1849

Year 1849 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * issues, France's first.
 * In, anti-n activists a smoking boycott in protest of the Austrian  on . Protests erupts into brief riots.
 * - Uprising against Austrian troops in,.
 * - - forces retreat from the.
 * - General elections in the.
 * - is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of, thus becoming the ' first woman doctor.
 * - abolished in the  (following legislation in 1846).
 * - established.
 * - In, becomes the first  to have his  taken.
 * - Regular service from the west to the east coast of the  begins with the arrival of the  in . The California left  on, , rounded  at the tip of , and arrived at  after the 4 month 21 day journey.
 * becomes a.
 * The is established.
 * The passes the  allowing the minting of  s.
 * - refuses to be sworn in office on a  (Sunday).  holds that,  was President de jure for a single day.
 * -, the 12th , takes his oath of office.
 * - Four are ordered burnt alive in,  by Queen  and 14 others are executed.
 * - The annexes the
 * - Four are ordered burnt alive in,  by Queen  and 14 others are executed.
 * - The annexes the

April - June

 * - After ten days, the insurrection in is ended by.
 * - end and fail.
 * - declares independence from Austria
 * - : 96 inmates of the overcrowded Union Workhouse die over the course of the preceding week from illness and other famine-related conditions, a record high.
 * - The, , signs the , outraging 's population and triggering the.
 * - enters in  to defend it from the French troops of General.
 * - The begins - the last of the.
 * - Break in the levee at  which will flood much of
 * - Troops of the take  and crush the republican government of
 * - The started when a  caught fire and nearly burned down the entire city.
 * - becomes
 * - The of  is founded, at that time known as "Camp Worth". Starting off humbly, the city would one day be a major cattle-herding center, and a major center of commerce in the.

July - September

 * - French troops occupy . surrenders.
 * - The Army beats the  army at,  thereby putting an end to the Prussian/Danish War until
 * – crushes the Hungarian rebellion with n aid.
 * - surrenders to n troops after a 4-month siege
 * - The first segment of the, from to , opens for service.

October - December

 * - The execution of the after the Hungarian War of Independence.
 * November - received charter in Huntsville
 * - A n court sentences to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group, but his  execution is canceled at the last minute

Ongoing Events

 * (-1849)

Births

 * Mohammad Ya`qub Khan, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar (d. )

January - June

 * -, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. )
 * -, winner of the first ever cycle race. (d. )
 * , first (d. )
 * - Polish writer of Positivist period (d. )
 * -, Swedish author, playwright, and painter (d. )
 * -, British statesman (d. )
 * -, Norwegian author (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American naval officer (d. )
 * -, American biologist and botanist (d. )
 * -, German soldier (d. )
 * -, Italian-born artist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, 39th  master (d. )
 * -, member of the (d. )
 * -, Danish painter (d. )
 * -, Danish painter (d. )

July - December

 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Austrian author, philosopher, and leader (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Russian researcher, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, English electrical engineer and inventor (d. )
 * -, Chief of the (d. )
 * -, German field marshal (d. )
 * -, American railway magnate (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Slovenian poet (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, British general and colonial administrator (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, and duke of Isly (b. 1784)
 * -, 11th (b. )

July - December

 * -, (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Polish-French musician and composer (b. )
 * -, American Baptist preacher (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )


 * See also .