The Library of Congress, at the request of The Emperor Norton Trust, has updated its information for Emperor Norton, changing the Emperor’s birth year from 1819 to 1818 and adding 4 February 1818 as the birth date.

In its updated record, the Library has added a citation crediting the Trust as the source of the research that the Library used to make these changes.

The many research institutions and databases that use Library of Congress records as the basis for their listings now will be able to use the Library’s updated record for Joshua Abraham Norton to update their own subject headings for him.

As this happens, 1818 will become more and more widely accepted as the year when the Emperor was born.