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Thomas Jefferson

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

23 dated entries naming Thomas Jefferson, drawn from 19 separate years between 1730 CE and 1976 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1730December 25 – Filippo Mazzei, Italian physician, friend of Thomas Jefferson (died 1816)source
  • 1743April 13 – Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, author of the Declaration of American Independence (died 1826)source
  • 1770February 1 – Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virginia is destroyed by fire, along with most of his books.source
  • 1781June 3 – American Revolution – Jack Jouett begins a "midnight ride" to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of approaching British cavalry led by Banastre Tarleton who have been sent to capture themsource
  • 1782September 6 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (born 1748)source
  • 1785March 10 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the new U.S. Minister to France, and Benjamin Franklin's request for permission to return home is accepted.source
  • 1785April 26 – John Adams is appointed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Thomas Jefferson as ambassador to France.source
  • 1789Thomas Jefferson returns from Europe, bringing the first macaroni machine to the United States.source
  • 1790March 21 – Thomas Jefferson reports to President George Washington in New York, as the new United States Secretary of State.source
  • 1796November 3 – John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson, in the 1796 U.S. presidential election.source
  • 1797March 4 – John Adams is sworn in as the second president of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson is sworn in as the second vice president.source
  • 1800December 3 – The 1800 United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and Vice President that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, requiring a contingent election which will select Jefferson as president.source

19th century

  • 1801February – Contingent election of 1801: An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved, when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.source
  • 1801February 17 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved, when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.source
  • 1803Thomas Jefferson completes Louisiana Purchase extending U.S. control west of the Mississippi River; federal plans to resettle Eastern tribes beyond the Mississippi soon begin.source
  • 1804December 3 – Thomas Jefferson defeats Charles C. Pinckney in the United States presidential election.source
  • 1804December 3 – Thomas Jefferson defeats Charles C. Pinckney in the U.S. presidential election.source
  • 1805March 4 – Thomas Jefferson is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States, and George Clinton is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.source
  • 1816March 19 – Filippo Mazzei, Italian physician, friend of Thomas Jefferson (born 1730)source
  • 1819January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia.source
  • 1826July 4 – Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.source
  • 1826July 4 – Thomas Jefferson, 83, 3rd President of the United States (born 1743), at 12:50 p.m. at his home near Charlottesville, Virginia.source

20th century

  • 1976April 13 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.source

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