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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

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 Eric Brown, architect, dies at 84

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, Hung-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 Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth 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 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78

1976 Basil Spence, Scottish Architect

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, Aust/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

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

1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies

1940 Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam

1940 Helmut Jahn, Architect

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, architect

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 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

1917 Alex Gordon, architect

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/US 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/US architect

1902 Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter

1902 Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi

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

1901 Eric Brown, architect

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, Switzerland, architect/city planner/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 Alexander J Kropholler, architect

1881 Piet[er] L Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School

1881 George Edmund Street, English Architect

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, Aust

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, Mich

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 gen-major, dies at 32

1863 Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect, Art Nouveau

1862 Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, 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 Eduard G H H Cuypers, architect, Sanatorium High-Laren

1859 Cass Gilbert, American Architect

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/Neth, 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, Ital 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, Ital 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 B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68

1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies

1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60

1404 Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect, Della Pittura



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