Freed black man Richard Johnson was granted 100 acres of land in the state of Virginia.
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The three ships carrying settlers who would later found Virginia, the first of the Thirteen Colonies, departed England.
The Battle of Bull Run took place at Manassas Junction, Virginia.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Bacon's Rebellion set Jamestown, Virginia, on fire after a year of conflict to change Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy.
