Editing 1759 in architecture (section)

==Births==
*[[January 21]] – [[François Baillairgé]], French Canadian architect, painter and sculptor (died [[1830 in architecture|1830]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1655 |title=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950 |accessdate=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425152827/http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1655 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[May 20]] – [[William Thornton]], physician, inventor, painter and architect, first Architect of the Capitol<ref>{{cite book|author1=Elinor Stearns|author2=David N. Yerkes|title=William Thornton: A Renaissance Man in the Federal City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iONPAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 June 2013|year=1976|publisher=American Institute of Architects Foundation}}</ref> (died [[1828 in architecture|1828]])