Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach, though its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, part of Northern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population of 8.7 million live.
Some of the key events about Virginia
- 1607The first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown
- 1619The first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia, marking the beginning of slavery in the American colonies
- 1676Bacon's Rebellion resulted in the burning of Jamestown, the colonial capital
- 1776The Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted, influencing the United States Declaration of Independence
- 1781The decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War was won at Yorktown
- 1789Virginia became the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution
- 1819The University of Virginia was founded, becoming one of the first public universities in the United States
- 1861Virginia seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy during the American Civil War
- 1862The ironclad warship USS Monitor was launched, revolutionizing naval warfare
- 1862The Battle of Hampton Roads saw the first clash between ironclad warships, causing significant naval casualties
- 1865Richmond, the Confederate capital, was burned and evacuated near the end of the Civil War
- 1924Virginia passed the Racial Integrity Act, enforcing racial segregation and prohibiting interracial marriage
- 1926The first commercial air mail route was established between New York and Richmond
- 1958Several Virginia counties closed their public schools to resist racial integration
- 1967A devastating flood in Nelson County killed 125 people and caused extensive property damage
- 1969Virginia elected the first African American governor in the United States since Reconstruction
- 1989The Commonwealth of Virginia celebrated its 400th anniversary
- 2007The Virginia Tech shooting resulted in 33 deaths, becoming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at the time
- 2017A white nationalist rally in Charlottesville turned violent, resulting in one death and multiple injuries
- 2019Amazon announced the selection of Arlington for its second headquarters, bringing significant economic investment
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