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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly as cities of the first class and cities of the second class. | |||
*[[September 4]] – The first public school in Charlottesville opened. | |||
*[[March 28]] – Approved by the General Assembly of 1870-1871, Chapter 153 of the Acts provided a new charter for the Town of Charlottesville which stipulated that the council should have a mayor and six alderman elected annually on the fourth Saturday in June. <ref>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073363358;view=1up;seq=313</ref> | |||
*May – [[John H. Salmon]] was discharged from the County Court on a technical ruling during the second trial on his alleged murders of his mother and brother. | |||
==Elections== | ==Elections== | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
*[[May 10]] – The adventurous [[Benjamin Franklin Ficklin]] died, but not from a bullet, arrow, or cannonball. Rather, a jagged fishbone lodged in his throat during a dinner at the Willard Hotel in Washington. When a physician tried to remove it he severed an artery, and Ficklin drowned in his own blood. His body was transported to Charlottesville and lies buried in the city's [[Maplewood Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/benjamin-ficklin/|title=Benjamin Ficklin|last=|first=|publishdate=|publisher=THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=November 4, 2022}}</ref> | |||
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
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Events
- Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly as cities of the first class and cities of the second class.
- September 4 – The first public school in Charlottesville opened.
- March 28 – Approved by the General Assembly of 1870-1871, Chapter 153 of the Acts provided a new charter for the Town of Charlottesville which stipulated that the council should have a mayor and six alderman elected annually on the fourth Saturday in June. [1]
- May – John H. Salmon was discharged from the County Court on a technical ruling during the second trial on his alleged murders of his mother and brother.
Elections
Deaths
- May 10 – The adventurous Benjamin Franklin Ficklin died, but not from a bullet, arrow, or cannonball. Rather, a jagged fishbone lodged in his throat during a dinner at the Willard Hotel in Washington. When a physician tried to remove it he severed an artery, and Ficklin drowned in his own blood. His body was transported to Charlottesville and lies buried in the city's Maplewood Cemetery.[2]
Images
Notes
References
- ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073363358;view=1up;seq=313
- ↑ Web. Benjamin Ficklin, THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION, retrieved November 4, 2022.