1743 |
he is born at Shadwell in Virginia |
1769 |
work begins on constructing Monticello |
1771 |
he designs and starts to build the extension to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg (never completed) |
1775 |
the thirteen North American colonies rebel against Great Britain |
1776 |
he drafts the Declaration of Independence |
1776 |
he works on an initial design for the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond |
1779 |
he is elected Governor of Virginia |
1783 |
he is elected to Congress |
1783 |
Great Britain is defeated and recognizes the independence of the thirteen colonies: the United States of America is founded |
1784 |
he is sent to Paris as ambassador: he will stay there five years and will visit Britain, Holland and Northern Italy |
1785 |
the Land Ordinance |
1785-1786 |
he begins constructing the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond to his own design |
1789 |
the French Revolution breaks out |
1789 |
he returns to America and one year later is appointed State Secretary to the first president, George Washington |
1791-1792 |
he collaborates with the architect C.P. L’Enfant on the plan for Washington D.C. |
1792 |
under a pseudonym, he presents a design for the U.S. President’s House in Washington |
1794 |
he modifies the design for Monticello: he removes the upper floor and doubles the size of the ground floor |
1797 |
he is appointed Vice President of the United States |
1798 |
he begins the construction to his own design of the house at Edgehill for his daughter Martha and husband Thomas Mann Randolph |
1801 |
he is elected President of the United States |
1803 |
he designs the house at Farmington for his friend George Divers |
1804 |
he is elected President of the United States for a second term of office |
1804-1807 |
he commissions Benjamin Latrobe to design some alterations to the White House |
1806 |
he begins the construction of Poplar Forest |
1809 |
he retires from political life to Monticello |
1817 |
he begins the construction of the University of Virginia |
1817 |
construction work starts on the house at Bremo, for which Jefferson offers advice and possibly some drawings |
1817 |
he designs the Barboursville mansion for his friend James Barbour |
1817 |
progetta la residenza di Barboursville per il suo amico James Barbour |
1824 |
he constructs Christ Church in Charlottesville (demolished in 1895) |
1825 |
the construction of the anatomical theatre, not included in the original design, for the University of Virginia |
1826 |
he dies at the age of 83 |