of Virginia and replaced by Henry H. Wells, an ex-soldier for Michigan who took the title of provisional governor of Virginia from 1868 to 1869 during Reconstruction. Wells began his administration on a bold note by sweeping all state, county and municipal officials out of office.
** April: Mayor [[C. L. Fowler]], aldermen A. P. Abell, E. S. H. Wise, W. A. Watson, R. F. Harris and J. W. Lipops were removed from office by General [[J. M. Schofield]], the military commander of the district of which Charlottesville was a part.
** April 20: Gen. [[J. M. Schofield]] appointed [[T. W. Savage]] mayor of the town.
** September: Mayor [[T. W. Savage]] was arraigned before a Union lieutenant on charges of having declared himself to be a military dictator of the town. Savage was acquitted.
=== 1865 to 1925 ===
*1870
** Population: 2,838
** Sidewalks made entirely of wooden boards were laid along the main streets of the city.  Stepping-stones at street crossings connected the sidewalks to the road, keeping shoes clean and ladies’ skirts from dragging in the muck and manure of the dirt road.
**January 26: An act of Congress ends Reconstruction in Virginia, readmitting Virginia into the United States and restoring civilian rule.
** March: A new council was appointed. [[A. P. Abell]] was named chairman of the board, replacing [[T. W. Savage]]. [[N. H. Massie]] was named mayor by the councilmen who were Dr. [[James Thornley, [[J. W. Lipops, Dr. [[W. C. N. Randolph and [[T. F. Wingfield]].  Dr. Thornley previously served on the board under Mayor Savage.
** April 16: [[N. H. Massie]] resigned as mayor and was replaced with Fowler until the next election.
** May 26: In the election, [[William L Cochran]] defeated Savage with a vote of 271 to 215, the conservative were in power.
**July 4: In accordance with the General Assembly, the town of Charlottesville was divided into four wards.
* 1871 – March 28: Approval of Chapter 153 of the Acts of Assembly of 1870-1871 provided a new charter for the Town of Charlottesville which stipulated that the council should have a mayor and six alderman elected annually on the fourth Saturday in June. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073363358;view=1up;seq=313
* 1875
** An amendment in the charter increased the term of office to two years and restored to the council the power to appoint town officials which it had temporarily lost the previous year. [[William L Cochran]] continued to serve as mayor until his death the same year.
** [[R. F. Harris]] was appointed mayor by the council.
** Private money funded the laying of asphalt sidewalks. City leaders hoped the sidewalk improvements would allow people to traverse the city entirely on foot.
*1876 – [[R. F. Harris]] was elected mayor by popular vote and served until 1881. 
* 1880 - Population: 2,676
*1881 – B. R. Pace was elected mayor for a two-year term.
* 1883 – B. R. Pace was re-elected mayor and served until 1888.
* 1887 - Horse-drawn streetcars arrive on Charlottesville streets.
* 1888 - August 1: Charlottesville became a ‘’city’’ by act of the General Assembly. Charlottesville incorporated as a city and become independent of Albemarle County with the [[1888 Annexation]] of surrounding land the population exceeded 6,000 and nearly 800 acres. The first city charter provided for a biennially elected mayor and twelve member board of aldermen (three alderman were elected from each of the four wards); and seven other elected officers.  [[Samuel B. Woods]] became the first mayor of the City of Charlottesville.  Official records such as deeds, wills and land tax records were essentially divided between the city and the county.
* 1890- Population: 5,591
* 1892 – March 3: The General Assembly approved Chapter 658 of the Acts of Assembly of 1891/1892 which provided an ACT to amend the charter of the City of Charlottesville.
* 1895 - The city macadamized the full length of Main Street.
* 1896 –The city macadamized East Market from Fifth to Eleventh Street.
* 1900 – March 3: General Assembly of 1988-1900 approved an ACT to provide a new Charter for the city of Charlottesville. Chapter 1012 organized the city under a mayor-council government. This Charter and mayor-council form of government remained in place until it was superseded by the 1922 Charter.
===1900s===
===1900s–1940s===
Population: 6,449
* 1900 – General Assembly controlled by the Democratic party. The Poll Tax
* 1902 -40 years after the “War of Northern Aggression” the Virginia Constitution was re-written.
