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1721 In Architecture
The year 1721 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings *Bocking Windmill, Essex, England. *:File:7 Burlington Gardens (UxbridgeQueensberry House) c.1721.jpg, 7 Burlington Gardens, later Queensberry House, London, Giacomo Leoni's first design for England *Fort King George, along the Altamaha River in the modern-day US state of Georgia *Ruthven Barracks in Scotland completed *Jackson Square (New Orleans), New France *Nazarbaug Palace, Gujarat, India *Ellingen Residence in Ellingen, Bavaria completed in its Baroque form *Písek Gate, Prague, Czech Republic *Saint Paul the First Hermit Cathedral completed as parish church of San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Philippe Buache. Births *March 5 – John Adam (architect), John Adam, architect, brother of Robert Adam and James Adam (architect), James Adam (died 1792 in architecture, 1792) *March 26 - Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, French architect (Bours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 5
Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book ''Safarnama''. * 1279 – The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. * 1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands. 1601–1900 * 1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's book ''On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'' is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. * 1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. * 1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 11
Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. * 951 – Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou. * 1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England. * 1584 – A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan. * 1586 – Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty. 1601–1900 * 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. * 1794 – First session of United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1798 In Architecture
The year 1798 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * September 2 – Opening of the Teatro Comunale (Ferrara) in Italy, designed by Cosimo Morelli and Antonio Foschini. * Building of the first major example of Egyptian Revival architecture, Karlsruhe Synagogue in Baden, designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner. * Completion of the neoclassical summer retreat at Castle Coole in Northern Ireland, designed by James Wyatt. * Completion of the theatre and summer retreat at Ostankino Palace near Moscow. * Completion of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, designed by Charles Bulfinch. * Completion of the Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida in Madrid, designed by Felipe Fontana. * Completion of the İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque in Safranbolu, Turkey. * Completion of first São João National Theatre in Porto, Portugal as an opera house, designed by Vicente Mazzoneschi. * Opening of the Teatro della Concordia in Iesi, Ancona. * Bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sandby
Thomas Sandby (1721 – 25 June 1798) was an English draughtsman, watercolour artist, architect and teacher. In 1743 he was appointed private secretary to the Duke of Cumberland, who later appointed him Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park, where he was responsible for considerable landscaping work. Along with his younger brother Paul, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and was its first professor of architecture. His most notable architectural work was the Freemason's Hall in London (now demolished). Life and work Early years Sandby was born in Nottingham, the son of Thomas Sandby, a textile worker, and was self-taught as a draughtsman and architect. Paul Sandby was his brother. According to the autobiography of the architect James Gandon, Thomas and his brother Paul ran a drawing academy in Nottingham before they went to London in 1741, to take up employment in the military drawing department at the Tower of London (a post procured for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1797 In Architecture
The year 1797 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Ditherington Flax Mill, in Shrewsbury, England, is completed; by the end of the 20th century it will be the oldest iron-framed building in the world and is seen as the world's first skyscraper. * First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Samuel Blodgett, is completed (begun in 1795 in architecture, 1795). * Old City Hall (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is completed. * Hassan Basha Mosque in Oran is built. * St Mary's Church, Banbury in England, designed by S. P. Cockerell, is completed. * Palace of Shaki Khans in Shaki, Azerbaijan is built. Births * May 3 – George Webster (architect), George Webster, English architect (died 1864 in architecture, 1864) * October 8 – Ludwig Förster, German-born Austrian religious architect (died 1863 in architecture, 1863) Deaths * February 19 – Francesco Sabatini, Italian-born architect (born 1721 in architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Sabatini
Francesco Sabatini (1721 – 19 February 1797), also known as Francisco Sabatini, was an Italian architect of the 18th century who worked in Spain. Biography Born in Palermo, he studied architecture in Rome. His first contacts with the Spanish monarchy was when he participated in the construction of the Palace of Caserta for the King of Naples and Duke of Parma and Tuscany, Charles VII, the future King Charles III of Spain. When he was raised to the Spanish throne, he called Sabatini to Madrid in 1760, where he was positioned above the most outstanding Spanish architects of the time. He was appointed as Great Master of Royal Works, with the rank of lieutenant colonel at the Engineers Corps, simultaneously designated also as an honorary academician of the Academia Real de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Sabatini's works are all encompassed within the neoclassical tradition, but he was not inspired fundamentally by ancient Greece and Rome, but by Italian Renaissance architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 In Architecture
The year 1793 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * March 8 – The Bishop of Popayán, making a pastoral visit to Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia, finds "evil spirits" in the church, and arranges the construction of a new cathedral, the Concatedral de San Nicolás el Magno. * August 8 – In Paris, France, the '' Académie royale d'architecture'' is suspended by the revolutionary National Convention, which decreed the abolition of the national academies. * November 25 – The Prince Regent lays the foundation stone of the Chapel Royal, Brighton. * ''date unknown'' ** English architect Thomas Baldwin, having been appointed as the Bath City Architect in 1775, is dismissed as a result of his rivalry with John Palmer of Bath. ** The Frydenlund mansion near Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff, is destroyed by fire. The Crown sells the estate to Karl Adolf Boheman, who refurbishes and expands Johan Cornelius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourse De Commerce (Paris)
The Bourse de commerce (Commodities Exchange) is a building in Paris, originally used as a place to negotiate the trade of grain and other commodities, and used to provide services to businesses by the Paris Chamber of Commerce during the latter part of the 20th century. It has its origins in a circular wheat exchange built in 1763–67, with an open-air interior court that was later capped by a wooden dome replaced in 1811 with a copper one (supported by an iron skeletal structure). In a major reconstruction in 1888–89 much of the structure was replaced, although the layout remained the same and the dome was retained albeit adding glass and a mounted canvas. Since 2021, the building has been the Parisian exhibition site of the Pinault Collection. The dome of the building is listed as a historical monument. History Early buildings Between 1574 and 1584 Jean Bullant (1515–78) built a ''hôtel particulier'' (grand house) on the site for Catherine de' Medici (1519–89). A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Le Camus De Mézières
Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières (March 26, 1721 – July 27, 1793) was a French architect and theoretician. He was born and died in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma .... He published several works on architectural and related subjects, including ''Architecture of Expression, and The Theatre of Desire at the End of the Ancien Régime; Or, The Analogy of Fiction with Architectural Innovation''. Le Camus designed the '' Halle aux blés'' (Corn Exchange) with a circular central courtyard and a double staircase. The layout of that building has been retained in the present Bourse de commerce. Le Camus developed a theory of architecture in which the character of a building should express its destination or the social status of its client. Unlike previous character the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 26
Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir, Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, is arrested in Damascus and brought to Egypt. *1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. *1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt. * 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end. * 1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights. * 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of ''Aesop's Fables''. * 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru. 1601–1900 * 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1792 In Architecture
The year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * May 16 – La Fenice theatre in Venice, designed by Gianantonio Selva, is inaugurated with an opera performance. * August 22–31 – Columbus Obelisk in Baltimore, Maryland. * October 13 – Work begins on the White House, designed by James Hoban, in Washington, D.C. * Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia is built. * Church of St John-at-Hackney in London, designed by James Spiller, is built. * Stenbock House in Tallinn, designed by Johann Caspar Mohr, is completed. * The Old State House (Connecticut) in Hartford is probably designed by Charles Bulfinch (his first commission for a public building). * Manjarabad fort in India is built. * Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, which becomes the Soane Museum. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Pierre-Charles-Joseph Normand. Births * June 15 – Philip Hardwick, English architect (died 1870) * August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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