1716 in architecture
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The year 1716 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- AmericaUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's first lighthouseLighthouseA lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
, Boston LightBoston LightBoston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States...
, is built; it will be destroyed in the American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionThe American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
and rebuilt in 17831783 in architectureThe year 1783 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre is completed in Saint Petersburg, Russia.* Boston Light is rebuilt after the lighthouse was destroyed in the American Revolution.-Births:...
. - In Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, a monastery is built by the FranciscanFranciscanMost Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
Recoleto monks, and the complex will later serve as a hospital during the English invasions.
Births
- Peter HarrisonPeter HarrisonPeter Harrison was a colonial American architect who was born in York, England and emigrated to Rhode Island in 1740. Peter Harrison and his brother, Joseph Harrison, came to the American colonies and established themselves as merchants and captains of their own "vessels." Peter Harrison returned...
- EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-born architect, active in the Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
colony (d. 17751775 in architectureThe year 1775 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* Fort Belan completed, opposite the Abermenai Point in Anglesey, Wales-Deaths:* Peter Harrison - English-born architect, active in the Rhode Island colony...
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