1738 In Architecture

picture info	1738 In Architecture Events * William Kent is appointed to remodel Rousham House and gardens in Oxfordshire, England, "a landmark in the history of the Romantic movement." Buildings and structures Buildings * Château de Bagnolet, Paris. * San Simeone Piccolo on the Grand Canal (Venice), designed by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto, completed. * Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Palma, Algeciras, Spain, designed by Alonso Barranco and completed by Isidro Casaus. * Welsh Charity School, Clerkenwell, London, designed by James Steer. * Residenz Ansbach reconstruction completed by Leopold Retti. Publications * Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni – ''Description abregée de l'eglise Saint Pierre de Rome'' (Paris) Births * Matvey Kazakov, Russian neoclassical architect (died 1812) * Approximate date – John Palmer of Bath, English architect (died 1817) Deaths * January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect, designer and painter (born 1659) * March 16 – George Bähr, German architect; desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1812 In Architecture The year 1812 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * July 6 – The Laigh Milton Viaduct, built to carry the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway in Scotland, is officially opened.Awdry, Christopher, (1990). ''Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies''. London: Guild Publishing. * October 10 – The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, designed by Benjamin Dean Wyatt, the fourth theatre on the site, hosts its first production. * Original Scottish Law Courts, Edinburgh, designed by Robert Reid, completed. * Custom House, Leith, Edinburgh, designed by Robert Reid, completed. * HM Prison Perth, Scotland, designed by Robert Reid, completed. * The original Breidenbacher Hof hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, opens to the public. (It is destroyed by bombing in 1943 and later rebuilt at a different location.) * The Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, designed by P. F. Robinson, is completed (demolished in 1905). * St. John's Cathedral (Belize C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1738 Works Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escapes, and leaves the slaves locked below decks to die. * January 3 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Faramondo'' is given its first performance. * January 7 – After the Maratha Empire of India wins the Battle of Bhopal over the Jaipur State, Jaipur cedes the Malwa territory to the Maratha in a treaty signed at Doraha. * February 4 – Court Jew Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg. * February 11 – Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton, ''The Flute Player'' at the Hotel de Longueville in Paris, and continues to display it until March 30. * February 20 – Swedish Levant Company founded. * March 28 – Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickled ear, which he clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1670s In Architecture Buildings and structures Buildings * 1670 Báo Quốc Pagoda, Huế, Vietnam, is built. Saint George Palace, Rennes, France, has its foundation stones laid. * 1671 – Weston Park, Shropshire, England, is built for Elizabeth Wilbraham. * 1672 Buildings by Christopher Wren in England: * Temple Bar, London rebuilt. * Williamson Building at The Queen's College, Oxford, completed. Church of Monastery of Serra do Pilar in Gaia, Portugal, consecrated. ** Construction of Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, Florida, designed by Ignacio Daza, begins. * 1673 April – Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Punjab, built for Aurangzeb, is completed. October 3 – Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni, Suō Province (modern-day Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan, is officially completed. The White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island (estimated completion date) St Mary-le-Bow church in London, designed by Christopher Wren, rebuilding completed. Monastery of San Francisco, Lima, Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]