1849 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1849 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
Events
- A uniform postal service, the Swiss Post, is introduced.[1]
- The Museum of Cultures is established
Births
- January 30 â Josef Anton Schobinger, politician (died 1911)[2]
- March 28 â August Fetscherin, physician (died 1882)
- April 12 â Albert Heim, geologist (died 1937)
- April 24 â Alfred Kleiner, physicist (died 1916)
- May 19 â Adrien Lachenal, politician (died 1918)[3]
- May 22 â Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (died 1913)[4]
- July 13 â Eugen Huber, jurist and creator of the Swiss Civil Code (died 1923)[5]
- December 29 â Otto Stoll, linguist and ethnologist (died 1922)
No known date
- Albert Butz, Swiss-American inventor and businessman (died 1905)
Deaths
- January 6 â Johann Caspar von Orelli, Swiss classical scholar (born 1787)
- May 18 â Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (b. 1791)
- August 12 â Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician (born 1761)
- October 25 â Ãdouard Bovet, Swiss watchmaker (born 1797)
- November 13 â Marie Manning, Swiss domestic servant and murderer (born 1821)[6]
- November 14 â Karl Adams, Swiss mathematician (born 1811)
- December 27 â Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Swiss animal and landscape painter (born 1767)
No known date
- Frédéric Fregevize, Swiss landscape painter (born 1770)[7]