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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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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)

    • References

    1849 in Switzerland Wikipedia
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