1680s in architecture

1680s in architecture

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Buildings

* 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.
* 1680 - Abingdon County Hall in Oxfordshire, designed by Christopher Kempster, is completed.
* 1683 - The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed (since rebuilt).
* 1683 - Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, designed by Robert Hooke, is completed.
* 1687 - The rebuilding of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England begins under William Talman.

Births

* 1682 - James Gibbs (died 1754)
* 1682 - William Benson (died 1754)
* 1683 - Thomas Ripley (died 1758)
* 1684 - William Adam (died 1748)
* c. 1685 - William Kent (died 1745)
* September 29, 1686 - Cosmas Damian Asam (died 1739)
* 1686 - Giacomo Leoni (died 1746)
* January 27, 1687 - Balthasar Neumann (died 1753)

Deaths

* November 28, 1680 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (born 1598)
* February 18, 1682 - Baldassarre Longhena (born 1598)
* 1688 - Claude Perrault (born 1613)


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