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2008 George Tibbits, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue, dies
2005 Kenzo Tange, Japanese Architect 2000 Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93 2000 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian Architect 1999 Hugh Casson, British Architect 1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1996 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70 1996 Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84 1996 Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85 1996 Jane Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85 1996 Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95 1996 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90 1996 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95 1996 Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93 1996 Piet Hein, architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at 80 1996 Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88 1995 Francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84 1995 Charles William Hutton, architect, dies at 90 1995 Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at 68 1995 Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33 1995 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69 1994 Ronald James Herron, architect, dies at 64 1994 Paul Nicholas Young, architect, dies at 47 1994 Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies 1994 Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96 1994 Gordon Cullen, architect, dies at 80 1994 John Hidalgo Moya, architect, Designer of Skylon, dies at 74 1994 Willian Noel Moffat, architect, dies at 82 1994 Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83 1994 Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54 1994 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect, dies at 68 1994 Donald Judd, U.S. furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65 1993 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86 1993 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67 1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, U.S. architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93 1993 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86 1992 James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies 1991 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies 1991 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79 1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90 1988 Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac, dies 1988 Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Netherlands architect, dies at about 85 1988 Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83 1987 Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76 1983 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies 1983 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, U.S. architect (UN), dies at 86 1981 Paul Felix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67 1980 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 1978 Edward Durrell Stone, U.S. architect, dies at 76 1976 Basil Spence, Scottish Architect 1976 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78 1974 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89 1974 Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79 1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 1974 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72 1973 Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 1972 Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79 1972 Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 1971 Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect 1970 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies 1970 Richard J. Neutra, Australia/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78 1970 Richard Neutra, American Architect 1969 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83 1969 Walter Gropius, architect/found (Bauhaus school of design), dies at 86 1967 [Francis] Barry Byrne, Chicago, Illinois, architect, dies at 83 1965 Le Corbusier, Charles Jeanneret, Swiss/French architect, dies at 77 1964 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76 1963 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 1961 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 1961 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 1960 Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54 1959 Maya Lin, American Architect 1959 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 89 1958 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter, dies at 59 1957 Frederick Law Olmsted, U.S. architect (Central Park), dies at 87 1957 Henry C van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect, dies at 94 1957 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77 1957 Julia Morgan, American Architect 1955 Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian, dies at 66 1951 Mark McCumber, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Mark Randall McCumber, golfer, won PGA tour ten times, won World Cup of Golf for the United states with Ben Crenshaw, golf analyst for Fox Sports, golf course architect 1950 Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76 1950 Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54 1949 Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 1947 Paul Nicholas Young, architect 1945 Jean Nouvel, French Architect 1944 Rem Koolhaas, Dutch Architect 1943 Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect 1942 Ghislaine Hermanez, architect 1942 Thom Mayne, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, architect, awarded Pritzker Prize, 2005, principal, Morphosis, famous architecture firm in Santa Monica, California, founder, Southern California Institute of Architecture 1941 Tadao Ando, born in Osaka, Japan, Japanese architect, employs critical regionalism style of architecture, 1969, established firm Tadao Ando Architects & Associates, winner, Pritzker Architecture Prize 1995 1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies 1940 Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam 1940 Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 1939 Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies 1939 Robert A. M. Stern, American Architect 1938 Moshe Safdie, Canadian Architect 1938 Charles Gwathmey, architect, 5 Architects 1938 Beverly F. Albert, architect 1937 Quinlan Terry, born in Hampstead, London, architect, Palladian style, known for Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, partner, Erith & Terry 1936 Christopher Alexander, American Architect 1935 Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens 1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 1934 Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 1934 Cass Gilbert, American Architect 1933 Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue 1933 Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62 1933 Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses), dies at 62 1933 Richard Rogers, English architect 1931 Marc Dessauvage, Flemish architect 1931 Theo van Doesburg, Christian Kupper, painter/architect, dies at 47 1930 Ronald James Herron, architect 1929 Norton Juster, American Architect 1929 Michael Manser, architect 1929 Frank Gehry, American Architect 1928 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian Architect 1928 Stefan Wewerka, German architect/sculptor 1928 Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st black woman architect in New York and California 1927 Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect, Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik 1927 Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67 1927 Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect 1926 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner 1926 Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Spanish architect, dies 1926 James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight 1926 Patricia Tindaole, born in England, architect 1926 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author, Change of Use 1925 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect 1925 Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas 1925 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect 1924 Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect, Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen 1924 John Portman, born in South Carolina, architect, Ivan Allen Award-1964 1924 Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect 1924 Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St. Louis), dies at 67 