** New Virginia Constitution of 1902 changed appointment of local Electoral Boards to Local Judges. Judges were appointed by the General Assembly. Poll Tax and “Understanding Clause” required - likely Democratic voters were given a pass while African-Americans and Republicans were thoroughly quizzed with the most difficult legal language. <ref>https://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/Media/GREBWorkgroup/EvolutionOfVirginiaElections.pdf</ref>
1902 – Charlottesville became a city of the second-class.
** 1906 - First automobile, a Stanley Steamer, arrives in Charlottesville.
** Local option election resulted in a narrow vote in favor of “no saloons” in Charlottesville, out of 833 votes cast there was a “dry” majority of only 40.
* 1908 – [[E. G. Haden]] was elected Mayor for a two-year term.
* 1909
** January 21: Charlottesville became a “dry” city. (Virginia enacted a statewide prohibition of liquor on Nov. 1, 1919, and the nation followed suit with the ratification of the 18th Amendment on Jan. 16, 1920.) https://www.dailyprogress.com/125yearsofprogress/years-of-progress-charlottesville-ahead-of-the-prohibition-curve/article_62544bbe-df9a-11e6-9db5-071abf3a1c3f.html
** January 21: A resolutions was handed down by the grand jury for the city, recommending that an ordinance be passed forbidding boys younger than 21 from entering pool rooms and requesting that the “Police Justice do investigate the various instances of gambling in pool rooms.” <ref>https://www.dailyprogress.com/125yearsofprogress/years-of-progress-charlottesville-ahead-of-the-prohibition-curve/article_62544bbe-df9a-11e6-9db5-071abf3a1c3f.htm</ref>
**September 1: Mayor [[E. G. Haden]] was formally installed in his office at the City Hall.  Mayor Haden said: “My policy is simply to do my duty. I shall let every case stand upon its merits and I hope every officer will do his duty and if it is within my powers I shall see that it is done.” Mayor Haden also said he would not renew the order of former Mayor [[Olivier]] regarding muzzling dogs.
** December 7: Charlottesville votes to remain “dry”.  After more than two years’ experience of “no saloons,” in Charlottesville, local option election resulted in an overwhelming vote to keep “dry” by a majority of 180 out of a total of 762 votes.  The Anti-Saloon League estimated that only about 600 saloons remain in Virginia.
* 1910 -
** Population: 6,765
** [[E. G. Haden]] was re-elected Mayor for another two-year term.
*1912 –
** February 8: “An Ordinance to secure for white and colored people a separate location of residing for each race” was unanimously passed by Charlottesville’s City Council.
** February 13: Mayor [[E. G. Haden]] vetoed the residential segregation ordinance passed by the City Council on February 8th. The Council immediately called a special session at which it unanimously overrode the Mayor’s veto. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=6889<ref/>
** April: The first airplane appears above Charlottesville.
** June: [[A. V. Conway]] was elected Mayor for a two-year term along with the following councilmen: W. Rice Baksdale, First Ward; James E. Gleason and E. A. Joachim, Third Ward; M. V. Pence and John S. Patton, Fourth Ward. (Those holding over were: L. T. Hanckel, Jr., Thomas J. Michie, Frank M. Huyett, Henry D. Jarman, J. H. Montague and J. P. Ellington. Only two members of the old body retired – R. W. Holsinger, president, and E. A. Baiz.)
** September 1: [[E. G. Haden]], mayor for the past four years retires. A. V. Conway swarn in as mayor.
Under the new law, the City Council met on the first day of September, or if that be a Sunday, the following day for organization.  The regular meeting night was the second Thursday in the month.
*1914
** The city operated under a Mayor/Bicameral form of government. Together, the two chambers — the 4-member Board of Aldermen and the 8-member Common Council — were vested with complete legislative powers. The mayor had veto power and handled all executive powers and duties.
A bi-cameral council was formed (a 4-member Board of Aldermen elected from each of the four wards and an 8-member Common Council composed of members from each of the four wards)
**A common council with two members from each of the four wards and a board of four aldermen elected from each ward.  Bicameral city councils were common in the United States until the 20th century, when many were abolished for cost-cutting purposes and replaced with unicameral legislatures. Typically, bicameral and replace it with an 11-member City Council, doing so with a November 8, 1911 referendum which took effect in 1914.
1915
** February 8: Release date‎ of silent epic drama film “[The Birth of a Nation]” In 1992, the [Library of Congress] deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the [National Film Registry].
*1916
** May 11: The “City Manger plan” for the
** May 19, (Friday): Commission plan of city government was voted on. Charlottesville rejected the new idea of the municiapal government fast being adopted throughout the different states, the plan known as the Commission-Manager was defeated, due in part to the complication arising from the [[1916 annexation | Annexation]] of the new territory of the city.Total votes for, 178; against, 257.
