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1796 in architecture
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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/October_8/8L9N9dls">October 8</a> – The <a href="/facts/Sans_Souci_Theatre/PQmh1nlo">Sans Souci Theatre</a> in Westminster, London, opens to the public, built by dramatist, musician and painter <a href="/facts/Charles_Dibdin/NL6g0dTB">Charles Dibdin</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1796</p> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Somerset_House/ms15CJxF">Somerset House</a> in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Chambers_(architect)/PU6fhDWr">William Chambers</a> is completed.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Parish_church_of_Urtij%C3%ABi/Ns53BGCK">parish church of Urtijëi</a> in the <a href="/facts/Italian_Tyrol/IxxpM1X0">Italian Tyrol</a>, designed by Joseph Abenthung, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hwaseong_Fortress/Adfc3GUJ">Hwaseong Fortress</a> in <a href="/facts/Suwon/qVQYnlyR">Suwon</a>, <a href="/facts/Korea/cj2kDBzc">Korea</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Jeong_Yak-yong/k0CPDeQE">Jeong Yak-yong</a>, is completed.</li> <li>Work begins on <a href="/facts/Blaise_Castle/B75LQqBx">Blaise Castle</a>, commissioned by <a href="/facts/John_Scandrett_Harford/y3TqTyxQ">John Scandrett Harford</a> from <a href="/facts/William_Paty/bz3uA7Jz">William Paty</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ffynone_House/8ogsbQSk">Ffynone House</a> near <a href="/facts/Boncath/N4C1r4F5">Boncath</a> in Wales, designed by <a href="/facts/John_Nash_(architect)/mTRa1dG6">John Nash</a>, is largely completed.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Mosque_of_Amr_ibn_al-As/8RJNIGB6">Mosque of Amr ibn al-As</a> in <a href="/facts/Fustat/ynDk30sh">Fustat</a>, Egypt, is rebuilt by Mamluk leader <a href="/facts/Mourad_Bey/5b2wQSaC">Mourad Bey</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Mortimer_Lewis/Mp1dw0xr">Mortimer Lewis</a>, Colonial Architect of New South Wales (died <a href="/facts/1879_in_architecture/xGXjRlYf">1879</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Jacob_Otten_Husly/RYN3ksRg">Jacob Otten Husly</a>, Dutch neoclassical architect (born <a href="/facts/1738_in_architecture/qaNaRVXr">1738</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_1/vxP4Lalf">March 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Carl_Fredrik_Adelcrantz/5Rfo35M0">Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz</a>, Swedish architect and civil servant (born <a href="/facts/1716_in_architecture/q40zl5qA">1716</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_10/pcuzvzSX">March 10</a> – <a href="/facts/William_Chambers_(architect)/PU6fhDWr">William Chambers</a>, English architect and Surveyor-General and Comptroller of the King's Works (born <a href="/facts/1723_in_architecture/HKpQMVva">1723</a>)</li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1796 in architecture.