1690s in architecture

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See also: 1680s in architecture, other events of the 1690s, 1700 in architecture and the architecture timeline.

Buildings

• 1690 - The Sindone Chapel in Turin, designed by Guarino Guarini is completed.
• 1699 - Castle Howard (completed 1712), designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, is begun.

Births

• 1690 - Richard Cassels (died 1751)
• June 17, 1691 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini (died 1765)
• April 25, 1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (died 1753)
• 1698 - October 23 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel (died 1782)
• 1699 - Edward Lovett Pearce (died 1733)

Deaths

• February 8, 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi (born 1611)

Events

• 1698 - The window tax is introduced in Great Britain.