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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>January 9 – <a href="/facts/William_Tryon/Nc9nET8Q">William Tryon</a>, governor of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Colony_of_North_Carolina/HHd4oPw3">Royal Colony of North Carolina</a>, signs a contract with architect <a href="/facts/John_Hawks_(architect)/YbLJxXKC">John Hawks</a> to build <a href="/facts/Tryon_Palace/lW0bdweD">Tryon Palace</a>, a lavish <a href="/facts/Georgian_architecture/XS4mqhsc">Georgian</a> style governor's mansion on the <a href="/facts/New_Bern/vPEgvusW">New Bern</a> waterfront.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1767</p> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li>In <a href="/facts/Bath,_Somerset/mHppKuoG">Bath, Somerset</a>, England, the <a href="/facts/Octagon_Chapel,_Bath/n1m8ba9o">Octagon Chapel</a>, designed by Timothy Lightholder or Lightoler, is completed and <a href="/facts/Royal_Crescent/4gw3JAQK">Royal Crescent</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/John_Wood,_the_Younger/jvSYhUx8">John Wood, the Younger</a>, is begun.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Helen%27s_House/JgfV7g6d">St Helen's House</a>, <a href="/facts/Derby/kMYgyqNA">Derby</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Joseph_Pickford/kz4blnj5">Joseph Pickford</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Walton_Hall,_West_Yorkshire/r9TAfsGw">Walton Hall, West Yorkshire</a>, England, is built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Auchincruive/6Na9wJLr">Auchincruive</a> house in <a href="/facts/Scotland/VGwbbxB2">Scotland</a>, based on designs by <a href="/facts/Robert_Adam/Qu9nqvTo">Robert Adam</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cliveden_(Benjamin_Chew_House)/qrY9gprT">Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)</a> in <a href="/facts/Germantown,_Philadelphia/BVFeTUyJ">Germantown, Philadelphia</a>, designed by William Peters, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elmwood_(Cambridge,_Massachusetts)/HeYz74dF">Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts)</a> is built about this date.</li> <li>In <a href="/facts/New_Haven,_Connecticut/dRanslgz">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, the <a href="/facts/John_Pierpont/LFPXrTcB">John Pierpont</a> house (the modern-day <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a> Visitor Center) is built.</li> <li>Church of St Catherine in the <a href="/facts/Yakimanka_District/yren2h9a">Yakimanka District</a> of central Moscow, designed by <a href="/facts/Karl_Blank/NRSWGqoc">Karl Blank</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Holy_Mother_of_God_Cathedral,_Vagharshapat/3dp2LkYv">Holy Mother of God Cathedral, Vagharshapat</a>, Armenia, is built.</li> <li>Mühlstraße Evangelical church in <a href="/facts/Jeckenbach/XXh74Hjs">Jeckenbach</a> in the Rhineland, perhaps designed by Philipp Heinrich Hellermann, is built.</li> <li>The circular <a href="/facts/Kilarrow_Parish_Church/R09wBhxJ">Kilarrow Parish Church</a> in <a href="/facts/Bowmore/nFqYEwKw">Bowmore</a> on <a href="/facts/Islay/TnrfF5cA">Islay</a> in Scotland is built.</li> <li>In <a href="/facts/K%C3%B3rnik/Qt1Dh2hg">Kórnik</a>, Poland, a <a href="/facts/Wooden_synagogues_of_the_former_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth/gpCNK7Sy">wooden synagogue</a> is built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Brick_Church_(New_York_City)/QGao3d5c">Old Brick Church (New York City)</a>, designed by John McComb, Sr, is built.</li> <li>The first church in <a href="/facts/Salem,_New_York/WfTG4HPG">Salem, New York</a>, is built.</li> <li>The Birchwood Inn in <a href="/facts/Lenox,_Massachusetts/wtI9qUsv">Lenox, Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/facts/The_Berkshires/e8vdXALH">The Berkshires</a>), is built.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arg_of_Karim_Khan/9cSEtGMV">Arg of Karim Khan</a> citadel in <a href="/facts/Shiraz/Kxo5ExRq">Shiraz</a>, Persia, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Refsnes_Gods/Rqb5yFjp">Refsnes Gods</a> pleasure pavilion on the Norwegian island of <a href="/facts/Jel%C3%B8y/QWRjpXSV">Jeløy</a> is built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Burton_Pynsent_Monument/k02J80XL">Burton Pynsent Monument</a> in Somerset, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Capability_Brown/BwsP9b6s">Capability Brown</a>, is erected.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Temple_of_Harmony/yljfTMAn">Temple of Harmony</a> garden folly at <a href="/facts/Halswell_House/Ndz44CkA">Halswell House</a>, Somerset, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Thomas_Prowse/YyVowpAn">Thomas Prowse</a>, is built.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>April 6 – <a href="/facts/Alexandre-Vincent_Pineux_Duval/GTp7pEUt">Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval</a>, French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor and theatre manager (died <a href="/facts/1842_in_architecture/yUvh8tfj">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sir_Richard_Morrison/yS6UlTy7">Richard Morrison</a>, Irish architect (died <a href="/facts/1849_in_architecture/5HHhJodM">1849</a>?)</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Saunders_(builder)/8dbqgge1">William Saunders</a>, American builder (died <a href="/facts/1861_in_architecture/cvGH8PsG">1861</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>December 9 – <a href="/facts/Benedetto_Alfieri/uast534k">Benedetto Alfieri</a>, Italian architect (born <a href="/facts/1699_in_architecture/Ds4Xpdnb">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Georges_Vallon/J9PmCySP">Georges Vallon</a>, French architect (born <a href="/facts/1688_in_architecture/rAJww3Ug">1688</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>On the National Register of Historic Places. <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" target="_blank">/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>