Template:On this day/April 17

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

April 17:

• 1804 – Mary "Polly" Jefferson Eppes, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, died at age 25.
• 1861 – The Monticello Guard, Albemarle Rifles, Southern Guard, and Sons of Liberty formed at the Charlottesville Court House, beginning the 19th Virginia Infantry's service in the Civil War.
• 1861 – The Virginia Secession Convention voted to leave the Union; Valentine Wood Southall served as a delegate.
• 1973 – Miller School of Albemarle was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register.
• 2017 – James Willy Jones was recognized as the first African-American member of the Charlottesville Police Department.