Tag: Virginia

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21st July 1861: First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, takes place in Virginia

• 21st July 2025
• Tagged as: American Civil War, Battle of Bull Run, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate, Stonewall Jackson, Union, Virginia

Union troops, facing increasing resistance and mounting casualties, began to retreat in what soon turned into a disorganised rout.

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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

• 22nd November 2024
• Tagged as: Blackbeard, Navy, Piracy, Pirate, Ship, Virginia

The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

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7th July 1952: SS United States establishes the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by an ocean liner

• 7th July 2024
• Tagged as: America, Atlantic, Blue Riband, Ocean Liner, Ship, Transatlantic, United States, USA, Virginia

SS United States secured the Blue Riband, an accolade awarded to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic with the highest average speed, and continues to hold the record to this day.

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14th May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia, established as the first permanent English settlement in North America

• 14th May 2024
• Tagged as: America, Colonialism, Discovery, Exploration, James I, Jamestown, United States, USA, Virginia

They quickly began to construct a triangular fort containing a number of houses alongside a storehouse and a church, which they named James Fort after King James I.

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2nd April 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot saw hundreds of women in Virginia loot storehouses and shops

• 2nd April 2024
• Tagged as: America, American Civil War, Bread, Civil War, Food, Loot, Ricmond, Riot, United States, USA, Virginia

With the cry of ‘bread or blood!’ the women marched to the city’s market district where they broke into government storehouses and nearby businesses.

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11th November 1831: Nat Turner executed for leading a violent slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia

• 11th November 2023
• Tagged as: America, Civil Rights, Nat Turner, Rebellion, Slavery, United States, USA, Virginia

Nat Turner was supported by a group of more than seventy enslaved and free Blacks who sought to liberate enslaved people while brutally killing around 60 white individuals, including men, women, and children.

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5th September 1781: Battle of the Chesapeake sees the British Navy repelled by the French during the American War of Independence

• 5th September 2023
• Tagged as: American War of Independence, Chesapeake, Revolutionary War, Virginia, Yorktown

The French victory blocked British reinforcements and resupplies for General Cornwallis at Yorktown who surrendered his forces on October 19.

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30th July 1619: The General Assembly of Virginia, the oldest continuous elected assembly in the New World, convenes for the first time

• 30th July 2023
• Tagged as: America, Democracy, Government, Jamestown, Virginia

The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.