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Births
- April 13 – The third of ten children, Thomas Jefferson was born at the family estate home of Shadwell, in Goochland (later Albemarle) County, Virginia, to Peter Jefferson, a planter and surveyor, and Jane Randolph, daughter of a prominent Virginia family.
- April 2 by the Old (Julian) Calendar, April 13 by the New (Gregorian) Calendar. The New Calendar was adopted by Great Britain and its colonies in 1752. To bring the calendar in line with the solar year, it added eleven days; the new year began in January rather than March.
- October 26 – Dabney Carr (1743-1773) was born at Bear Castle, a thousand-acre farm in Louisa County, Virginia. He and Thomas Jefferson met during their teen years, when both boys were enrolled at the school of Reverend James Maury in Albemarle County. Carr was one of Thomas Jefferson's closest friends; married Martha Jefferson, Jefferson's sister and become a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.