** [[E. G. Haden]] was re-elected to the office of mayor for a two-year term.
**June 09: Ward Lines Are Defined, Daily Progress University of Virginia
** September 1: City’s executive powers and duties passed from the hands of A. V. Conway to [[E. G. Haden]].  [[A. V. Conway]] ended his two-year term as mayor and became the city’s business manager.
1916 - 31 October/ 1 November: The entire Commonwealth went dry at midnight – three years before national prohibition began.
* 1918
** March 14: At the regular monthly meeting of the Common Council, [[Mayor E. G. Haden]], transmitted to the [[Charlottesville City Council, 1916-1918]] the following communication received from Paul G. McIntire: ‘’New York, Feb. 25, 1918. Hon. E. G. Haden, Mayor, Charlottesville, Va. Dear Mr. Haden:  It is a great pleasure to me that the City of Charlottesville accepted the Park and Monument in memory of my parents, and I feel that in the great crisis through which we are now passing that the thought of Lee will help us to do what he considered the noblest word in the English language, “OUR DUTY”. I have the honor to remain, Sincerely yours, Paul G. McIntire.’’
** August 8: Deed from Paul G. McIntire to Venable lot. (Minutes regular monthly meeting of the Common Council): “His Honor the Mayor presented to the body the deed of Paul G. McIntire conveying to the City the property known as Venable property, to be a memorial to his late parents, and to be used in perpetuity as a city park, and stipulating that no buildings are to be erected thereon. Said deed has been duly recorded in the City Clerk’s office…”
** November 14: Common Councilman L. L. Irvine removed from office and replaced with J. S. La Rowe.
* 1920 - Population: 10,688
* 1920 - U.S. 19th Amendment ratified, Women allowed to vote.
** September 1: Charlottesville's eight (8) common council members were elected at large under a first-past-the-post voting system, in which the top two vote getters from each of the four wards were seated.
* 1921 - November 10: Common Councilmen Fred Watson (Second Ward) replaced W. T. Elliott.
The first election under that charter was held on the fourth Thursday of May 1901, and the last on the second Tuesday of June 1920.  Elections were held every second year.  The [[1899-1900 charter]] and mayor-council form of government remained in place until it was superseded by the [[1922 Charter]] with the election of a common council on June 1922 the
* 1922
** March 24: Charlottesville granted its charter for a city manager form of government.
** June: New common council elected for installment on September 1st.
** September 1: charter went into effect calling for an election of three (3) councilmen
** June 6: At the regular monthly meeting, the City Council special committee (appointed for the purpose of changing the wards to cover annexed territory, consisting of W. R. Barksdale, W. E. Graves, J. H. Lindsay and E. A. Joachim) referred to the Ordinance Committee the following report:
**First Ward. All east of the middle of Fifth Street, East, projected in a straight line, as near as may be, north and south to the city limits.
** Second Ward. All north of the middle of Main Street from the middle of Fifth Street, East, to the middle of Tenth Street, West, thence along the middle of Tenth Street in a northerly line to city limits.
**Third Ward. All south of the middle of Main Street, East, and the middle of Ninth Street, West, thence along the middle of Ninth Street to Grove Street and along the middle of Grove Street in a straight course to the southern boundary of the city.
** Fourth Ward. All west of Second and Third Wards – viz: West of middle of Tenth Street extended to northern boundary, and Ninth Street extended along Grove Street to southern boundary of city.
*1928 – The city council was enlarged to five (5) members.
*1930 - Population: 15,245
*1933 - 3 October: In the referendum, voters vote to end statewide prohibition.
**25 October: A state convention ratifies the 21st amendment making Virginia is the 32nd state to ratify. A few counties and towns kept their local Prohibition laws.
** The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and ending the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
1940 - Population: 19,400
Common Council Fred Watson Nov. 10, 1921 - (2nd ward) replaced W. T. Elliott (died).
[[File:Annexation Map - from NDS wall copy.jpg|alt=Hand-drawn annexation map from Neighborhood Development Services wall|thumb|Hand-drawn annexation map from [[Neighborhood Development Services|Neighborhood Development Services']] wall.]]
* The city's ward system was replaced with an at-large voting system
City of Charlottesville Ward Map ca 1958.png
**First Ward. All east of the middle of Fifth Street, East, projected in a straight line, as near as may be, north and south to the city limits.
