1705 in architecture

<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2>
<p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1705</p>
<h3>Buildings</h3>

<ul><li>March – The first of the principal buildings of <a href="/facts/Greenwich_Hospital,_London/T8j4jdyT">Greenwich Hospital, London</a>, the King Charles Court, designed by <a href="/facts/Christopher_Wren/yKSh7QUa">Christopher Wren</a>, is completed.</li>
<li>November – In <a href="/facts/Williamsburg,_Virginia/QhWHpFB2">Williamsburg</a>, capital of the <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a> colony in America, construction of the first <a href="/facts/Capitol_(Williamsburg,_Virginia)/VLIcwMYV">Capitol</a> building is completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Blenheim_Palace/smc7XxSD">Blenheim Palace</a> is begun at <a href="/facts/Woodstock,_Oxfordshire/sIWYmPU8">Woodstock, Oxfordshire</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/John_Vanbrugh/lq31whL0">John Vanbrugh</a> (completed <a href="/facts/1722_in_architecture/88boQodT">1722</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Stadtpalais_Liechtenstein/gtne71gu">Stadtpalais Liechtenstein</a> in <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>, <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a>, is completed (started <a href="/facts/1692_in_architecture/8kgSmgSw">1692</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li>Remodelling of the <a href="/facts/Jesuit_Church,_Vienna/PTYC7RfW">Jesuit Church, Vienna</a>, by <a href="/facts/Andrea_Pozzo/C5oruLwf">Andrea Pozzo</a> is largely completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="births">Births</h2>
<ul><li>January 8 – <a href="/facts/Jacques-Fran%C3%A7ois_Blondel/mG0MuvbJ">Jacques-François Blondel</a>, French architect (died <a href="/facts/1774_in_architecture/LLWLedf4">1774</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Charles_Labelye/bz6sn4hR">Charles Labelye</a>, Swiss civil engineer (died <a href="/facts/1762_in_architecture/AGWGaad9">1762</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>Approximate date – <a href="/facts/Richard_Taliaferro/1oREvtFA">Richard Taliaferro</a>, American architect working in <a href="/facts/Williamsburg,_Virginia/QhWHpFB2">Williamsburg, Virginia</a> (died <a href="/facts/1779_in_architecture/nUQrqV7s">1779</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2>
<ul><li>Lady <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Wilbraham/d082Gx8U">Elizabeth Wilbraham</a>, English amateur architect (born <a href="/facts/1630s_in_architecture/wPH1VmxX">1632</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"The Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg". digital.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 25 July 2018. <a href="https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:3873892" target="_blank">https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:3873892</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Blenheim Palace". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018. <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/425" target="_blank">https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/425</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 469. ISBN 9780199674985. <a href="9780199674985" target="_blank">9780199674985</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Vienna. Ediz. Inglese. Casa Editrice Bonechi. 2008. p. 91. ISBN 9788847619609. <a href="9788847619609" target="_blank">9788847619609</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Jacques-François Blondel | French architect". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 July 2018. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Francois-Blondel" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Francois-Blondel</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Jarvis, Adrian (2016). Port and Harbour Engineering. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 9781351909914. <a href="9781351909914" target="_blank">9781351909914</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Martone, Eric (2016). Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People. ABC-CLIO. p. 51. ISBN 9781610699952. <a href="9781610699952" target="_blank">9781610699952</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"The first woman architect". Architects Journal. Retrieved 25 July 2018. <a href="https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-first-woman-architect/8608009.article" target="_blank">https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-first-woman-architect/8608009.article</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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