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1786 In Architecture
The year 1786 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings completed *Casa de Esteban de Luca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. *Golghar, Patna, India, built by Captain John Garstin. *Henley Bridge, designed by William Hayward (bridge designer), William Hayward of Shrewsbury, who died before construction was completed. *Schloss Bellevue in Berlin, Germany, designed by Michael Philipp Boumann. *St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson, Ukraine, built by General Ivan Gannibal.http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=kherson&page=7 Russian Church (Russian)]. Accessed 11 December 2013. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Charles Percier. Births *January 23 – Auguste de Montferrand, French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia (died 1858 in architecture, 1858) *May 7 – John Watts (military architect), John Watts, Irish military architect (died 1873 in architecture, 1873) Deaths *February 28 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine Cherson 2St
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders Russia–Ukraine border, to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion, it was the List of European countries by population, eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city. Ukraine's official language, state language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian; Russian language in Ukraine, Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the Eastern Ukraine, east and Southern Ukraine, south. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste De Montferrand
Auguste de Montferrand (; January 23, 1786 – July 10, 1858) was a French classicist architect who worked primarily in Russia. His two best known works are the Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Alexander Column in St. Petersburg. Early life Family Montferrand was born in the parish of Chaillot, France (now the 16th ''arrondissement'' of Paris). He was styled at birth Henri Louis Auguste Leger Ricard dit de Montferrand; the aristocratic ''de'' was probably his parents' invention. Decades later, Montferrand admitted in his will that, although his father owned Montferrand estate (his family was from the town of Montferrand), the title is disputable "and if there is any doubt, I can accept other names, first of all Ricard, after my father". Montferrand's father, Benois Ricard, was a horse trainer who died when Montferrand was a child; his grandfather, Leger Ricard, was a bridge engineer. Montferrand's mother, Marie Francoise Louise Fistioni, remarried to Antoine de Commari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1786 Works
Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of England in a storm, with only 74 of more than 240 on board surviving. * February 2 – In a speech before The Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Sir William Jones notes the formal resemblances between Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies. * March 1 – The Ohio Company of Associates is organized by five businessmen at a meeting at the Bunch-of-Grapes Tavern in Boston, to purchase land from the United States government to form settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. * March 13 – Construction begins in Dublin on the Four Courts Building, with the first stone laid down by the United Kingdom's Viceroy for Ireland, the Duke of Rutland. April–June * April 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Sturt
Humphrey Sturt (''c.'' 1724 – 20 October 1786) was a British landowner, architect and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1754 to 1784. Early life and family Sturt was the son of Humphrey Sturt (1687-1740) of Horton and Diana Napier (died 1740), daughter of Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Baronet of Critchell More. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 27 April 1741, aged 16. He married Mary Pitfield, daughter of Charles Pitfield and Dorothy Ashley, on 27 April 1756 at St James, Westminster, London. He owed his wealth to his grandfather, Sir Anthony Sturt, who had been a successful business man and City of London alderman and Victualler to the Navy. Diana Napier, his mother, was the great great granddaughter of Sir Nathaniel Napier the builder of Crichell House, and it was through her that the house passed to the Sturts. Political career Sturt was the Lord of Horton Manor. He was returned unopposed as the Member of Parliament for D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 20
Events Pre-1600 *1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. * 1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes. 1601–1900 * 1740 – France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins. *1774 – American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress. * 1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria. * 1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. * 1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length. *1827 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1713 In Architecture
The year 1713 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * February 25 – Death of Frederick I of Prussia pauses work on Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. Buildings and structures Buildings * Old State House (Boston) in Massachusetts, possibly designed by Robert Twelves, is completed. * Church of San Benedetto, Catania in Sicily is completed. * Spandauische Kirche, Berlin, designed by Philipp Gerlach, is consecrated. * Schelf Church at Schwerin in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, is rebuilt. * Vizianagaram fort in South India is built. Births * January 22 – Marc-Antoine Laugier, French architectural historian (died 1769) * July 18 – Gaetano Matteo Pisoni, Ticinese architect (died 1782) * July 22 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French neoclassical architect (died 1780) * October 30 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Bolognese neoclassical architect and ceiling painter working in Brazil (died 1791) * December 27 – Giovanni Battista Borra, Italian architect and eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gwynn (architect)
