Théophile Malo Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne (born 23 November 1743 in Carhaix, Brittany; died 28 June 1800) was a Grenadier officer in the French army. Although descended from the royalist Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, he fought in the revolutionary army in the French Revolutionary Wars, refusing promotion beyond the grade of captain. He was killed at the Battle of Oberhausen. Napoleon dubbed him the "first grenadier of France". November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... --66. ... Henri de la Tour dAuvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often referred to as Turenne (September 11, 1611 - July 27, 1675) achieved military fame and became a Marshal of France. ... The French Revolutionary Wars occurred between the outbreak of war between the French Revolutionary government and Austria in 1792 and the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. ... Bonaparte as general Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français...

As a celtomaniac antiquarian, he introduced the words "dolmen" and "menhir" into general archaeological usage. link titleAn antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ... T shaped Hunebed D27 in Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands, recent. ... A menhir at Carnac, Brittany A menhir is a large, single upright standing stone (monolith or megalith), of prehistoric European origin. ... Archaeology or archæology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of cultural and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

References

• Alain Schnapp, The discovery of the past, London, 1996.