Henry Holland ( July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. Events 514 - Pope Hormisdas assumes the papacy. 1304 - Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. 1738 - French explorer Pierre Gaultier de... July 20, Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected Holy Roman Emperor... 1745 - June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. Events 1497 - Battle of Deptford Bridge - Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. 1565 - Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru... June 17, Events January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806 March 23 - After traveling through the... 1806) was an Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. See architecture or landscape architecture Architects and landscape architects are considered professionals on par with doctors... architect to the English nobility who trained under Lancelot Brown ( 1716 - 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English landscape gardener, now remembered as the last of the great English eighteenth-century artists to be accorded his due, and Englands greatest gardener. He designed over 200 parks, many of which still endure. Born... Capability Brown and later married his daughter. Sir John Soane (10 September 1753 - 20 January 1837) was a British architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical tradition. He was born at Goring-On-Thames near Reading, the son of a bricklayer. He trained as an architect, first under George Dance the Younger, and then Henry Holland, whilst... Sir John Soane was one of his students. Holland began his career by designing Brooks's Club, St James's (1776-78), and went on to work on the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House Image:Young Dancer, a bronze by Enzo Plazzotta, opposite the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London, is arguably the most significant opera house in the UK. The current edifice is the third theatre on the site. It... Royal Opera House.

In 1777, he began the Hans Town development on 89 acres (360,000 m²) of open field and marsh leased from the Cadogan family. There he laid out laid out parts of Knightsbridge is a place in the City of Westminster, London notable for its expensive shops including Harrods. Nearest places: Bayswater Paddington Notting Hill Mayfair Battersea Nearest tube stations: Earls Court tube station Gloucester Road tube station High Street Kensington tube station Knightsbridge tube station Sloane Square tube station South... Knightsbridge and Chelsea can be: A neighbourhood in London, see: Chelsea, London A borough in London, see: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea A neighborhood in New York City, see: Chelsea, Manhattan A town in Alabama, see: Chelsea, Alabama A town in Maine, see: Chelsea, Maine A city in Massachusetts, see: Chelsea... Chelsea, including Sloane Street and Sloane Square is a small hard landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. The square lies at the east end of the trendy Kings Road, and at the south end of the more conventionally smart Sloane Street. In the early 1980s, it... Sloane Square, and Hans Place, Street and Crescent, and they quickly became fashionable. From 1802, he converted York House on Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. The street is part of the A4 road, Londons main western artery, and runs alongside a number of famous buildings and sites, including Green Park. It is the location... Piccadilly into the Albany apartments.

Holland perhaps best remembered for the original Marine Pavilion (1786–87) at Brighton, Sussex, designed for the prince regent, later King George IV King of the United Kingdom George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762–26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 29 January 1820. He had earlier served as Prince Regent when his father, George III, suffered from a relapse into insanity from... George IV. This and the celebrated remodeling of Carlton House, London (1783), exemplified his dignified Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. These movements were in effect at various times between the 18th and the 20th centuries. What could these neoclassicisms have in common? Late Baroque... neoclassicism, which contrasted with the more lavish style of his great contemporary Kedleston Hall. The South front by Robert Adam, based on the Arch of Constantine in Rome Robert Adam (3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and furniture designer, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. He was the second son of William Adam (1689-1748) of Maryburgh... Robert Adam.