1798 in architecture
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The year 1798 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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- September 2 – Opening of the Teatro Comunale (Ferrara) in Italy,{{cite book |last1=Lynn |first1=Karyl Charna |title=Italian Opera Houses and Festivals |date=2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9781461706786 |page=153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQK2AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|language=en}} designed by Cosimo Morelli and Antonio Foschini.
- Building of the first major example of Egyptian Revival architecture, Karlsruhe Synagogue in Baden, designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner.
- Completion of the neoclassical summer retreat at Castle Coole in Northern Ireland, designed by James Wyatt.
- Completion of the theatre and summer retreat at Ostankino Palace near Moscow.
- Completion of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, designed by Charles Bulfinch.
- Completion of the Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida in Madrid, designed by Felipe Fontana.
- Completion of the İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque in Safranbolu, Turkey.
- Completion of first São João National Theatre in Porto, Portugal as an opera house, designed by Vicente Mazzoneschi.
- Opening of the Teatro della Concordia in Iesi, Ancona.
- Building of Bewdley Bridge over the River Severn in England, designed by Thomas Telford.
- Opening of the skew Store Street Aqueduct on the Ashton Canal in Manchester, designed by Benjamin Outram.
- Completion of remodelling of Romney's House, Hampstead, London, to incorporate a studio and gallery, designed by Samuel Bunce.
Births
- May 8 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (died 1860){{cite web |title=welland, joseph - Dictionary of Irish Architects |url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4436/welland,+joseph |website=www.dia.ie |access-date=23 August 2018}}
- June 27 – Joseph John Scoles, English Catholic architect (died 1863){{cite book |last1=Brodie |first1=Antonia |last2=Library |first2=British Architectural |last3=Architects |first3=Royal Institute of British |title=Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) |date=2001 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9780826455147 |page=553 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&pg=PA553|language=en}}
- October 14 – Félix Duban, French architect (died 1870){{cite web |title=Félix Duban (1798-1870) - Author - Resources from the BnF |url=http://data.bnf.fr/12128000/felix_duban/ |website=data.bnf.fr |access-date=23 August 2018 |language=en}}
Deaths
- June 25 – Thomas Sandby, English watercolour artist and architect (born 1721)
- November 2 – Charles de Wailly, French architect (born 1730)
- December 10 – Laurynas Gucevičius, Lithuanian architect (born 1753)