1849 in Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1849 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:
- *Ulrich Ochsenbein
- *Jonas Furrer
- *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
- March 28 – August Fetscherin, physician
- April 12 – Albert Heim, geologist
- April 24 – Alfred Kleiner, physicist
- May 19 – Adrien Lachenal, politician
- May 22 – Louis Perrier, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- July 13 – Eugen Huber, jurist and creator of the Swiss Civil Code
- December 29 – Otto Stoll, linguist and ethnologist
No known date
- Albert Butz, Swiss-American inventor and businessman
Deaths
- January 6 – Johann Caspar von Orelli, Swiss classical scholar
- May 18 – Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver
- August 12 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician
- October 25 – Édouard Bovet, Swiss watchmaker
- November 13 – Marie Manning, Swiss domestic servant and murderer
- November 14 – Karl Adams, Swiss mathematician
- December 27 – Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Swiss animal and landscape painter
No known date
- Frédéric Fregevize, Swiss landscape painter