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. The Museum of Cultures is established
Births January 30 – Josef Anton Schobinger, politician (died 1911) 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) May 22 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council (died 1913) July 13 – Eugen Huber, jurist and creator of the Swiss Civil Code (died 1923) 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) 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)
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