Excavations

• The remains of the villa of Pliny, named Villa di Pino, are excavated during 1802-1819 (following the excavations of 1713).
• In Italy
  Italy
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  , detailed excavations continue at Pompeii
  Pompeii
  The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
  
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• The Bignor
  Bignor
  Bignor is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of the English county of West Sussex, about six miles north of Arundel....
  
   Roman Villa is excavated between 1811 and 1819.

Other events

• In Italy
  Italy
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  , sexual, nude artifacts
  Artifact (archaeology)
  An artifact or artefact is "something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest"...
  
   from Pompeii
  Pompeii
  The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
  
   are hidden from public view in Naples' Secret Museum.
• In Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  , John Gardner Wilkinson
  John Gardner Wilkinson
  Sir John Gardner Wilkinson was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".-Childhood and education:...
  
   meets the antiquarian
  Antiquarian
  An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient objects of art or science, archaeological and historic sites, or historic archives and manuscripts...
  
   Sir William Gell
  William Gell
  Sir William Gell was an English classical archaeologist and illustrator.-Life:Born at Hopton in Derbyshire, the son of Philip Gell and Dorothy Milnes...
  
   and resolves to study Egyptology
  Egyptology
  Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century. A practitioner of the discipline is an “Egyptologist”...
  
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• King Francis I of Naples
  Naples
  Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
  
   visits the Pompeii
  Pompeii
  The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning...
  
   exhibition at the National Museum with his wife and daughter.
• June 16 - In India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  , Rann of Kachchh earthquake occurs.

Births

• date unknown - Roger English Fenton, author of Relics from Pompeii, in the British Museum, 1859 (d. 1869
  1869 in archaeology
  The year 1869 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Temple of Artemis at Ephesus discovered by British archaeologist John Turtle Wood near Kusadasi, Turkey....
  
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