Template:On this day/January 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.

January 1:

• 1762 – Charlottesville became the Albemarle County courthouse seat.
• 1772 – Thomas Jefferson (29) married Martha Wayles Skelton (24), a widow.
• 1900 – A. V. Conway became business manager of the Daily Progress.
• 1916 – Charlottesville tripled in size by annexing 3.6 sq mi from Albemarle County.
• 1975 – Construction began on the Downtown Mall project.