Excavations

• Bretby Castle, Derbyshire
  Derbyshire
  Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
  
  , 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...
  
  : 16th century fortified manor partially excavated.

Births

• Ferdinand Keller
  Ferdinand Keller (antiquity scholar)
  Ferdinand Keller was a Swiss archaeologist. He is mainly known for his investigations of lake-dwellings in Switzerland in 1853–54, and work on the remains of the La Tène culture. He is the founder of the Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zürich....
  
   (d. 1881
  1881 in archaeology
  The year 1881 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* March - Augustus Pitt Rivers finds palaeolithic flints in concreted gravels of the Nile terraces near Thebes.-Other events:...
  
  ), Swiss
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
   archaeologist.
• August 13 - Ippolito Rosellini
  Ippolito Rosellini
  Ippolito Rosellini was an Italian Egyptologist.-Early life:He was born at Pisa. After graduating in theology, he studied under Mezzofanti at Bologna, and in 1824 became professor of oriental languages at Pisa University.-Association with Jean-François Champollion:He was the first disciple, a...
  
   (d. 1843
  1843 in archaeology
  -Excavations:* Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.* Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple, Dorset.- Publications:* Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood...
  
  ), Tuscan
  Tuscany
  Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
  
   Egyptologist.

Deaths

• June 28 - Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne
  Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne
  Théophile Malo Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne was a French officer named by Napoleon "first grenadier of France". He was also a celtomaniac antiquarian who introduced the words "dolmen" and "menhir" into general archaeological usage.- Career :He was born at Carhaix in Brittany, the son of an...
  
   (b 1743), French
  French people
  The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
  
   antiquary.