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 courthouse seat of Albemarle county.
• 1772 – Thomas Jefferson (aged 29) married Mrs. Martha Wayles Skelton (aged 24), a widow whose previous husband died young.
• 1900 – A. V. Conway, a well known businessman of the city, assumed the position of business manager of the Daily Progress.
• 1916 – The City of Charlottesville more than tripled its size with the annexation of just over 3.6 square miles of surrounding rural Albemarle territory.
• 1975 – Beginning of an 18-month construction project for the Downtown Mall development.
• 2023 – Plastic Bag Tax goes into effect in Charlottesville - retailers are required to charge $0.05 per disposable plastic bag provided to customers at checkout.