1680s in architecture

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See also: 1670s in architecture, other events of the 1680s, 1690s in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Buildings

• 1680 - St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed.
• 1683 - The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, designed by Christopher Wren is completed (since rebuilt).
• 1687 - The rebuilding of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England begins under William Talman.

Births

• 1684 - William Adam (died 1748)
• September 29, 1686 - Cosmas Damian Asam (died 1739)
• 1686 - Giacomo Leoni (died 1746)
• January 27, 1687 - Balthasar Neumann (died 1753)

Deaths

• November 28, 1680 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (born 1598)
• February 18, 1682 - Baldassarre Longhena (born 1598)
• 1688 - Claude Perrault (born 1613)