Virginia Calendar

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October 7: - King George III issures Royal Proclamation of 1763, prohibiting new settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. Creation of the Indian Reserve was intended to reduce conflicts with Native Americans, and reduce military expenses for security of the colonies
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October 13: - first time the electric chair is used at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, 1908 (from On This Day: Legislative Moments in Virginia History, by the Virginia Historical Society)
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October 16: - The "Ten Thousand Name" petition to separate church and state was presented to the Virginia General assembly, in 1776.
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October 31: - George Washington left Williamsburg in 1753, on a mission from Gov. Dinwiddie to tell the French at Fort Le Boeuf to abandon their plans for building forts in the Ohio River Valley