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1772 In Architecture
The year 1772 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * January 27 – The Pantheon, London, designed by James Wyatt, opens to the public (demolished 1937). Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Adelphi Buildings, London, designed by Robert Adam and his brothers. * Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (''Basilika Vierzehnheiligen'') in Bavaria. * Cathedral of Hajdúdorog, Hungary.Sz. Kürti, Katalin (1989). Hajdúdorog, Görög Katolikus Székesegyház; a Tájak Korok Múzeumok Kiskönyvtára c. sorozat 329. száma. Veszprém: TKM Egyesület. , p. 4–5. * Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro in Hyderabad, Sindh, consecrated. * Dragon House (Sanssouci) in Potsdam, by command of King Frederick the Great. * Old Stone Fort (Schoharie, New York), built as a Reformed Dutch church. * Brick Market, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Peter Harrison (begun 1762). Births * February 16 – Friedrich Gilly, German architect, son of David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 27
Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1186 – Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, marries Constance of Sicily. *1302 – Dante Alighieri is condemned in absentia and exiled from Florence. *1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull ''Unigenitus'' to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this. 1601–1900 * 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31. *1695 – Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his abdic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Harrison (architect)
Peter Harrison (June 14, 1716 – April 30, 1775) was a colonial American architect in New England who is credited with bringing the Palladian architectural movement to the colonies. Early life and education Born in York, England, Harrison immigrated to the colony of Rhode Island in 1740 with his brother Joseph Harrison. They initially established themselves as merchants and captains of their own trading vessels. Having gained a stake, between 1743 and 1745, Harrison returned to England to receive formal training as an architect. He studied under the direction of an English lord (it is not known which one), among those who trained architects through private studio-schools. They used architectural pattern books, taught drafting and coloring skills, and conducted grand tours of Italy and Greece, where students could see classical structures firsthand. They were taught to become expert draftsmen. These private studio-schools drew from the works of such masters such as the 16th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 10
Events Pre-1600 *241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage. * 947 – The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor. *1496 – After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command. * 1535 – Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of Panama, discovers the Galápagos Islands by chance on his way to Peru. 1601–1900 * 1607 – Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia. * 1629 – Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule. *1661 – French "Sun King" Louis XIV begins his personal rule of Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Brothers Adelphi
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Gyfford
Edward Gyfford or Gifford (1772 – after 1851) was a British architect and surveyor known for his two volumes of designs for small buildings that were published in 1806 and 1807. He also produced architectural drawings that were engraved for David Hughson's description of London (1805–1809). Early life and family Edward Gyfford was born in Middlesex in 1772. He was a pupil at the Royal Academy Schools and was awarded a gold medal by the Academy in 1792."Gyfford, Edward", Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 28 November 2018. He married Janet and they had children Samuel, Mary, and John, all born in Fulham. Mary married the Quebec merchant Matthew H. Warren in 1856. Career Gyfford designed Belle Vue House, also known as Cooke's Folly, in Hale Brinks Woods, Walthamstow, for the bookseller Charles Cooke (bookseller), Charles Cooke. It was built around 1803 in the Regency architecture, Regency style and featured a semi-circular portico with Ionic columns and landscaped grounds with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 In Architecture
The year 1841 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * April 13 – Original Semperoper in Dresden, designed by Gottfried Semper, opened. * September 2 – Leeds Parish Church reconsecrated after reconstruction. * Pori Old Town Hall in Finland, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, completed. Publications * English architect Augustus Pugin publishes an article on English parish churches in the ''Dublin Review'' (London Catholic periodical); two lectures on ''The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture'' and a revised edition of his 1836 book ''Contrasts''. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Alexis Paccard. Births * February 7 – Auguste Choisy, French architect (died 1909) * July – Richard Carpenter, English architect (died 1893) * July 10 – John Belcher, English architect (died 1913) * July 17 – John Oldrid Scott, English architect (died 1913) * July 13 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (died 1918) * Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Foulston
