1719 in architecture explained

The year 1719 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist, Stamsried, Bavaria, Germany.
• St. Trinitatis, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany, designed by Hermann Korb.
• San Michele Arcangelo, Anacapri, Italy.
• St Mary's Church, Tarleton, England.
• St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland), designed by Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General of Ireland.
• The house of William Trent, Trenton, New Jersey.

Births

• date unknown – Dmitry Ukhtomsky, chief architect of Moscow (died 1774)

Deaths

• March 10 – Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, French architect and garden designer who became the chief architect of Saint Petersburg (born 1679)^[1]
• November 22 – William Talman, English architect and landscape designer (born 1650)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Olga Medvedkova, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, architecte 1679–1719 – De Paris à Saint-Pétersbourg, – 359 s., Paris, Alain Baudry & Cie, 2007,
2. Harris, John, William Talman: Maverick Architect. London, Allen and Unwin. 1982. Studies in Architecture, 2.