**Second Ward. All north of the middle of Main Street from the middle of Fifth Street, East, to the middle of Tenth Street, West, thence along the middle of Tenth Street in a northerly line to city limits.
** Third Ward. All south of the middle of Main Street, East, and the middle of Ninth Street, West, thence along the middle of Ninth Street to Grove Street and along the middle of Grove Street in a straight course to the southern boundary of the city.
** Fourth Ward. All west of Second and Third Wards – viz: West of middle of Tenth Street extended to northern boundary, and Ninth Street extended along Grove Street to southern boundary of city.
* 1950- Population: 25,969
* 1951 – July: The city and county agreed to build an airport near Earlysville.
* 1954 - The public airport, funded by the city of Charlottesville and county of Albemarle, opened.
* 1960- Population: 29,427
* 1970- Population: 38,880
** The fee-for-service basis for funding court clerks’ operations ended for district court clerks in 1973 and for circuit court clerks in 1992.)
* 1973 - The fee-for-service basis for funding court clerks’ operations ended for district court clerks.
** In the mid-1970's, the city also decided to eliminate car traffic on Main Street downtown in favor of exclusive pedestrian access.
* 1980- Population: 39,916
* 1990- Population: 40,341
* 1991 – Election Registrar became the agent of the Electoral Board for Candidate reports and C&E’s. Previously all filings were with the Clerk of Circuit Court.<ref>https://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/Media/GREBWorkgroup/EvolutionOfVirginiaElections.pdf page 25</ref>
* 1992 - The fee-for-service basis for funding for court clerk’s operations ended for circuit court clerks.
* 2000- Population: 40,099
*2004 - An Election Task Force was appointed to study changing council elections to November from May. Councilor [[Rob Schilling]] had wanted to try to expand the scope to also include expansion to a ward system, but was voted down 4-1. <ref>{{cite-hook|title=Poor and ignored? Schilling makes the case|url=http://www.readthehook.com/94837/news-poor-and-ignored-schilling-makes-case|author=Lisa Provence|pageno=|printno=311|printdate=March 18, 2014|publishdate=March 18, 2014|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Schilling said a system of four members elected by ward and 3 elected at-large would be representative of the city.
*2007 – December: End of terms for Councilors elected in May 2004 (Charlottesville switched from May to November City Council elections and shortened terms to end in December, instead of June 2008. Councilors elected in May 2006 had shorter terms that end in December 2009, instead of June 2010).
* 2007 – November: The first two Councilors to be elected in November were [[Holly Edwards]] and [[Satyendra Huja]].
* 2010- Population: 43,475
* 2012 – March 30: Effective date of resignation for Charlottesville's city spokesperson Ric Barrick . He says he's leaving his post to find a new job that's less stressful. Internal city investigation in which he was cleared of any wrongdoing over a city contract issue. Barrick had been the Charlottesville's spokesperson since 2006.
* 2012 – August 11: City Manager Maurice Jones named Miriam Dickler as the new Director of Communications for the City.
Charlottesville was established as a town in 1762 by the Virginia General Assembly, and was incorporated as an independent city in 1888. As a result of eight annexations, the most recent of which was in 1968, the City is 10.4 square miles. The City is autonomous and entirely independent of any county or any other political subdivision. It does not have the same boundaries with or is not subject to taxation by any county or school district, and is not liable for any county or school district indebtedness
* 2014 - the Census Bureau estimated the population of the City to be 45,593.
* 2018 - January: Miriam Dickler stepped down as Charlottesville's director of communications in JanuaryCharlottesville's director of communications, Miriam Dickler resigned.
*2010 - Paige Rice hired ask Clerk of the Council by the City Council.
*2016
** April 18: City Manager Maurice Jones announced Lexington Police Chief Al Thomas as his pick to head the Charlottesville Police Department, and City Council approved Thomas, who is the city’s first black police chief.
*2017
**December 18: Police Chief Alfred Thomas retired, according to a statement released by the city.
**December 17: Charlottesville's city attorney, Craig Brown, announced his resignation. He took a similar job in Manassas, for similar pay.
