Buildings

• Palais d'Industrie
  Palais d'Industrie
  The Palais de l'Industrie was an exhibition hall erected for the Paris World Fair in 1855. The first building on the site with this name was erected in 1839. It was replaced for subsequent exhibitions in 1844 and 1849...
  
   built for the World Fair
  Exposition Universelle (1855)
  The Exposition Universelle of 1855 was an International Exhibition held on the Champs-Elysées in Paris from May 15 to November 15, 1855. Its full official title was the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des Beaux-Arts de Paris 1855.The exposition was a major...
  
   in Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  
• The Old Stone Church built in Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland, Ohio
  Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
  
  
• The Victoria Tower
  Victoria Tower
  The Victoria Tower is the square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, facing south and west onto Black Rod's Garden and Old Palace Yard. At , it is slightly taller than the more famous Clock Tower at the north end of the Palace . It houses the Parliamentary Archives...
  
   in London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
  , England
  England
  England 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...
  
   is completed.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal
  Royal Gold Medal
  The Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
  
   - Jacques Ignace Hittorff
  Jacques Ignace Hittorff
  Jakob Ignaz Hittorff was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with conservative Beaux-Arts classicism in a career that spanned the decades from the Restoration to the Second Empire.After serving an apprenticeship to a mason in his...
  
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• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Deaths

• Thomas Cubitt
  Thomas Cubitt
  Thomas Cubitt , born Buxton, Norfolk, was the leading master builder in London in the second quarter of the 19th century, and also carried out several projects in other parts of England.-Background:...
  
   (born 1785)
• Robert Mills
  Robert Mills (architect)
  Robert Mills , most famously known for designing the Washington Monument, is sometimes called the first native born American to become a professional architect, though Charles Bulfinch perhaps has a clearer claim to this honor...
  
   (born 1781
  1781 in architecture
  The year 1781 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* March 13 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel * Robert Mills * Robert Smirke...
  
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