The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

* May – The

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is founded in London.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

– The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father

Félix Martin Félix Martin (born 4 October 1804, in Auray, Morbihan; died in Vaugirard, Paris, 25 November 1886) was an antiquary, historiographer, architect, and educationist. Early life and work His father, Jacques Augustin Martin, for many years mayor o ...

. * April 15 – Lords Chamber in the

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in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin. *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

– Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany. * June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher. * August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett. * September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite. * November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood. * First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by

Eduard van der Nüll Eduard van der Nüll (9 January 1812 (baptized) – 4 April 1868) was an Austrian architect, who was one of the great masters in the historicist style of Vienna's Ringstrasse. ''Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870'', ...

and

August Sicard von Sicardsburg August Sicard von Sicardsburg (6 December 1813 – 11 June 1868) was an Austrian architect. He is best remembered as the co-architect of the Vienna State Opera, together with Eduard van der Nüll. Sicardsburg was born in Buda. He studied archi ...

Buildings completed

* Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan. * St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin. *

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Rampisham Rampisham ( or ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited on greensand in a valley surrounded by the chalk hills of the Dor ...

, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.

Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Louis-Jules André.

Births

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

–

Fredrik Olaus Lindström Fredrik Olaus Lindström (21 March 1847 – 6 November 1919) was a Swedish architect and artist. Life Lindström was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1865–1873. He worked as an architect in St ...

, Swedish city architect (died

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

) * April 16 – Hans Auer, Austrian architect (died

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

) * June 9 – Alajos Hauszmann, Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

) * August 24 – Charles Follen McKim, American architect (died

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

)

* ''date unknown'' ** John Beswicke, Australian architect and surveyor (died

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

) ** Alexandru Săvulescu, Romanian architect (died

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

)

Deaths

* March 23 –

Archibald Simpson Archibald Simpson (4 May 1790 – 23 March 1847) was a Scottish architect, who along with his rival John Smith, is regarded as having fashioned the character of Aberdeen as "The Granite City".Simpson, William Douglas, (1947) ''The Archibald S ...

, Scottish architect practicing in Aberdeen (born

1790 Events January–March * January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City. * January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took p ...

) * October 13 – Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born

1787 Events January–March * January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase of land for the seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro), for ...

) * November 26 – Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born

1814 Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison s ...

; consumption)

References

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