**April: Councilor Bellamy told the [[Jefferson Society]] that he would call upon Council to switch to a system where the mayor is directly-elected. <ref>{{cite web|title=City Councilor Wes Bellamy talks Aug. 11 and 12, local politics with Jefferson Society|url=http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2018/04/city-councilor-wes-bellamy-talks-aug-11-and-12-local-politics-with-jefferson-society|author=Geremia Di Maro|work=News Article|publisher=Cavalier Daily|location=|publishdate=April 3, 2018|accessdate=April 9, 2018}}</ref>
* 2018 – September 12: Paige Rice, who has played a larger role for Charlottesville City Council as its chief of staff amid discussions of changing the city's form of government, tendered her resignation, according to a city news release. Hired in 2010 and directly serving the council as Chief of Staff and Clerk of
* 1888: Charlottesville incorporated as a city in 1888. The first city charter provided for a biennially elected mayor and twelve member board of aldermen (three alderman were elected from each of the four wards); and seven other elected officers. Template:Sect-stub
1891/1892
Chapter 658 of the Acts of Assembly of 1891/1892 provided an ACT to amend the charter of the city of Charlottesville. (approved March 3, 1892.)
1902
Charlottesville became a city of the second-class in 1902. Template:Sect-stub
1899/1900
Chapter 1012 of the Acts of Assembly of 1899-1900 provided a new charter which organized the City of Charlottesville under a mayor-council government. The 1899-1900 charter and mayor-council form of government remained in place until it was superseded by the 1922 Charter. Template:Sect-stub
1916
Charlottesville became a city of the first- class as of August 1, 1916. Legislative government consisted of a two chamber city council composed of 4 Alderman and 8 Councilmen. Template:Sect-stub
1922
Chapter 109 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922 provided a new charter for the City of Charlottesville.
Chapter 411 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922 amended and re-enacted acts of the charter of the city of Charlottesville, and to provided a charter with special form of government known as “Modified Commission Form.” This special form of government, as provided by the Code of Virginia of 1919, and known as the Modified Commission Form, was adopted by the qualified voters on December 17, 1920. This 1922 Charter was repealed and replaced by the 1946 Charter.
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1946
Chapter 384 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946 repealed all previous charters and provided a new charter organizing the City of Charlottesville under a council-manager government, a change from the Modified Commission form of government that had been in place since the 1922 Charter. This is the current charter for the City of Charlottesville. Amendments to the current [1946 Charter] are numerous. Template:Sect-stub
2018 – August 10-12, the City of Charlottesville established a defined security area within downtown. By order of the City Manager, the following items were prohibited within the downtown security area: BB Guns, Pellet Guns, Air Rifles or Pistols, Paintball Guns, Pellet Guns, Nunchucks, Tasers, Stun Guns, Heavy Gauge Metal Chains, Lengths of Lumber or Wood, Poles, Bricks, Rocks, Metal Beverage or Food Cans or Containers, Glass Bottles, Axes, Axe Handles, Hatchets, Ice Picks, Acidic or Caustic Materials, Hazardous or Flammable or Combustible Liquids, Skateboards, Swords, Knives, Daggers, Razor Blades or Other Sharp Items, Metal Pipes, Pepper or Bear Spray, Mace, Aerosol Sprays, Catapults, Wrist Rockets, Bats, Sticks, Clubs, Drones, Explosives, Fireworks, Open Fire or Open Flames, and Any Other Item Considered an “Implement of Riot. http://www.charlottesville.org/Home/Components/News/News/9718/635
On February 13, 1912, Mayor E. G. Haden, vetoed a residential segregation ordinance entitled “An Ordinance to secure for white and colored people a separate location of residing for each race” passed by Charlottesville’s City Council unanimously on February 8, 1912. The public reasons given by the Mayor for his veto were that such action would depreciate property values throughout the city. The Council immediately called a special session at which it unanimously overrode the Mayor’s veto, thus putting in place Charlottesville’s mandate for segregation of residential occupation of all streets and neighborhoods. The language was similar to that of the Richmond ordinance. 54Charlottesville City Council Minutes, February, 1912. http://www.charlottesville.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=6889
Following the lead of Richmond where a residential segregation ordinance was enacted in 1911, saying that “It shall be unlawful for any [white/colored] to occupy as a residence or to establish and maintain as a place of public assembly, any house upon any street or alley...on which a greater number are occupied as residence by [colored/white or the other race] people.” 53 http://www.charlottesville.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=6889
53 Certain Resolutions and Ordinances of the Council of the City of Richmond, 1910-1912 [Richmond: Clyde W. Saunders, City Printing, 1912], 166; also see (VA) Acts of Assembly, 1912 where the General Assembly passed a law permitting residential segregation ordinances.
