1749 in architecture

Buildings • April 12 – The Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs, is opened as a library. • Mathematical Bridge at Queens' College, Cambridge, England, designed by William Etheridge, is built by James Essex. • La Vieille Charité almshouses in Marseille completed to the designs of Pierre Puget. • Work begins on King's Chapel, in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Peter Harrison. • Work begins on Reales Astilleros de Esteiro in Ferrol, Spain. ==Births==

• June 9 – Andreas Kirkerup, Danish architect (died 1810) • Louis Montoyer, Austrian Netherlands architect (died 1811) • Angelo Venturoli, Italian architect (died 1821) ==Deaths==

• January 9 – Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, English courtier and architect (born 1693) • January 31 – Roger Morris, English architect (born 1695) ==References==