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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/November_1/1tRfIDru">November 1</a> – Foundation stone laid for church of <a href="/facts/All_Saints%2c_Margaret_Street/TDc3XMpJ">All Saints, Margaret Street</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Butterfield/3l33XadY">William Butterfield</a>. supervised by Beresford Hope for the <a href="/facts/Cambridge_Camden_Society/TzlhrFBD">Cambridge Camden Society</a> as a model of the <a href="/facts/High_Victorian_Gothic/L388ekcQ">High Victorian Gothic</a> <a href="/facts/Ecclesiology/USBdR9xP">ecclesiological</a> style.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1850</p> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bratsberg_Church/J8SayBrS">Bratsberg Church</a>, Trondheim, Norway.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hillsgrove_Covered_Bridge/FvWpevWt">Hillsgrove Covered Bridge</a>, Pennsylvania, USA.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Britannia_Bridge/7bgww9s3">Britannia Bridge</a> in North Wales, engineered by <a href="/facts/Robert_Stephenson/bITLIgA1">Robert Stephenson</a>, is opened.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Newcastle_railway_station/JCgSB6r5">Newcastle railway station</a> in the north-east of England, designed by <a href="/facts/John_Dobson_(architect)/3DtAdmXQ">John Dobson</a>, is opened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sainte-Genevi%25C3%25A8ve_Library/sCSHouHn">Sainte-Geneviève Library</a> in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Henri_Labrouste/vXFyhvWS">Henri Labrouste</a>, is completed, the first major public building with an exposed <a href="/facts/Cast-iron_architecture/hoKv7kQY">cast-iron frame</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ch%25C3%25A2teau_de_Boursault/RNqNQnvU">Château de Boursault</a>, France, designed by <a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Arveuf-Fransquin/J39DTzf0">Jean-Jacques Arveuf-Fransquin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peckforton_Castle/u6ctfaDv">Peckforton Castle</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Anthony_Salvin/ELKRQxIv">Anthony Salvin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/V%25C4%25A9nh_Tr%25C3%25A0ng_Temple/5DprIIef">Vĩnh Tràng Temple</a>, <a href="/facts/M%25E1%25BB%25B9_Tho/8cNI8u39">Mỹ Tho</a>, Vietnam.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture – Victor Louvet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Barry/BLTxj72p">Charles Barry</a></li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>January 10 – <a href="/facts/John_Wellborn_Root/xk7z3lQr">John Wellborn Root</a>, Chicago-based US architect (died <a href="/facts/1891_in_architecture/warNoQv3">1891</a>)</li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/facts/Frank_Darling_(architect)/dvd4UsF6">Frank Darling</a>, Canadian architect associated with Toronto (died <a href="/facts/1923_in_architecture/Q7NC0cNv">1923</a>)</li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/facts/Victor_Laloux/jjGPqKCs">Victor Laloux</a>, French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher (died <a href="/facts/1937_in_architecture/0HQhqnSu">1937</a>)</li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/facts/Llu%25C3%25ADs_Dom%25C3%25A8nech_i_Montaner/VJyI8rx2">Lluís Domènech i Montaner</a>, Spanish-Catalan architect, a leader of Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement (died <a href="/facts/1927_in_architecture/VWjCI4Hw">1927</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Worley_(architect)/WvT2I9jL">Robert Worley</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1930_in_architecture/zx4cnx0L">1930</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>February 19 – <a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Debret/QxRErFRj">François Debret</a>, French architect (born <a href="/facts/1777_in_architecture/0zbqVqsX">1777</a>)</li> <li>March 2 – <a href="/facts/Auguste-Henri-Victor_Grandjean_de_Montigny/AuYFgsPy">Auguste-Henri-Victor Grandjean de Montigny</a>, French architect influential in Brazil (born <a href="/facts/1776_in_architecture/sC0p5b9k">1776</a>)</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/facts/Antonio_Niccolini_(architect)/j9uNRc5h">Antonio Niccolini</a>, Italian architect, scenic designer, and engraver (born <a href="/facts/1772_in_architecture/t14dcaAL">1772</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/facts/Robert_Stevenson_(civil_engineer)/Wreukjau">Robert Stevenson</a>, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born <a href="/facts/1772_in_architecture/t14dcaAL">1772</a>)</li> <li>September 5 — <a href="/facts/John_Holden_Greene/pTtW3vot">John Holden Greene</a>, American architect based in <a href="/facts/Providence%2c_Rhode_Island/77kh9zJT">Providence, Rhode Island</a> (born <a href="/facts/1777_in_architecture/0zbqVqsX">1777</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Bratsberg kirke" (in Norwegian). Strinda historielag. Retrieved 2011-04-15. <a href="http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wiki/index.php?title=Bratsberg_kirke" target="_blank">http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wiki/index.php?title=Bratsberg_kirke</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-01-12. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Biddle, Gordon; Nock, Oswald (1983). The Railway Heritage of Britain. London: Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-2355-7. <a href="0-7181-2355-7" target="_blank">0-7181-2355-7</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Trachtenberg, Marvin; Hyman, Isabelle (1986). Architecture: from Prehistory to Post-Modernism – the Western tradition. London: Academy Editions. p. 478. ISBN 0-85670-899-2. <a href="0-85670-899-2" target="_blank">0-85670-899-2</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Võ Văn Tường. "Các chùa Nam Bộ" (in Vietnamese). Buddhism Today. Retrieved 2008-05-30. <a href="http://www.buddhismtoday.com/viet/pgvn/chua/002-danhlamnuocviet3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.buddhismtoday.com/viet/pgvn/chua/002-danhlamnuocviet3.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Cassanelli, Roberto; Ciapparelli, Pier Luigi; Colle, Enrico; David, Massimiliano (2001). Houses and Monuments of Pompeii: The Work of Fausto and Felice Niccolini. p. 23. ISBN 9780892366842. <a href="9780892366842" target="_blank">9780892366842</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>