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1708 In Architecture
The year 1708 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events *October 26 - St Paul's Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is topped outCampbell, James W. P. (2007). ''Building St Paul's''. London: Thames and Hudson. . p. 161. Buildings and structures Buildings completed *Royal chapel (''Église du Dôme'') at Les Invalides, Paris, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart *Bonnington Pavilion, New Lanark, Scotland *Newington Green Unitarian Church, London *Taku Seibyō, Japan *Taschenbergpalais, Dresden, Germany *Tellicherry Fort, Kerala, India *Wilbury House in Wiltshire, designed by William Benson Births *October 27 – Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French architect and structural engineer (died 1794) Deaths *May 11 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (born 1646) References architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tellicherry Fort
Tellicherry Fort is in Thalassery (Tellicherry) a town in Kannur District of Kerala state in south India. Thalassery was one of the most important European trading centers of Kerala. The Fort lies on the group of low wooden hill running down to sea and protected by natural waters. It has been the main opening for the rich spices, hill products and timber of the vast inter-land. The French came first to Tellicherry for trading, they got a strong grip at Mahé, Puducherry, 5 km south of Tellicherry town. Towards end of the 17th century the British opened a factory north of Tellicherry. Later they obtained a site from Vadakkelamkur, the de facto ruler of Kolathunad and established a factory at Tellicherry in 1708. But the Udayamangalam branch of Kolathiri family and Korangoth Nair, the local chieftain resented this action and they attacked and caused serious damage to English property. In order to safe guard their trade activities with the support of the Kolathiri Raja they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1708 Works
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines *Seventeen (American magazine), ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine *Seventeen (Japanese magazine), ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels *Seventeen (Tarkington novel), ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe *Seventeen (Serafin novel), ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film *Seventeen (1916 film), ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock *Seventeen (1940 film), ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film *Seventeen (1985 film), ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film *17 Again (film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1646 In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is under construction, probably by Ustad Ahmad Lahori, to a commission by Shah Jahan. The mosque and ''jawab'' in the complex are completed in 1643. * 1640 ** Børsen in Copenhagen, designed by Lorentz and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger and begun in 1619, is completed. ** 59–60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (later known as Lindsey House), probably designed by Inigo Jones and begun about 1638, is completed. '': volume 3: St Giles-in-the-Fields, pt I: Lincoln's Inn Fields'' (1912), pp. 96–103. Retrieved 2015-03-17. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 11
Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains, route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement. *1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British. *1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California. *1889 – An Wham Paymaster robbery, attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medal of Honor, Medals of Honor. *1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a Pullman Strike, wildcat strike. 1901–present *1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention, Buenos Aires copyright treaty. *1970 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1794 In Architecture
The year 1794 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * ''date unknown'' – French confectioner Louis Jules Benois, forefather of the Benois family of artists, musicians, and architects, arrives in Russia following the French Revolution. * Construction of houses on the edge of Blackheath, London, designed by Michael Searles, begins: The Paragon (a Crescent (architecture), crescent), South Row and Montpelier Row; they will be completed in 1805 in architecture, 1805. * The interior of St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig in Electorate of Saxony, Saxony is remodeled by Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe in the Neoclassicism, neoclassical style. Buildings and structures Buildings * Needle of Rijswijk, monument at Forest of Rijswijk, Netherlands. * Fru Haugans Hotel, Mosjøen, Norway. * The second Royal Presidio Chapel at the Presidio of Monterey in Spain, Spanish Alta California. The chapel, now known as the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (27 October 1708 – 27 February 1794) was a French architect and structural engineer, known for his many stone arch bridges. His best known work is the Pont de la Concorde (1787). Early life Perronet was born in Suresnes, a suburb of Paris, the son of a Swiss Guardsman. At age 17 he entered the architectural practice of Jean Beausire, "first architect" to the city of Paris, as an apprentice. He was put in charge of the design and construction of Paris's grand sewer, embankment works and the maintenance of the banlieue's roads. In 1735, he was named sous-ingénieur (under-engineer) to Alençon and in 1736 entered the Corps des ponts et chaussées. In 1737, he became sous-ingénieur, then engineer to the généralité of Alençon. Career In 1747, Perronet was named director of the Bureau des dessinateurs du Roi (Royal office of designers), which had also just put Daniel-Charles Trudaine in charge of producing maps and plans for the kingdom. This first É ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 27
Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. 1601–1900 * 1644 – Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War. * 1682 – Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. * 1775 – King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament. * 1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. * 1806 – The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. * 1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida. * 1838 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Benson (architect)
William Benson (1682 – 2 February 1754) was a talented amateur architect and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1719. In 1718, he arranged to displace the aged Sir Christopher Wren as Surveyor of the King's Works, but his short time in that post was not a success. Life Benson was the eldest son of Sir William Benson, Sheriff of London in 1706–07, and his wife Martha Austin, daughter of John Austin, jeweller of London. He made a Grand Tour as a young man, which was extended to a prolonged visit in 1704–1706 to Hanover, the seat of the Elector, who was next in line to the British throne. He paid assiduous court and ingratiated himself with the Elector and his mother the Electress Sophia, pressing unwanted gifts upon the Electress. He also went to Stockholm, far from the usual beaten track. In London he published a Whig tract that offered a warning against Jacobitism, and a polemic against Divine Right of kingship in a ''Letter to Sir J cobB nkes' add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the northeast and Berkshire to the east. The county town was originally Wilton, after which the county is named, but Wiltshire Council is now based in the county town of Trowbridge. Within the county's boundary are two unitary authority areas, Wiltshire and Swindon, governed respectively by Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council. Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys. Salisbury Plain is noted for being the location of the Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles (which together are a UNESCO Cultural and World Heritage site) and other ancient landmarks, and as a training area for the British Army. The city of Salisbury is notable for its medieval cathedral. Swindon is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbury House
Wilbury House or Wilbury Park is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian country house in the parish of Newton Tony, Wiltshire in South West England, about northeast of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building, and the surrounding park and garden are Grade II listed. The park is immediately north of Newton Toney village, on both banks of the River Bourne, and extends north beyond the house into Cholderton parish. Architecture The house was built around 1710 by and for William Benson, a country esquire and amateur architect, in the style of Inigo Jones. It was a modest country villa, single-storey with basements and attics. The south front was based on John Webb's 1661 Amesbury Abbey, where Benson had been a tenant. The original design for the house was featured in ''Vitruvius Britannicus'' in 1715. Pevsner describes Benson's design as "the first, not Neo-Palladian, but Neo-Inigo-Jones house in England". Fulke Greville seems to have largely rebuilt the house in 1781. There were fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taschenbergpalais
Taschenbergpalais is a palace hotel owned by the Kempinski Group. It is located on Sophie Street next to the Dresden Castle and in front of the Zwinger. In direct proximity are the Semperoper, the Theaterplatz (theatre square) and the Dresden Cathedral. The facade of the Hotel Taschenbergpalais as well as the staircase on the inside of the building are designed historically whereas the interior in general is designed rather modern. History When the architect, Johann Friedrich Karcher, commenced building the Taschenbergpalais in 1705, he followed the design of previous buildings. The Taschenbergpalais was the palace of Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, later Countess of Cosel and one of Augustus II's mistresses. After Anna Constantia von Hoym was banned by Augustus II in 1713, the Taschenbergpalais was renovated and named "Turkish Palais". From 1718 to 1720, the Palais was expanded several times for the crown prince family by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and Raymond Leplat. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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