Below are notable events in
archaeology that occurred in
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Janua ...
.
Events
*
Shadwell forgeries
The Shadwell forgeries, also known as the Shadwell Dock forgeries, the Shadwell Shams, or the Billy and Charley forgeries, were a series of mid-19th-century forgeries of medieval lead and lead-alloy artefacts. The latter name derives from the tw ...
first made.
Excavations
*
Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England.
Finds
* First artifacts of
La Tène culture at
La Tène,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
*
Battersea Shield in the River
Thames.
Publications
*
William Wilde begins publication of a classified catalogue of the museum of the
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned socie ...
.
Births
* 3 June -
Jacques de Morgan, French archaeologist (d.
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
)
* 27 July -
E. A. Wallis Budge
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 185723 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips ...
, English Egyptologist (d.
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
)
Deaths
*6 May -
John Disney John Disney may refer to:
* John Disney (antiquarian) (1779–1857), English barrister
* John Disney (ornithologist) (1919–2014), Australian ornithologist
* John Disney (priest) (1677–1730), English clergyman
* John Disney (Unitarian)
John ...
, English barrister and archaeologist (b.
1799
Events
January–June
* January 9 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound, to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the French Revolutionary Wars.
* January ...
)
See also
*
List of years in archaeology
*
1856 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1856.
Explorations
Excavations
Finds
* First remains of Neanderthal Man found in the Neandertal Valley of Germany.
* Södermanland Runic Inscription 113 discovered in Sweden.
* ...
*
1858 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1838.
Explorations
* February 2 - Systematic exploration of the prehistoric Swiss lake pile village of Wetzikon-Robenhausen by Jakob Messikommer begins.
* Désiré Charnay makes the first p ...
References
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