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| Monday,
April 21, 1800 |
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First meeting of the Fairfax
County Court in the 3rd Courthouse. |
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| Sunday,
February 14, 1802 |
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Potowmack Canal around Great
Falls opens |
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| Monday,
January 14, 1805 |
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Town of Providence (later
Fairfax) Established by Act of the Virginia General
Assembly |
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| Saturday,
October 11, 1806 |
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First stretch of the Little
River Turnpike opened |
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| Wednesday,
August 24, 1814 |
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British Troops invade and
burn Washington, D. C. President and Mrs. James
Madison flee into Fairfax County by separate routes,
finally reuniting at “Salona”, in present
day McLean. |
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| Sunday,
April 27, 1817 |
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Pohick Church Post Office
Established |
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| Wednesday,
January 08, 1823 |
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Dranesville Post Office Established |
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| Monday,
February 27, 1832 |
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Chantilly Post Office Established |
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| Tuesday,
December 19, 1837 |
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Hachalia Bailey buys property
that will eventually become Baileys Crossroads |
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| Wednesday,
December 27, 1837 |
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Annandale Post Office Established |
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| Tuesday,
February 07, 1843 |
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Town of Alexandria becomes
a City by Act of the Virginia General Assembly |
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| Thursday,
October 01, 1846 |
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William Garges conveys lot
on Columbia Pike to the (Annandale) Methodist Church |
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| Monday,
October 26, 1846 |
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Langley Post Office Established |
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| Thursday,
May 03, 1849 |
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Accotink Post Office Established |
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| Tuesday,
April 22, 1851 |
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Peach Grove Post Office Established
at what will later be Tysons Corner |
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| Monday,
March 08, 1852 |
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Burke’s Station Post
Office Established |
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| Wednesday,
April 07, 1852 |
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Fairfax Station Post Office
Established |
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| Thursday,
September 14, 1854 |
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Silas Burke, after whom Burke,
Va. is named, dies |
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| Monday,
June 08, 1857 |
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Ayr Hill Post Office established |
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| Tuesday,
July 13, 1858 |
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Herndon Post Office Established |
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| Sunday,
September 19, 1858 |
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St. Mary's Catholic Church,
Fairfax Station, Va. Dedicated. First Catholic church
in Fairfax County. |
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| Tuesday,
July 10, 1860 |
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Hunter’s Mill Post Office
Established |
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| Thursday,
May 23, 1861 |
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Fairfax County votes to secede
from the Union |
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| Friday,
May 24, 1861 |
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Troops of the United States
Army occupy Alexandria, Va. |
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| Monday,
May 27, 1861 |
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Pvt. Peyton Anderson, C.S.A.
is wounded and captured while on picket duty near
present day Fairfax Circle. First Confederate soldier
wounded in action |
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| Saturday,
June 01, 1861 |
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Skirmish at Fairfax C. H.