John Foulston (1772 – 30 December 1841) was an English architect who was a pupil of Thomas Hardwick and set up a practice in London in 1796.Peter Leach, ''Foulston, John (1772–1841)'', rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Online at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37425 (subscription required). Accessed 17 May 2008. In 1810 he won a competition to design the Royal Hotel and Theatre group of buildings in Plymouth, Devon, and after relocating he remained Plymouth's leading architect for twenty-five years. Urban Planning of Plymouth At the time, Plymouth was a prosperous port town, separated along the coast of Plymouth Sound from the neighbouring towns of East Stonehouse and Devonport; collectively known as the Three Towns. Foulston was responsible for the creation of Union Street from the Frankfort Gate which was built across marshland to unite the three towns. Ker Street, Devonport Most of Foulston's work was in the Greek Reviva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850 In Architecture
The year 1850 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * November 1 – Foundation stone laid for church of All Saints, Margaret Street, London, designed by William Butterfield. supervised by Beresford Hope for the Cambridge Camden Society as a model of the High Victorian Gothic ecclesiological style. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Bratsberg Church, Trondheim, Norway. * Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, Pennsylvania, USA. * Britannia Bridge in North Wales, engineered by Robert Stephenson, is opened. * Newcastle railway station in the north-east of England, designed by John Dobson, is opened. * Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris, designed by Henri Labrouste, is completed, the first major public building with an exposed cast-iron frame. * Château de Boursault, France, designed by Jean-Jacques Arveuf-Fransquin. * Peckforton Castle, England, designed by Anthony Salvin. * Vĩnh Tràng Temple, Mỹ Tho, Vietnam. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stevenson (civil Engineer)
Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer, and designer and builder of lighthouses. His works include the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Early life Robert Stevenson was born in Glasgow. His father was Alan Stevenson, a partner in a West Indies sugar trading house in the city. Alan died of an epidemic fever on the island of St. Christopher in the West Indies on 26 May 1774, a few days before Robert's second birthday. Robert's uncle died of the same disease around the same time. Since this left Alan's widow, Jean Lillie Stevenson, in much-reduced financial circumstances, Robert was educated, as a young child, at a charity school. Robert's mother intended him to join the ministry, so when he was a bit older she enrolled him in the school of a locally famous Glasgow linguist, a Mr Macintyre. But when Robert was 15, she remarried and the family moved to 1 Blair Street, off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Robert's new st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 8
Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome. * 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. * 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England – the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king. *1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning the Third Crusade. 1601–1900 * 1663 – Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain. * 1772 – Alexander Fordyce flees to France to avoid debt repayment, triggering the credit crisis of 1772 in the British Empire and the Dutch Republic. * 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1800 In Architecture
The year 1800 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * June 30 – Replacement Teatro Riccardi opera house in Bergamo, Lombardy, designed by Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, is opened. * November 1 – The White House in Washington D.C., United States, is completed. However, the porticoes are not added until 1825. * The King's Inns in Dublin, designed by James Gandon, are completed. * Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral in Chile is completed. * East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight, designed by John Nash for his own use, is completed. * Tyringham Hall near Newport Pagnell in England, designed by John Soane, is completed. * Gosford House in East Lothian, Scotland, is completed to the 1790 design of Robert Adam (died 1792). Publications * ''Birch's Views of Philadelphia'' published. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Simon Vallot and Jean-François-Julien Mesnager. Births * February 27 – Robert Willis, English me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gilly
David Gilly (7 January 1748 – 5 May 1808) was a German architect and architecture-tutor in Prussia, known as the father of the architect Friedrich Gilly. Life Born in Schwedt, Gilly was the son of a French-born Huguenot immigrant named Jacques Gilly and his wife Marie Villemain. His brother was the physician Charles Gilly. Already at the age of fifteen, Gilly was working in the gardens on the Netze. Becoming a specialist in building water-features, he was appointed master builder in 1770 (at 22 years of age), and was active between the years 1772 and 1782 in Stargard, Farther Pomerania. Gilly was the first examinee of the newly established ''Ober-Examinationskommission''. Around 1777, Gilly married Friederike, a daughter of the regimental stable-master Friedrich Ziegenspeck. With her he had two children, Friedrich and Minna (who later married the politician Friedrich Gentz). In Stargard, Gilly was in 1779 promoted to building director of Pomerania, before being transferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