1914-07-18 Streetcars Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway Company
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===1857===
Receiving 22 votes and placing fourth in a field of thirteen candidates, '''T. W. Savage''' (identified as a “Negro tailor” by the newspapers of the day) became an Alderman.
===1858===
** February: [[William T. Early]] elected Mayor.
** October: '''[[T. W. Savage]]''' became acting mayor when William T. Early resigned and [[V. W. Southhall]] was offered the position but turned it down.  Savage held the title of Mayor until the next election. 
===1859===
While his name was not listed in the result of the election, '''T. W. Savage''' was named as overseer of poor.
==1860 - 1865==
Charlottesville provided the Confederate war effort with swords, uniforms, and artificial limbs during the Civil War. During the War Charlottesville was served by the following elected mayors: [[Thomas Wood]], [[George Carr]], [[John H. Bibb]], [[G. M. McIntire]]. 
===1863===
The Southern Railroad, running on a north-south route, arrives in Charlottesville. Intersecting the previous railway line midway between downtown and the University of Virginia, the arrival of the railroads established the area as a commercial hub.
===1864===
When the South was divided into five military districts [[Francis H. Pierpont]] was serving as governor or Virginia; Charlottesville became district one.
===1865===
*Elected mayor, [[C. L. Fowler]] served until 1868.
*March 3: Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's Union Army of the Shenandoah entered Charlottesville to destroy railroad facilities as the 3rd Cavalry Division led by Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer arrived from Waynesboro. Mayor [[Christopher H. Fowler]], other local officials, and University of Virginia professors Socrates Maupin and John B. Minor and Rector Thomas L. Preston met Custer, just east of here. Fowler surrendered the town, and the professors asked that the university be protected, "for it would always be a national asset." Custer agreed and posted guards during the three-day occupation. The University suffered little damage, unlike the Virginia Military Institute, which had been burned in June 1864 Union troops enter Charlottesville. The mayor, and a group town and University officials, surrendered the town and the University of Virginia to Maj. Gen. George A. Custer’s Union cavalry. <ref>http://www.charlottesville.org/departments-and-services/departments-h-z/neighborhood-development-services/historic-preservation-and-design-review/historic-resources-committee/state-highway-markers/occupation-of-charlottesville</ref>
===1868===
*April 4: Francis H. Pierpont was removed from office as governor of Virginia and replaced by Henry H. Wells, an ex-soldier for Michigan who took the title of provisional governor of Virginia from 1868 to 1869 during Reconstruction. Wells began his administration on a bold note by sweeping all state, county and municipal officials out of office.
*April: Mayor [[C. L. Fowler]], aldermen A. P. Abell, E. S. H. Wise, [[W. A. Watson]], R. F. Harris and J. W. Lipops were removed from office by General [[J. M. Schofield]], the military commander of the district of which Charlottesville was a part.
*April 20: Gen. [[J. M. Schofield]] appointed '''[[T. W. Savage]]''' mayor of the town.
*September: Mayor '''[[T. W. Savage]]''' was arraigned before a Union lieutenant on charges of having declared himself to be a military dictator of the town. Savage was acquitted of charges.
==1865 to 1925==
===1870===
*Population: 2,838
*Sidewalks made entirely of wooden boards were laid along the main streets of the city.  Stepping-stones at street crossings connected the sidewalks to the road, keeping shoes clean and ladies’ skirts from dragging in the muck and manure of the dirt road.
*January 26: An act of Congress ends Reconstruction in Virginia, readmitting Virginia into the United States and restoring civilian rule.
*March: A new council was appointed. [[A. P. Abell]] was named chairman of the board, replacing [[T. W. Savage]]. [[N. H. Massie]] was named mayor by the councilmen who were Dr. [[James Thornley, [[J. W. Lipops, Dr. [[W. C. N. Randolph and [[T. F. Wingfield]].  Dr. Thornley previously served on the board under Mayor Savage.
*April 16: [[N. H. Massie]] resigned as mayor and was replaced with Fowler until the next election.
*May 26: In the election, [[William L Cochran]] defeated '''T. W. Savage''' with a vote of 271 to 215.
*July 4: In accordance with the General Assembly, the town of Charlottesville was divided into four [[voting wards]].
===1871===
*March 28: Approval of Chapter 153 of the Acts of Assembly of 1870-1871 provided a new charter for the Town of Charlottesville which stipulated that the council should have a mayor and six alderman elected annually on the fourth Saturday in June. <ref>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073363358;view=1up;seq=313</ref>
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