Capt. John Quincy Marr is first Confederate officer
killed in battle. |
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| Tuesday,
July 02, 1861 |
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First Battle of Manassas (Bull
Run) |
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| Tuesday,
October 01, 1861 |
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C. S. A. President Jefferson
Davis meets with Gens. Johnston, Beauregard, and
Smith at Fairfax C. H. |
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| Wednesday,
November 20, 1861 |
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Pres. Abraham Lincoln reviews
75,000 Troops at Bailey’s Crossroads. Spectator
Julia Ward Howe is inspired to pen “The Battle
Hymn of the Republic” |
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| Monday,
December 02, 1861 |
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Confederate Cavalry attacks
Union troops stationed at Annandale, killing 1 and
capturing 14 |
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| Tuesday,
August 26, 1862 |
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Confederate forces under the
command of Gen. Stonewall Jackson capture Manassas,
Va., burning large quantities of supplies |
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| Friday,
August 29, 1862 |
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Second Battle of Manassas
(Bull Run) |
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| Sunday,
August 31, 1862 |
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Clara Barton arrives at Fairfax
Station to care for wounded from 2nd Battle of Manassas |
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| Monday,
September 01, 1862 |
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Battle of Chantilly. Union
Generals Philip Kearny and Isaac Stevens are killed. |
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| Monday,
March 09, 1863 |
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Lt. John S. Mosby, C. S. A.,
with 29 of his men, enters Fairfax C. H. and captures
Union Gen. Edwin Stoughton |
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| Tuesday,
March 17, 1863 |
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Antonia Ford and several others
arrested for allegedly spying for Mosby, and taken
to the Old Capital Prison, Washington, D. C. |
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| Thursday,
July 30, 1863 |
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West Ford dies, former slave
of George Washington who owned 214 acre Gum Spring
Farm |
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| Tuesday,
August 11, 1863 |
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Confederate cavalry under
the command of Capt. John S. Mosby capture a Union
wagon train at Annandale, Va. |
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| Saturday,
March 18, 1865 |
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Freedman’s Relief Association
formed to assist ex-slaves in the south |
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| Sunday,
April 09, 1865 |
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Gen. Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.,
surrenders his forces at Appomattox, Va. |
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| Monday,
April 10, 1865 |
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Cavalry skirmish at Arundell’s
Tavern near Burke’s Station. Last major Civil
War action in Fairfax County |
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| Monday,
December 31, 1866 |
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2 1/3 ac. Parcel on Main Street,
Fairfax, Va. is deeded to the Ladies Memorial Association
for a cemetery for Confederate dead (Fairfax Cemetery) |
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| Thursday,
June 30, 1870 |
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Lincolnia Post Office Established |
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| Monday,
July 25, 1870 |
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First Meeting of the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors |
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| Sunday,
September 18, 1870 |
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Thomas Moore named first Superintendent
of Fairfax County Public Schools |
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| Saturday,
March 13, 1875 |
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Fairfax Cemetery conveyed
to the Fairfax Cemetery Association |
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| Tuesday,
March 30, 1875 |
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Town of Falls Church Incorporated |
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| Saturday,
December 11, 1875 |
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Lorton Post Office Established |
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| Tuesday,
February 12, 1878 |
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Bull Run Post Office Established |
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| Monday,
March 11, 1878 |
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Great Falls Post Office Established |
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| Saturday,
August 10, 1878 |
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Gunston Post Office Established |
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| Wednesday,
January 24, 1883 |
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Oakton Post Office Established |
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| Wednesday,
September 19, 1883 |
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Vale Post Office Established |
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| Friday,
July 02, 1886 |
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The Fairfax Herald announces
the formation of the Independent Order of Good Templars
in Annandale (Men, women, black, & white were
all accepted) |
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| Sunday,
March 11, 1888 |
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Blizzard of 1888. @12"
of wet snow downs Telegraph and Electrical Lines.
High winds and very low temperatures literally blow
the Potomac River from its channel |
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| Tuesday,
February 26, 1889 |
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Frying Pan Post Office Established
(renamed Floris in 1892) |
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| Tuesday,
February 25, 1890 |
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Town of Vienna Incorporated |
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| Thursday,
May 22, 1890 |
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Merrifield Post Office Established |
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| Wednesday,
October 01, 1890 |
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Confederate Monument dedicated
at Fairfax Cemetery |
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| Tuesday,
February 16, 1892 |
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Town of Fairfax Incorporated |
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| Monday,
November 13, 1893 |
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Gen. Charles H. Tompkins,
U. S. Army, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
for action at Fairfax C. H., June 1, 1861. He “twice
charged through the enemy’s lines and, taking
a carbine from an enlisted man, shot the enemy’s
captain (Capt. John Q. Marr) |
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| Wednesday,
February 09, 1898 |
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Town of Wiehle Incorporated
by Act of the Virginia General Assembly |
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| Friday,
May 13, 1898 |
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Camp Russell A. Alger open
at Falls Church, Va. Training center for troops
during the Spanish American War |
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| Sunday,
February 05, 1899 |
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“Snow King” Blizzard
of 1899. Between Feb. 5 and Feb. 14 some 35"
of snow accompanied by high winds create drifts
10" high |
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