The year 1810 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. *1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...

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, Ukraine, designed by

Jean-François Thomas de Thomon Jean-François Thomas de Thomon ( – ) was a French neoclassical architect who worked in Eastern Europe in 1791–1813. Thomas de Thomon was the author of Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns on the spit of Vasilievsky Island ...

, opened. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 *1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of th ...

– St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec City, Canada inaugurated.

Buildings completed

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* St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally, India (original building). *

Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento, Colonia del Sacramento The Basilica of the Holy Sacrament ( es, Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. History The parish was established on 2 February 1680, being one of the oldest in the country. ...

, Uruguay, designed by Tomás Toribio. * Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, Russia, designed by

, completed. *

Commercial Rooms, Bristol The Commercial Rooms () are in Corn Street, Bristol, England. Built in 1810 by Charles Busby, the building has sculpture by J. G. Bubb. Originally it housed a club for mercantile interests and during the mid-19th century it was a haunt of local ...

, England, designed by

Charles Busby Charles Busby may refer to: * Charles Busby (architect) (1786–1834), English architect * Charles Busby (politician) Charles Harold Busby (born July 24, 1963) is an American politician, engineer, and businessman serving as a member of the Miss ...

. *

City hall, Groningen Groningen City Hall is the seat of government in Groningen, the Netherlands. The city council meets in a modern room downstairs, but upstairs in the former ''raadszaal'' the ''Gulden Boek'' is kept that lists the honored citizens of the town. His ...

, Netherlands, designed by Jacob Otten Husly in

1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...

, completed. *

Northgate, Chester The Northgate is in Chester, Cheshire, England, where it carries the city walls footpath over Northgate Street (). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. History The present Nort ...

, England, designed by Thomas Harrison. * Old Market, Dominica. *

Gignac Bridge Gignac Bridge (French: ''Pont de Gignac'') carries the N109 road over the river Hérault, 1 km west of the town of Gignac in the Hérault ''département'' of France. It is described by a plaque on the side as "''Judged the most beautiful b ...

, France, designed by Bertrand Garipuy in 1776, completed by Billoin and Fontenay.

Events

* Rebuilding of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Births

June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle change ...

– Charles Wilson, Scottish neoclassical architect (died

1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaim ...

) *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene Christianity, Nicene bishops with Arianism, Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. *1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of ...

– William Mason, English-born New Zealand architect (died

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punit ...

) *

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios ...

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Benjamin Ferrey Benjamin Ferrey FSA FRIBA (1 April 1810–22 August 1880) was an English architect who worked mostly in the Gothic Revival. Family Benjamin Ferrey was the youngest son of Benjamin Ferrey Snr (1779–1847), a draper who became Mayor of Christ ...

, English architect (died

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

) * ''date unknown'' –

John Notman John Notman (22 July 18103 March 1865) was a Scottish-born American architect, who settled in Philadelphia. He is remembered for his churches, and for popularizing the Italianate style and the use of brownstone. Career Notman was born on 22 Jul ...

, Scottish-born American architect (died

1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...

)

Deaths

January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...

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Jan Ferdynand Nax Jan Ferdynand Nax (April 1736 – 19 January 1810) was an architect, economist, social reformer and adviser on the navigability and conservation of Poland's water resources. While he was born in Gdańsk, and was of German origin, Nax spent most ...

, Polish architect, economist and social reformer (born

1736 Events January–March * January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. * January 26 – Stanislaus I of P ...

) *

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1264 &n ...

– Francesco Piranesi, Italian engraver, etcher and architect (born 1756 or 1758)

References

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