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- 1864 – Rob Lowe, Hollywood actor; born in Charlottesville.
- 1865 – Benjamin Franklin Ficklin acquire the title to Monticello, a mere three weeks before Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. (The U.S. government never recognized the Confederacy’s or Ficklin’s ownership of Monticello; after the Civil War all confiscated properties were returned to their previous owners.)