1924 Louis Sullivan, American Architect 1923 Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39 1922 Benjamin Smit, Curaeaos architect, St. Elizabeth Hospital 1922 Iannis Xenakis, Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician 1922 J F Coates, naval architect 1921 Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93 1920 John Hidalgo Moya, architect/designer, Skylon 1919 Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect, De Meerpaal, Dronten 1918 Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House 1918 Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect, City Hall 1917 I. M. Pei, born in Canton, China, architect, 1961 Brunner Prize 1916 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer, Mozart biog 1916 Leonard Manasseh, architect 1915 Anthony Cox, English architect 1914 Gordon Cullen, architect 1914 Louis Osman, architect/artist/goldsmith 1914 Louis Osman, artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman 1913 Paul Felix, Flemish architect, Sun Song 1913 Kenzo Tange, Japanese Architect 1913 Henry Cadbury Brown, architect 1912 Willian Noel Moffat, architect 1912 Minoru Yamasaki, architect, World Trade Center, New York 1912 Ralph Tubbs, architect 1911 Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer, Stiller, Biedermann 1911 Francis Frederick Johnson, architect 1911 Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect, Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument 1911 Lord Deramore, architect 1911 Jane Beverly Drew, architect 1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/U.S. architect, IBM Building, MIT Chapel 1910 Hugh Casson CH, architect 1910 Hugh Casson, British Architect 1908 Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect 1908 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 1908 Max Abramovitz, U.S. architect, Lincoln Center, United Nations Building 1908 Robert William Paine, architect 1907 Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilians architect, Brasilia 1907 Basil Spence, Scottish Architect 1907 Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32 1907 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S. architect, dies 1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin 1906 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect, RAI building 1906 Philip Johnson, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cortalyou architect 1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1906 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer 1905 Franco Albini, Italian architect 1905 Charles William Hutton, architect 1905 Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament, NSDAP 1904 Gerard Holt, Dutch architect 1903 Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1903 Nathaniel Owings, Indianapolis, architect, Oak Ridge, TN; Sears 1902 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/U.S. architect 1902 Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter 1902 Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi 1902 Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac 1902 Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect 1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam 1901 Louis Kahn, American Architect 1901 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter, Animisme 1900 Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect 1900 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer 1900 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect, Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou 1900 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies 1899 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter 1899 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1898 Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect, Finlandia House 1896 Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 1895 Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Massachusetts, U.S. architect, UN, Lincoln Center 1895 R Buckminster Fuller, architect/inventor, geodesic dome 1894 Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo, Japan, architect, modern sukiya style 1894 HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 1894 Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist 1893 Hans H B Scharoun, German architect, Berlin Philharmonic 1893 Kay Fisker, Danish architect, Hornbeck House, Copenhagen 1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 1892 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam 1892 Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America 1892 Richard Neutra, American Architect 1891 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect, Nuove Struttura 1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1890 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect, Zonnestral 1890 Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl 1889 Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect, Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht 1888 Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian 1888 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect, Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion 1887 Philip Frohman, U.S. architect 1887 Le Corbusier, born in Switzerland, architect, city planner, and artist, Urbanisme 1887 Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect 1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1886 Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, German/U.S. architect, Bauhaus 1885 Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect, Peace Palace 1885 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect and urban developer 1884 Michel de Klerk, architect, Amsterdam School 1884 Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in New York City 1884 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect, town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam 1883 [Francis] Barry Byrne, born in Chicago, Illinois, architect 1883 Theo Van Doesburg, Christian EM Kupper, painter/architect, Style 1883 Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1882 Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect, WW II 1881 George Edmund Street, English Architect 1881 Alexander J Kropholler, architect 1881 Piet L. Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School 1880 Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam, 1924 1879 L. Patrick Abercrombie, English architect 1878 Richard Upjohn, U.S. architect, died 1878 George Gilbert Scott, architect, dies 1876 Walter Griffin, U.S. architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Australia 1874 John Russell Pope, U.S., architect, Jefferson Memorial 1874 Owen Jones, architect, dies 1874 Milton Bennett Medary, U.S., architect, Washington Chapel 1873 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect 1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect, GM Tech Institute, Michigan 1872 Julia Morgan, American Architect 1870 Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect 1870 Adolf Loos, Austria architect, building of houses 1870 Fred Law Olmsted, Jr., architect/landscaper 1870 John D Zocher, Jr., architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 1869 Edwin Lutyens, architect, London 1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 1868 Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76 1867 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect, Wiener Sezession 1867 Robert Smirke, British architect, dies 1867 Robert Smirke, architect, dies 1867 French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50 1866 Henry Bacon, architect, Lincoln Memorial 1866 Bannister Fletcher, London, architect and architectural historian 1864 Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 1863 Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City 1863 John S Bowen, U.S. architect/Confederate General-major, dies at 32 1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect, Art Nouveau 1862 Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect and Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35 1862 Bernard Maybeck, U.S. architect, Palace of Fine Arts, SF 1861 Josephus T J Cuypers, Dutch architect, St. Bavo, Haarlem 1860 Thomas Hastings, born in New York City, architect, New York Public Library 1859 Cass Gilbert, American Architect 1859 Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect, Sanatorium High-Laren 1856 Louis Sullivan, American Architect 1856 Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st U.S. woman architect 1856 Hendrik P Berlage, architect, Stock exchange Amsterdam 1854 William Strickland, U.S. architect, dies 1852 Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 1852 Antonio Gaudi, Spanish architect, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 1851 Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 1846 Daniel Burnham, U.S., architect/built skyscrapers 1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 1846 Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies 1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 1840 Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 1839 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 1838 Henry Hobson Richardson, St. James, Louisiana, Romanesque revival architect 1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 1835 John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies 1835 Cesar A. Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer 1833 Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies 1832 William Le Baron Jenney, U.S., architect/"father of skyscraper" 1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies 1827 Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station 1827 French C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect, St. Amanduskerk, Antwerp 1826 J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies at 59 1824 George E Street, British architect 1824 George Edmund Street, English Architect 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park 1820 Benjamin Latrobe, British Architect 1818 HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect, New Stock exchange Antwerp 1816 French A. Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect 1810 William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect 1810 Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships 1810 Cornelis Outshoorn, Dutch architect 1809 Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65 1809 Georges Eugene Haussmann, born in Paris, France, architect 1803 Alexander Jackson Davis, U.S., architect, gothic revivalist 1802 Richard Upjohn, U.S., gothic architect, Trinity Chapel, New York 1801 Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect, Crystal Palace 1801 James Pennethorne, architect 1801 Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Camper), dies at 69 1800 Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general/architect, murdered at 47 1796 Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies 1795 Charles Barry, architect 1794 James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 1791 Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam 1784 Franz KL von Klenze, German architect, Hermitage, St-Petersburg 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 1781 Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument 1781 Karl F. Schinkel, German architect, painter and writer, Schloss Tegel 1773 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78 1773 Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63 1773 Luigi Vanvitelli, Louis van Wittel, Italian architect, dies at 72 1770 David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71 1768 Francois de Cuvillies, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies 1767 Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies 1766 J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist 1766 Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81 1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect 1765 Giovanni Paolo Pannini/Panini, Italian painter/architect, dies at 73 1764 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol 1764 Benjamin Latrobe, British Architect 1763 Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House 1762 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist 1759 William Thornton, architect, Capitol building, Washington D.C. 1757 Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect, architect of Salem 1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. 1754 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52 1754 John Wood, architect/town planner, dies 1753 John Soane, English architect, Bank of England, Soane Museum 1753 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66 1753 Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general and architect, Mainz, Fleurus 1752 Daniel Marot, French/Netherlands, architect/engraver, dies at about 88 1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies 1745 Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 1736 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 1731 Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor, Town Hall of Westzaan 1728 Robert Adam, architect/designer, Adelphi Terrace, London 1724 Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect 1723 J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 1722 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63 1713 Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies 1709 Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect, Royal Palace, Hague 1707 Sebastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73 1701 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect, Christiansborg Castle 1700 Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect 1699 Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect, Sanssouci 1698 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect, Palace de la Concorde 1698 Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried 1695 Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern 1695 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect 1691 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, Cappella Corsini 1691 Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79 1687 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized 1686 Nicolas-Franeois Blondel, French architect, dies 1685 Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, Liebfrauenkirche 1682 Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter 1679 Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45 1669 Pietro da Cortona, Berrettini, painter/architect, dies 1667 Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66 1667 Francesco Borromini, Swiss Architect 1664 John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect, baptized 1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect 1657 Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62 1654 Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 58 1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 1646 Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72 1645 Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized 1640 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Italian writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 1635 Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63 1634 Petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect 1633 Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect 1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect 1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies 1599 Francesco Borromini, Swiss Architect 1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies 1595 Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor/architect 1595 Jacob van Campen, painter/architect, New Church, Amsterdam 1592 Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 1583 Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83 1580 Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 1577 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, Aanbidding of the Point 1573 Inigo Jones, born in London, architect, restored St. Paul's Cathedral 1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder, Augsburg 1572 Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 1571 Adrian A. Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect 1567 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect 1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam 1562 Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies 1559 Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect 1546 Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies 1537 Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies 1536 Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies 1522 Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75 1511 Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect 1508 Andrea Palladio, Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, architect 1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect 1472 Leon Battista Alberti, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura', dies at 68 1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies 1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60 1404 Leon Battista Alberti, born in Genoa, Italy, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura' |
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