John Gwynn (1713 – 28 February 1786) was an English architect and civil engineer, who became one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. He advocated greater control over planning in London, for which he produced detailed suggestions. His buildings include Magdalen Bridge and the Covered Market in Oxford, and several bridges over the River Severn. Life Gwynn was born and died in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He worked initially as a carpenter, but then decided to practice as a (largely self-taught) architect and town planner, moving to London, where he became a friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1749, when Sir Christopher Wren's drawings were sold, Gwynn obtained Wren's plan for the rebuilding of the City of London, and published it, adding some comments of his own. Seventeen years later, in 1766, he published ''London and Westminster Improved'', It was passed in June of the same year. in which he criticised the loose control over building in the West End, sayi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 28
Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés. 1601–1900 *1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. *1835 – Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the ''Kalevala'', the so-called foreword to the ''Old Kalevala''. 1901–present *1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. *1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. * 1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians. * 1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 In Architecture
The year 1873 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * May 1–October 31 – 1873 Vienna World's Fair (''Weltausstellung 1873 Wien'') is staged with the Rotunde as centrepiece. Architect for the exposition is Karl von Hasenauer, who is created ''Freiherr'' for his services; engineer for the Rotunda roof is John Scott Russell. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * May 5 – Midland Grand Hotel in London, England, is substantially completed and opened, the largest hotel in the world at this time. * August 22 – Garrett Theatre, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. * September 2 – The Berlin Victory Column in Berlin, Germany. * September 29 – Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, Canada. Buildings completed * Ørskog Church, Norway, by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. * Rua Augusta Arch in Lisbon, built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake. * Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Watts (military Architect)
John Cliffe Watts (7 May 1786 – 28 March 1873) was an Irish military officer and architect who designed some of the first permanent public buildings in the young British colony of New South Wales, and who also later became Postmaster General in South Australia, where he was commonly referred to as "Captain Watts". Early life Watts was born in the village of Sallins, County Kildare Ireland to Charles Watts and his wife Margaret ( née Boyse). He had seven brothers who, like him, all joined the army as commissioned officers; five of them (including him) reached the rank of captain. His education was completed by 1802, and thereafter he worked for a short time at a bank in Dublin, and then in a firm of architects for approximately 18 months. Military commission On 24 July 1804 he was commissioned into the army as an ensign in the 64th Regiment of Foot, which was at that time stationed in the West Indies. In 1805 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 7
Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt. * 1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens; it ratified a decree to regulate the election of the Pope. * 1487 – The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista. *1544 – The Burning of Edinburgh by an English army is the first action of the Rough Wooing. 1601–1900 *1625 – State funeral of James VI and I (1566-1625) is held at Westminster Abbey. *1664 – Inaugural celebrations begin at Louis XIV of France's new Palace of Versailles. * 1685 – Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces. * 1697 – Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1858 In Architecture
The year 1858 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * The competition to design Central Park in New York City is won by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. * Eugène Viollet-le-Duc begins publication of his ''Entretiens sur l'architecture'' in book form, systematizing his approach to architecture and architectural education in a method radically opposed to that of the École des Beaux-Arts, and notable for its use of drawings in axonometric projection. Buildings and structures Buildings * The Hamilton Mausoleum in Scotland is completed to an 1842 design by David Hamilton by David Bryce with sculptor Alexander Handyside Ritchie. * Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg (Russia) is completed to an 1818 design by Auguste de Montferrand. * Trinity Church (Oslo) in Norway, designed by Alexis de Chateauneuf and Wilhelm von Hanno, is consecrated. * New parish Church of St George, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott, is con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
