1806 in architecture
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The year 1806 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- January 30 – The original span of the Lower Trenton Bridge over the Delaware River, USA, is opened.
- August 15 – Construction work starts on the Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte from Jean Chalgrin.
- December 1 – The Olympic Theatre opens in Drury Lane, London.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- April 9 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer (died 1859)
- October 14 – Niels Sigfred Nebelong, Danish Historicist architect (died 1871)
- November 23 – Philipp Hoffmann, German architect and builder (died 1889)
Deaths
- June 17 – Henry Holland, architect to the British aristocracy (born 1745)
- November 18 – Claude Nicolas Ledoux, French Neoclassical architect (born 1736)
References
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