Template:On this day/February 21

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February 21:

  • 1818 – Virginia's General Assembly approves funds for a state university to be called the “University of Virginia,” but with the location unspecified. Governor James P. Preston appoints delegates to a commission charged with choosing a site. Twenty-one representatives from senatorial districts meet on August 1 in a tavern at Rockfish Gap in the Blue Ridge. They recommend Central College in Charlottesville as the site for the university.
  • 2011Holly Edwards announced that she would not run for re-election to Charlottesville City Council.