Template:On this day/August 1

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.

August 1:

• 1818 – President James Monroe, former presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and Chief Justice John Marshall met at Rockfish Gap and, led by Jefferson, chose Charlottesville as the site for the University of Virginia.
• 1877 – Dr. Eugene Dickerson was born in Charlottesville.
• 1916 – Charlottesville became a first-class city after annexing suburbs, tripling its size; more annexations followed in 1939, 1963, and 1968.