1785 in architecture
# 1785 in architecture

The year 1785 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* May 20 – The United States Land Ordinance of 1785 determines the layout of townships in the western territories.
* July 17 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Pella Palace in Russia, designed by Ivan Starov; it will never be completed.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings completed

* May 19 – Plaza de Toros de Ronda, Spain.
* September 7 – Notre-Dame de Guebwiller inaugurated.
* Attingham Park, Shropshire, England, designed by George Steuart.
* Chertsey Bridge over the River Thames in England, designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.
* Marble Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Antonio Rinaldi.
* Church of St. Stephen Harding in Apátistvánfalva.
* Odigitrievsky Cathedral in Ulan Ude, Russia.
* Palace of Iturbide in Mexico City, designed by Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres.
* Grand Palace, Bangkok, completed.
* Rebuilding of Babolovo Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, by Ilya Neyelov.
* Modifications to Neue Kirche, Berlin, by Georg Christian Unger after a design by Carl von Gontard.
* Mussenden Temple on the north coast of Ireland.

## Births

* October 29 – Achille Leclère, French architect (died 1853)
* William Cubitt, English civil engineer (died 1861)

## Deaths

* August 11 – Marie-Joseph Peyre, French architect (born 1730)
* September 26 – Ventura Rodríguez, Spanish architect and artist (born 1717)
