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The year 1831 in architecture involved some significant events.
* The Bridge of Sighs,
Buildings and structures
Buildings
* The Bridge of Sighs, St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...
, England, designed by Henry Hutchinson
Henry Hutchinson (16 October 1800 – 22 November 1831) was an English architect who partnered with Thomas Rickman in December 1821 to form the Rickman and Hutchinson architecture practice, in which he stayed until his death in 1831. Hutchinson ...
, is completed.
* The Dugald Stewart Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by W. H. Playfair, is completed.
* The Burns Monument, Edinburgh, is designed by Thomas Hamilton.
* North Church in Aberdeen, Scotland, designed by 
John Smith
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People
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, is opened.
* Goodrich Court in Herefordshire, England, designed by Edward Blore
Edward Blore (13 September 1787 – 4 September 1879) was a 19th-century English landscape and architectural artist, architect and antiquary.
Early career
He was born in Derby, the son of the antiquarian writer Thomas Blore.
Blore's backg ...
, is completed.
* The Pedrocchi Café
The Pedrocchi Café (Caffè Pedrocchi in Italian) is a café founded in the 18th century in central Padua, Italy. It has architectural prominence because its rooms were decorated in diverse styles, arranged in an eclectic ensemble by the architect ...
in Padua, Italy is completed.
* Waterloo Chamber
The Waterloo Chamber, dating from 1830–31, is a large room in Windsor Castle dedicated to the military defeat of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte by British, Prussian, Russian, and Austrian forces under the command of the Duke of Wellingto ...
at Windsor Castle in England, designed by Jeffry Wyatville, is constructed.
Publications
* Augustus Charles Pugin publishes ''Examples of Gothic Architecture'' in London.Awards
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Prosper Morey.Births
* January 12 – Philip Webb, English architect (died1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
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* May 7 – Richard Norman Shaw, Scottish-born architect (died 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
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* June 21 – John Henry Chamberlain, English architect (died 1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
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Deaths
* December 8 – James Hoban, Irish architect working in the United States (born1762
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.
* January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
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References
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