1. In 1862, the Battle of Cedar Mountain took place in Culpeper County. Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson clashed with Union General Nathaniel Banks, resulting in a Confederate victory.

2. In 1933, Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World, was celebrated on the 350th anniversary of her birth in Roanoke Colony. Dare's fate and that of the colony remain a mystery.

3. More recently, in 2017, Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville due to violence stemming from a white nationalist rally. Heather Heyer died during the unrest after a car drove into a crowd of counterprotesters.

4. In 1786, David Watson was granted the first license to operate a ferry across the Rappahannock River at White House Landing. The ferry served as an important transportation link between King George and Caroline counties.

5. On August 17, 1845, Thomas Attwood died in London. Attwood was a prominent Virginian who migrated to England and became an influential banker and statesman. He also founded the Birmingham Political Union, which played a key role in the passage of the 1832 Reform Act.