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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement
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Homes in Jamestown destroyed by fire for the first time
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Colonists Revolted and burned Jamestown
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The First Continental Congress was held were Washington attended
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Patrick Henry gave his speech ending with “Give me liberty or give me death!”
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in two weeks
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Capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond
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Statute of Religious Freedom passed; gave Virginians right to choose religion, church
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Virginia became 10th U. S. state
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George Washington elected U. S. president
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Thomas Jefferson Elected U.S President
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James Madison elected U.S. President
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James Monroe elected U.S. president
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Cyrus McCormick invented the farming reaper near Walnut Grove
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William Henry Harrison died one month after taking office
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John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War.
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Slavery is abolished because of Abraham Lincoln
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Spanish American War starts and on December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris, the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
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Theodore Roosevelt elected President
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William H. Taft elected president
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Theodore Roosevelt died
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Warren G. Harding elected president
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A grand opening ceremony is held for the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach. It becomes a landmark, drawing vacationers from around the country.
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Calvin Coolidge elected president
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After suffering her fourth heart attack, Ellen Glasgow dies in her sleep in the Richmond house where she was born.
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Richmond's electric streetcar system makes its final run, giving way to the motorized bus. The Richmond system, the nation's oldest, began operation in February 1888.
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Carter G. Woodson, native of Buckingham County and "Father of Black History," dies at the age of seventy-four. Woodson's achievements include publishing the Journal for Negro History and the creation of Negro History Week, now known as Black History Month.
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Danica Roem is elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, 13th District. Danica is the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly. In January 2018, she became the first to both be elected and serve while openly transgender in any United States state legislature
