1849 in Switzerland
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The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1849 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:
- Ulrich Ochsenbein
- Jonas Furrer (President)
- Josef Munzinger
- Henri Druey
- Friedrich Frey-Herosé
- Wilhelm Matthias Naeff
- Stefano Franscini
Events
- A uniform postal service, the Swiss Post, is introduced.[1]
- The Museum of Cultures is established
Births
- January 30 – Josef Anton Schobinger, politician (died 1911)[2]
- March 28 – August Fetscherin, physician (died 1882)
- April 12 – Albert Heim, geologist (died 1937)
- April 24 – Alfred Kleiner, physicist (died 1916)
- May 19 – Adrien Lachenal, politician (died 1918)[3]
- May 22 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (died 1913)[4]
- July 13 – Eugen Huber, jurist and creator of the Swiss Civil Code (died 1923)[5]
- December 29 – Otto Stoll, linguist and ethnologist (died 1922)
No known date
- Albert Butz, Swiss-American inventor and businessman (died 1905)
Deaths
- January 6 – Johann Caspar von Orelli, Swiss classical scholar (born 1787)
- May 18 – Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (b. 1791)
- August 12 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician (born 1761)
- October 25 – Édouard Bovet, Swiss watchmaker (born 1797)
- November 13 – Marie Manning, Swiss domestic servant and murderer (born 1821)[6]
- November 14 – Karl Adams, Swiss mathematician (born 1811)
- December 27 – Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Swiss animal and landscape painter (born 1767)
No known date
- Frédéric Fregevize, Swiss landscape painter (born 1770)[7]
References
- ^ Wyss, Arthur (1987). Die Post in der Schweiz : ihre Geschichte durch 2000 Jahre (in German). Bern u.a.: Hallwag. p. 211. ISBN 3-444-10335-2. OCLC 230911786.
- ^ "Josef Anton Schobinger". www.admin.ch. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Adrien Lachenal". www.admin.ch. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Louis Perrier". www.admin.ch. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "Eugen Huber | Legal Scholar, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ "Marie Manning". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ Bryan, Michael; Graves, Robert Edmund; Armstrong, Walter (1886). Dictionary of painters and engravers, biographical and critical. Cornell University Library. London : G. Bell and Sons.
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