1849

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Centuries:	18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1846 1847 1848 - 1849 - 1850 1851 1852

1849 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science
Sports - Rail Transport
Countries: Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U.S. - UK
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

1 Events of 1849
2 Births
- 2.1 January - June
- 2.2 July - December
3 Deaths
- 3.1 January - June
- 3.2 July - December

Events of 1849

January - March

January 1
- France issues Ceres, France's first postage stamp.
- In Milan, anti-Austrian activists organize a smoking boycott in protest of the Austrian monopoly on tobacco. Protests erupts into brief riots.
January 12 - Uprising against Austrian troops in Palermo, Sicily.
January 13 -Second Anglo-Sikh War - British forces retreat from the Battle of Tooele.
January 21 - General elections in the Papal States.
January 23 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor.
January 31 - Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom (following legislation in 1846).
February 8 - New Roman Republic established.
February 14 - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
February 28 - Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. The California left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounded Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrived at San Francisco, California after the 4 month 21 day journey.
March 3
- Minnesota becomes a United States territory.
- The United States Department of the Interior is established.
- The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins.
March 4 - Zachary Taylor refuses to be sworn in office on a Sabbath (Sunday). Urban legend holds that David Rice Atchison, President pro tempore of the United States Senate was President de jure for a single day.
March 5 - Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States of America, takes his oath of office.
March 28 - Four Christians are ordered burnt alive in Antananarivo, Madagascar by Queen Ranavalona I and 14 others are executed.
March 29 - The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab

April - June

April 1 - After ten days, the insurrection in Brescia is ended by Austrian troops.
April 2 - The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states end and fail.
April 14 - Hungary declares independence from Austria
April 21 - Irish Potato Famine: 96 inmates of the overcrowded Ballinrobe Union Workhouse die over the course of the preceding week from illness and other famine-related conditions, a record high.
April 25 - The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
April 27 - Giuseppe Garibaldi enters in Rome to defend it from the French troops of General Oudinot.
May 3 - The May Uprising in Dresden begins - the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
May 3 - Break in the Mississippi River levee at Sauvé's Crevasse which will flood much of New Orleans, Louisiana
May 15 - Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily
May 17 - The St. Louis Fire started when a steamboat caught fire and nearly burned down the entire city.
June 5 - Denmark becomes constitutional monarchy
June 6 - The city of Fort Worth, Texas 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 South.

July - September

July 3 - French troops occupy Rome. Roman Republic surrenders.
July 6 - The Danish Army beats the Prussian army at Fredericia, Jutland thereby putting an end to the Prussian/Danish War until 1864
August 8 – Austria crushes the Hungarian rebellion with Russian aid.
August 24 - Venice surrenders to Austrian troops after a 4-month siege
September 1 - The first segment of the Pennsylvania Railroad, from Lewiston, Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, opens for service.

October - December

October 6 - The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian War of Independence.
November - Austin College received charter in Huntsville
November 16 - A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group, but his execution is canceled at the last minute

Ongoing Events

Births

Mohammad Ya`qub Khan, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar (d. 1923)

**1849 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1849 MDCCCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	2602
Armenian calendar	1298 ԹՎ ՌՄՂԸ
Bahá'í calendar	5 – 6
Berber calendar	2799
Buddhist calendar	2393
Burmese calendar	1211
Chinese calendar	4485/4545-12-7 (戊申年十二月初七日) — to — 4486/4546-11-18 (己酉年十一月十八日)
Coptic calendar	1565 – 1566
Ethiopian calendar	1841 – 1842
Hebrew calendar	5609 – 5610
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1904 – 1905
- Shaka Samvat	1771 – 1772
- Kali Yuga	4950 – 4951
Holocene calendar	11849
Iranian calendar	1227 – 1228
Islamic calendar	1265 – 1266
Japanese calendar	Kaei 2 (嘉永2年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2509 (皇紀2509年)
Korean calendar	4182
Thai solar calendar	2392
v • d • e