1816

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Events

  • February 14 – Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and others obtain a charter from the Virginia General Assembly for Central College, which historian Philip Alexander Bruce describes as “the University in its chrysalis state.” They raise $40,000 and buy the land where the University of Virginia now sits.[1]

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References

  1. Web. Serpentine Timeline, Winter 2018, retrieved April 16, 2021.

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