| 1785/08/18 |
Patrick Henry |
Virginia Governor |
Cornerstone ceremony for the Virginia State Capitol |
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| 1785/08/18 |
Louis Clerisseau |
Architect |
Cornerstone ceremony for the Virginia State Capitol |
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| 1788/00/00 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Architect |
Designed by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clerisseau, the Virginia State Capitol is completed. |
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| 1806/06/00 |
George Wythe |
In Memoriam |
George Wythe lays in repose at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. |
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| 1807/08/03 |
Aaron Burr Jr |
Defendant |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/03 |
Edmund Jennings Randolph |
Work |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/03 |
John Wickham |
Lead Defense Counsel |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/03 |
William Wirt |
Prosecutor |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/03 |
John Marshall (Chief Justice) |
Judge |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/03 |
Charles Lee |
Prosecutor |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/03 |
Benjamin Botts |
Defense Counsel |
Aaron Burr trial for treason begins in the Hall of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/08/09 |
Alexander Henderson II |
Witness |
Alex Henderson describes a dinner with Mr and Mrs Blennerhassett who spoke of the advantages of separating from the Union. Harman told Alex and his brother John that New Orleans was to be seized and 50 pieces of French artillery was to be commandeered. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1807/09/01 |
Aaron Burr Jr |
Defendant |
Aaron Burr is acquitted on 1 September 1807. |
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Aaron Burr Conspiracy |
| 1825/01/20 |
Marquis de Lafayette |
Guest of Honor |
Lafayette's entourage takes a steam boat to Norfolk, on his way to visit the legislature of Virginia at Richmond |
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Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America |
| 1832/01/11 |
Philip A Bolling |
Vocation |
In the Virginia House of delegates, Philip Bolling argues for the abolition of the "blighting, withering curse of slavery". The "system, now existing in this commonwealth, is not the work of our hands, but a curse entailed upon by our ancestors." |
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Slavery In America |
| 1850/10/14 |
John R Edmunds |
Delegate of Halifax County |
Meeting from 14 October 1850 to 1 August 1851, the Virginia Constitutional Convention elects John Y Mason its presiding officer. |
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| 1861/04/08 |
William T Sutherlin |
Delegate |
The Virginia General Assembly adjourns and the Virginia Convention moves its deliberations from the Mechanics Institute to the Capitol building. |
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| 1861/04/17 |
William T Sutherlin |
Delegate |
1861 Virginia Convention passes the Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 88 to 55, 32 NO votes are by trans-Allegheny (future West Virginia) delegates. |
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Battle of Hampton Roads |
| 1861/04/17 |
William T Sutherlin |
Delegate |
1861 Virginia Convention passes the Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 88 to 55, 32 NO votes are by trans-Allegheny (future West Virginia) delegates. |
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Beginning of the American Civil War |
| 1862/01/21 |
John Tyler |
In Memoriam |
John Tyler lays in state at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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| 1863/05/15 |
Thomas J Jackson |
In Memoriam |
Thomas J "Stonewall" Jackson is lain in state at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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Death of Stonewall Jackson |
| 1870/04/27 |
Patrick Henry Aylett |
Died |
Patrick Alyett is one of 62 people killed when a gallery collapses onto a 2nd floor courtroom which crashes into the House of Delegates chamber. Former governor Henry Wells, Gen Montgomery Corse and 251 others are injured. |
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| 1900/01/30 |
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The General Assembly of Virginia passes a law requiring railroad companies "to provide separate cars for white and colored passengers," and to provide physical barriers and doors to ensure isolate the races. |
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American Segregation |
| 1916/00/00 |
Edward Wren Hudgins |
Work |
Judge Hudgins is elected to the Virginia House of Delegates from that county, serving until 1920. |
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| 1946/03/08 |
Dwight D Eisenhower |
Speaker |
Eisenhower and Churchill speak to the Virginia General Assembly. Churchill: "Colonial Williamsburg was the cradle of the Gt Republic in which more than 150 years afterwards the strong champions of freedom were found to have been nursed." |
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Winston Churchill's 1946 American Tour |
| 1946/03/08 |
Winston Churchill |
Speaker |
Eisenhower and Churchill speak to the Virginia General Assembly. Churchill: "Colonial Williamsburg was the cradle of the Gt Republic in which more than 150 years afterwards the strong champions of freedom were found to have been nursed." |
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Winston Churchill's 1946 American Tour |
| 1971/06/15 |
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J Sargeant Reynolds, former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, is lain in state at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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| 1991/09/30 |
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A L Philpott, former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, lays in repose at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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| 2011/02/11 |
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Leroy R Hassell Sr, Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court, is the first Black American to lain in state at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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| 2013/01/29 |
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January 29 to 30, Harry L Carrico, Former Chief Justice with over 42 years of service as an active Justice on the Virginia Supreme Court, lays in repose at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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| 2017/09/06 |
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Lacey E Putney, Former House Speaker and longest serving legislator in Virginia history, is lain in state at the Virginia State Capitol. |
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