1849 in Switzerland explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Wyss, Arthur . Die Post in der Schweiz : ihre Geschichte durch 2000 Jahre. . 1987 . Hallwag . 3-444-10335-2 . Bern u.a. . 211 . de . 230911786.
2. Web site: Josef Anton Schobinger . www.admin.ch . 13 April 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Adrien Lachenal . www.admin.ch . 4 March 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Louis Perrier . www.admin.ch . 4 March 2024 . en.
5. Web site: Eugen Huber Legal Scholar, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights Britannica . www.britannica.com . 5 March 2024 . en.
6. Web site: Marie Manning . 26 May 2015 . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
7. Book: Bryan, Michael . Dictionary of painters and engravers, biographical and critical . Graves . Robert Edmund . Armstrong . Walter . 1886 . London : G. Bell and Sons . Cornell University Library.