Template:On this day/April 18

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 18:

• 1812 – First meeting of Charlottesville Lodge No. 90, a Masonic lodge in Charlottesville; it remained active until March 31, 1821.
• 1913 – A group of Charlottesville businessmen gathered at Timberlake’s to establish the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce. Judge A. D. Dabney became its first president.
• 1985 – An industrial fire at the Greenwood Chemical Company kills four workers and leads to a major investigation.
• 2011 – The Charlottesville City Council voted to approve a request to designate the Jefferson School as an individually protected property.