Excavation of Nydam Mose in Denmark under Conrad Engelhardt begins (continues to early 1864).
Excavation of Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) under Thomas Wright.
J. M. García publishes an account of Monte Albán.
Charles Roach Smith — Illustrations of Roman London.
26 May & 2 June - Geologist Joseph Prestwich and amateur archaeologist John Evans report (to the Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries of London, respectively) the results of their investigations of gravel-pits in the Somme valley and elsewhere, extending human history back to what will become known as the Paleolithic Era.
Royal Geographical Society is given a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria
6 May: Alexander von Humboldt, explorer, writer
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