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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>Work recommences on the <a href="/facts/Salon_d%2527Hercule/uXaaBHAc">Salon d'Hercule</a> at Versailles under <a href="/facts/Jacques_Gabriel/w05pBq4e">Jacques Gabriel</a>, after a break caused by the death of King <a href="/facts/Louis_XIV_of_France/2LseeIlj">Louis XIV of France</a> in 1715.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1724</p> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cannons_(house)/I3qtk5fo">Cannons</a>, a house in <a href="/facts/Edgware/ycycMA8X">Edgware</a>, <a href="/facts/Middlesex/Mzn77Wy7">Middlesex</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, built for <a href="/facts/James_Brydges%2c_1st_Duke_of_Chandos/MB1RAdpC">James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos</a> with façades designed by <a href="/facts/James_Gibbs/GjkNKSTI">James Gibbs</a>.</li> <li>Maids of Honour Row, <a href="/facts/Terraced_house/DT8MaWwr">terraced houses</a> on <a href="/facts/Richmond_Green/6D7o13r6">Richmond Green</a>, <a href="/facts/Richmond%2c_London/3aABjPvI">Richmond, Surrey</a>, England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/1724_Chester_Courthouse/1qa4NG46">Chester Courthouse</a> in <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a> (North America).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shire_Hall%2c_Monmouth/p5RVEpfF">Shire Hall, Monmouth</a>, Great Britain.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Church_of_St._Edmund%2c_Dudley/TV7A1NfB">Church of St. Edmund, Dudley</a>, England.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St._Stephanus%2c_Bork/6udLKY0k">St. Stephanus, Bork</a>, Germany.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cluj-Napoca_Piarists%2527_Church/Idpke5fJ">Cluj Jesuit Church</a> in <a href="/facts/Transylvania/6MH7dvbq">Transylvania</a> (<a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stavropoleos_Monastery/sD1jXadj">Stavropoleos Monastery</a> in <a href="/facts/Bucharest/4xQnsGwM">Bucharest</a>, Romania.</li> <li>Rebuilt <a href="/facts/Sam_Poo_Kong/oSPG5kFd">Sam Poo Kong</a> temple in <a href="/facts/Semarang/73oKj96u">Semarang</a>, Java.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: Jean-Pierre Le Tailleur de Boncourt.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>June 8 – <a href="/facts/John_Smeaton/ylvEax8g">John Smeaton</a>, English civil engineer (died <a href="/facts/1792_in_architecture/d4b69luB">1792</a>)</li> <li>October – <a href="/facts/Hans_N%25C3%25A6ss_(architect)/WVIXC4Wx">Hans Næss</a>, Danish architect (died <a href="/facts/1795_in_architecture/rr0DMpX9">1795</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Julien-David_Le_Roy/gXMYPWax">Julien-David Le Roy</a>, French architect and archaeologist (died <a href="/facts/1803_in_architecture/dTlgIx4b">1803</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_24/rgy52alf">January 24</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Dickinson_(architect)/5UqwLLNr">William Dickinson</a>, English architect (born c.1670)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_8/b66u0pus">March 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Enrico_Zuccalli/BIk5mGav">Enrico Zuccalli</a>, Swiss architect working for the Wittelsbach regents of Bavaria and Cologne (born c.1642)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Pierre_Cailleteau/ma2M9zEY">Pierre Cailleteau</a>, French architect and interior designer (born <a href="/facts/1655_in_architecture/Q7yAByY6">1655</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP" target="_blank">https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The Shire Hall, Monmouth". Listed Buildings Online - British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-04-12. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2228-the-shire-hall-monmouth" target="_blank">http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2228-the-shire-hall-monmouth</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Sabin Heym: Henrico Zuccalli: der kurbayerische Hofbaumeister. Schnell und Steiner. München/Zürich 1984, ISBN 3-7954-0365-0 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>