Template:On this day/June 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.

June 1:

• 1779 – The General Assembly elected Thomas Jefferson governor of Virginia, succeeding Patrick Henry during a difficult stage of the Revolutionary War.
• 1890 – Official returns from the Eleventh Census recorded Charlottesville’s population at 5,591, more than double its 1880 population of 2,676.
• 1948 – James E. Bowen Jr. succeeded Seth Burnley as Charlottesville’s interim City Manager.
• 2023 – Charlottesville Tomorrow transferred stewardship of Cvillepedia to the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library.