1849 in Switzerland

1849 in Switzerland

Years

1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1849 in Switzerland.

Events

• A uniform postal service, the Swiss Post, is introduced
• The Museum of Cultures is established

Births

• March 28 – August Fetscherin, Swiss physician (d. 1882)
• April 12 – Albert Heim, Swiss geologist (d. 1937)
• April 24 – Alfred Kleiner, Swiss physicist (d. 1916)
• May 19 – Adrien Lachenal, Swiss politician (d. 1918)
• May 22 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1913)
• December 29 – Otto Stoll, Swiss linguist and ethnologist (d. 1922)

No known date

• Albert Butz, Swiss-American inventor and businessman (d. 1905)

Deaths

• January 6 – Johann Caspar von Orelli, Swiss classical scholar (b. 1787)
• May 18 – Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (b. 1791)
• August 12 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician (b. 1761)
• November 14 – Karl Adams, Swiss mathematician (b. 1811)
• December 27 – Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Swiss animal and landscape painter (b. 1767)

No known date

• Marie Manning, Swiss domestic servant and murderer (b. 1821)
• Édouard Bovet, Swiss watchmaker (b. 1797)
• Frédéric Fregevize, Swiss landscape painter (b. 1770)