Template:On this day/February 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.

February 1:

• 1770 – Shadwell, the Jefferson family estate, burned, destroying most of Thomas Jefferson’s books and papers. Later that year, Jefferson moved to Monticello and began construction of his new home.

• 1825 – Classes were originally scheduled to begin at the University of Virginia, but delayed faculty arrivals postponed the opening until March 7, 1825.

• 1977 – Fire swept through the sanctuary and education building of the First Baptist Church at Second Street NE and East Jefferson Street.