1759 in architecture

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The following architectural events occurred in the year 1759.

Events

Buildings and structures

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Births

  • January 21François Baillairgé, French Canadian architect, painter and sculptor (died 1830){{cite web |url=http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1655 |title=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950 |accessdate=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425152827/http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1655 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}
  • May 20William Thornton, physician, inventor, painter and architect, first Architect of the Capitol{{cite book|author1=Elinor Stearns|author2=David N. Yerkes|title=William Thornton: A Renaissance Man in the Federal City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iONPAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 June 2013|year=1976|publisher=American Institute of Architects Foundation}} (died 1828)

Deaths

  • June 3Carlo Francesco Dotti, Bolognese architect (born 1670){{Cite web|title=DOTTI, Carlo Francesco in "Dizionario Biografico"|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/carlo-francesco-dotti_(Dizionario-Biografico)|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT}}

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