Buildings

The Würzburg Residence in Germany

Holden Chapel

• Giác Lâm Pagoda in Saigon is built by Lý Thụy Long.
• Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda in Cairo, designed by Katkhuda of Egypt ('Abd al Rahman Katkhuda'), is built.
• Tombul Mosque in Shumen, Ottoman Empire, is completed.
• St Botolph's Aldgate church in the City of London, designed by George Dance the Elder, is completed.
• St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford in England, designed by J. Garlive, is completed.
• Twelve Collegia in Saint Petersburg, designed by Domenico Trezzini and Theodor Schwertfeger, is completed.
• The second Summer Palace in Saint Petersburg, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is completed.
• Remodelling of the Hirschholm Palace in Denmark to a design by Lauritz de Thurah is completed.
• Remodelling of the Prince's Mansion, Copenhagen in Denmark by Nicolai Eigtved is completed.
• The Würzburg Residence in Germany, designed by Balthasar Neumann with Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Maximilian von Welsch, Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, is completed (begun 1720).
• Morelia Cathedral in Mexico is completed (begun 1660).
• Alamo Mission in San Antonio is begun.
• Christ Church, Philadelphia, is completed.
• Holden Chapel at Harvard University is completed.
• St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley of Chester County, Pennsylvania, is built.
• Withcote Chapel in Leicestershire, England, is remodelled.
• St. Martin's Church, Warsaw, is reconstructed to a design by Karol Bay at about this date.