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