1849 in Switzerland

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← 1848 1847 1846 1849 in Switzerland → 1850 1851 1852
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1849 Timeline of Swiss history

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[]

• 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)