Changes

[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]] [[Image:Americaawakecatalogimage.jpg|right|frame|<center>Cover for [[America Awake]] featuring the painting by [[James Wyeth]]</center>]]

[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]] [[Image:Americaawakecatalogimage.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[America Awake]] by [[August Jaccaci|A. T. Jaccaci]]</center><center>painting by [[James Wyeth]]</center>]]

'''Thomas Jefferson''' April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826.  The birth and death of Thomas Jefferson are given using the [[Gregorian calendar]]. However, he was born when Britain and her colonies still used the [[Julian calendar]], so contemporary records record his birth (and on his tombstone]]) as 2 April, 1743. The provisions of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1.  

'''Thomas Jefferson''' April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826.  The birth and death of Thomas Jefferson are given using the [[Gregorian calendar]]. However, he was born when Britain and her colonies still used the [[Julian calendar]], so contemporary records record his birth (and on his tombstone]]) as 2 April, 1743. The provisions of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1.