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BUILDINGS
1661
- Work begins on
Versailles
, near
Paris
.
1662
- King Charles Court of the
Greenwich Hospital
in
London
, designed by
John Webb
.
ca.
1663
-
Kingston Lacy
in
Dorset
designed by
Roger Pratt
.
1665
-
Sant'Andrea Al Quirinale
in
Rome
, designed by
Bernini
is completed.
1667
-
Piazza Of St Peter's
in the
Vatican City
, designed by
Bernini
is completed.
1668
-
Sheldonian Theatre
in
Oxford
,
England
, designed by
Christopher Wren
is completed.
EVENTS
September 2
–
September 5
,
1666
- The
Great Fire Of London
destroys most of the city.
BIRTHS
1660
-
Jakob Prandtauer
(died
1726
)
1661
- probable date of birth of
Nicholas Hawksmoor
1661 -
Daniel Marot
(died
1752
)
January 24
,
1664
- Sir
John Vanbrugh
(died
1726
)
1668
-
Johann Lukas Von Hildebrandt
(died
1745
)
DEATHS
September 23
,
1666
-
François Mansart
(born
1598
)
August 3
,
1667
-
Francesco Borromini
(born
1599
)
May 16
,
1669
-
Pietro Da Cortona
(born
1596
)