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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 )