1785 in architecture

<h2 id="events">Events</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/May_20/cs2G4cma">May 20</a> – The United States <a href="/facts/Land_Ordinance_of_1785/jDCCFx6m">Land Ordinance of 1785</a> determines the layout of townships in the western territories.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/July_17/L9LMYksJ">July 17</a> – A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the <a href="/facts/Pella_Palace/xhNU2lBy">Pella Palace</a> in Russia, designed by <a href="/facts/Ivan_Starov/WKXdD8Gv">Ivan Starov</a>; it will never be completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2>
<p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1785</p>
<h3>Buildings completed</h3>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/May_19/XY34HCek">May 19</a> – <a href="/facts/Plaza_de_Toros_de_Ronda/xM2N2XQh">Plaza de Toros de Ronda</a>, Spain.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/September_7/ylKjs7QG">September 7</a> – <a href="/facts/Notre-Dame_de_Guebwiller/hXrrsFD3">Notre-Dame de Guebwiller</a> inaugurated.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Attingham_Park/vtTdquJo">Attingham Park</a>, <a href="/facts/Shropshire/6JcmluAA">Shropshire</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/George_Steuart_(architect)/KdrN9bye">George Steuart</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chertsey_Bridge/SVLARfub">Chertsey Bridge</a> over the <a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">River Thames</a> in England, designed by <a href="/facts/James_Paine_(architect)/6Ynz5EL9">James Paine</a> and <a href="/facts/Kenton_Couse/urb7JVsN">Kenton Couse</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Marble_Palace/V3nN7ybE">Marble Palace</a> in <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Antonio_Rinaldi_(architect)/CAurwXpL">Antonio Rinaldi</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Church_of_St._Stephen_Harding_in_Ap%C3%A1tistv%C3%A1nfalva/TtsTJEPb">Church of St. Stephen Harding in Apátistvánfalva</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Odigitrievsky_Cathedral/WUICsJj1">Odigitrievsky Cathedral</a> in <a href="/facts/Ulan_Ude/PpqlPSfm">Ulan Ude</a>, Russia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Palace_of_Iturbide/QRodE1na">Palace of Iturbide</a> in <a href="/facts/Mexico_City/gEnGxDEd">Mexico City</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Francisco_Antonio_de_Guerrero_y_Torres/UM8QvW3z">Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Grand_Palace/PRDhPaUW">Grand Palace</a>, <a href="/facts/Bangkok/WRxftcFz">Bangkok</a>, completed.</li>
<li>Rebuilding of <a href="/facts/Babolovo_Palace/c4VfUjU5">Babolovo Palace</a> in <a href="/facts/Tsarskoe_Selo/PqxvN72T">Tsarskoe Selo</a>, Russia, by Ilya Neyelov.</li>
<li>Modifications to <a href="/facts/Neue_Kirche,_Berlin/JL9ItcKw">Neue Kirche, Berlin</a>, by Georg Christian Unger after a design by <a href="/facts/Carl_von_Gontard/yfjLX1P6">Carl von Gontard</a>.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mussenden_Temple/8wWM1KB2">Mussenden Temple</a> on the north coast of Ireland.</li></ul>
<h2 id="births">Births</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/October_29/JP1TLGYp">October 29</a> – <a href="/facts/Achille_Lecl%C3%A8re/AJRHHP84">Achille Leclère</a>, <a href="/facts/French_people/984axQ8y">French</a> architect (died <a href="/facts/1853_in_architecture/fCaY6Qxo">1853</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/William_Cubitt/vLVjXHNU">William Cubitt</a>, English civil engineer (died <a href="/facts/1861_in_architecture/cvGH8PsG">1861</a>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/August_11/wU6X1Ukc">August 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Marie-Joseph_Peyre/XhKb8msw">Marie-Joseph Peyre</a>, French architect (born <a href="/facts/1730_in_architecture/NXDwsYfq">1730</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/September_26/s1l3wYPa">September 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Ventura_Rodr%C3%ADguez/pJmds7GV">Ventura Rodríguez</a>, Spanish architect and artist (born <a href="/facts/1717_in_architecture/msKpMxxT">1717</a>)</li></ul>

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

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Voronov, Victor (2008). Ivan Starov (Иван Старов) (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Iskusstvo-SPB. ISBN 9785210015112. p. 245 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Buryatia governmental page with history of Cathedral". egov-buryatia.ru. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071022021037/http://egov-buryatia.ru:8081/index-n.html?a=full&id=176" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071022021037/http://egov-buryatia.ru:8081/index-n.html?a=full&id=176</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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