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1763 in architecture
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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/April_3/qXsPDWwH">April 3</a> – Foundation stone of the church of <a href="/facts/La_Madeleine,_Paris/vR0nShIF">La Madeleine, Paris</a> laid; the original design, commissioned in <a href="/facts/1757_in_architecture/kztjBCxA">1757</a> from <a href="/facts/Pierre_Contant_d%27Ivry/RtDAocvk">Pierre Contant d'Ivry</a>, will not be completed.</li> <li>Chapel for <a href="/facts/Clare_College,_Cambridge/GQVK3RGX">Clare Hall</a> in the University of Cambridge (England) designed by <a href="/facts/James_Burrough_(architect)/akfTDzst">Sir James Burrough</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1763</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_14/SHozc9zT">May 14</a> – <a href="/facts/Teatro_Comunale_di_Bologna/nbNAIxl1">Nuovo Teatro Pubblico</a> in <a href="/facts/Bologna/glE9rlrW">Bologna</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Antonio_Galli_Bibiena/LX9E5fxb">Antonio Galli Bibiena</a>, opened.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_24/lMUqGvj6">July 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Po%C5%BEega_Cathedral/UcSLhEq4">Požega Cathedral</a>, <a href="/facts/Po%C5%BEega,_Croatia/Yf7Cseyq">Požega, Croatia</a>, consecrated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_2/e3FzUoxF">December 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Touro_Synagogue/FjfJd9Ry">Touro Synagogue</a>, <a href="/facts/Newport,_Rhode_Island/C0UsPEff">Newport, Rhode Island</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Peter_Harrison_(architect)/kKGhEDQ3">Peter Harrison</a>, dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Cecilia%27s_Hall/ImjIV5GC">St Cecilia's Hall</a> in <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland, designed by <a href="/facts/Robert_Mylne_(architect)/T3DVEYSq">Robert Mylne</a>, opened.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/B%C3%B6rringe_Priory/b9q7eo2Y">Börringe Castle</a>, Sweden.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>Church of St. Mary Magdalene, <a href="/facts/Croome,_Worcestershire/RtF85lxk">Croome, Worcestershire</a>, England, designed by "<a href="/facts/Capability_Brown/BwsP9b6s">Capability Brown</a>" (exterior) and <a href="/facts/Robert_Adam/Qu9nqvTo">Robert Adam</a> (interior).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cl%C3%A9rigos_Church/JxDodEPT">Clérigos Church</a> tower, <a href="/facts/Porto/wk5eA3zH">Porto</a>, Portugal.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St._Mary%27s_Roman_Catholic_Church_(Philadelphia)/p8JMeP0c">St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)</a>, Pennsylvania.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Villa_Albani/cKr33LLW">Villa Albani</a> in Rome, designed by <a href="/facts/Carlo_Marchionni/2RWKfs2g">Carlo Marchionni</a>, is substantially completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Donnington_Grove/AA0khIua">Donnington Grove</a> in Berkshire, England, designed by John Chute, is built.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Theater_am_K%C3%A4rntnertor/X2AkHCke">Theater am Kärntnertor</a> in Vienna, rebuilding by <a href="/facts/Nicol%C3%B2_Pacassi/sxqDDyIC">Nicolò Pacassi</a> is completed.</li> <li>Present Use Storehouse (No. 11), <a href="/facts/Portsmouth_Historic_Dockyard/GIPjaPY1">Portsmouth Historic Dockyard</a>, England, is built.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/August_8/Sly6Gs5G">August 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_Bulfinch/pdgC0dMp">Charles Bulfinch</a>, first native-born American to practice <a href="/facts/Architecture/FccThs8G">architecture</a> as a <a href="/facts/Architect/pv0f9bYq">profession</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> (died <a href="/facts/1844_in_architecture/eBeNyPdK">1844</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_2/SWNobvWW">February 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Emmanuel_H%C3%A9r%C3%A9_de_Corny/g3u7uD8G">Emmanuel Héré de Corny</a>, French court architect to <a href="/facts/Stanis%C5%82aw_Leszczy%C5%84ski/yC4RuxXt">Stanisław Leszczyński</a> at Nancy (born <a href="/facts/1705_in_architecture/FCtSyCCT">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Johann_Joseph_Couven/dEo56q1y">Johann Joseph Couven</a>, German baroque architect (born <a href="/facts/1701_in_architecture/vekB9vWR">1701</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Börringekloster. (in Swedish). <a href="http://www.borringekloster.se/" target="_blank">http://www.borringekloster.se/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Baltzell, Edward Digby (1996). Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers. pp. 322-24. ISBN 1-56000-830-X. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>