* 1849 – John William Waterhouse, British painter ( d. 1917 )

* 1849 – The first air raid in history.

* 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ( d. 1849 )

* 1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician ( b. 1849 )

* 1849 – Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist ( d. 1910 )

* 1849 – Hungary becomes a republic.

* 1849 – William Ernest Henley, English poet, critic, and editor ( d. 1903 )

Alfonso had two sons by Elena Armanda Nicolasa Sanz y Martínez de Arizala ( Castellón de la Plana, 15 December 1849 – Paris, 24 December 1898 ):

* 1849 – After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.

* 1821 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi ( d. 1849 )

* 1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia ( d. 1849 )

* 1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.

* 1849 – William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the Supreme Court ( d. 1923 )

Anne Brontë (; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849 ) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.

Four more children followed: Charlotte, ( 1816 – 1855 ), Patrick Branwell ( 1817 – 1848 ), Emily, ( 1818 – 1848 ) and Anne ( 1820 – 1849 ).

* Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington ( 1849 – 1934 ), British soldier

* 1849 – The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.

* 1849 – Felix Klein, German mathematician ( d. 1925 )

Category: History of the United States ( 1789 – 1849 )

In 1864 William Wallace Mitchell ( 1803 – 1884 ), a Glasgow Cotton Merchant, published his " Manual of Bowls Playing " following his work as the secretary formed in 1849 by Scottish bowling clubs which became the basis of the rules of the modern game.

* Bertha Benz ( 1849 – 1944 ), German marketing entrepreneur who was the first to drive an automobile for a long distance

* Gongalegoda Banda ( 1809 – 1849 ), Sri Lankan rebellion leader

* Margin Notes by G. E. Moore on The Works of Thomas Reid ( 1849: With Notes by Sir William Hamilton )

Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS ( 29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945 ) was an English electrical engineer and physicist.

Writing to his friend Sir George Cooper in August 1849, he stated:

* Sir Henry George Ward ( 1797 – 1860 ) 1849 – 1855

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, FRS FRSE ( 25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849 ) was a French-born engineer who settled in England.

Sir Edmund William Gosse CB ( 21 September 1849 – 16 May 1928 ) was an English poet, author and critic ; the son of Philip Henry Gosse and Emily Bowes.

Having collected a large amount of invaluable information on this and kindred topics, in addition to much geographical knowledge gained in the prosecution of various explorations ( including visits with Sir Austen Henry Layard to the ruins of Nineveh ), he returned to England on leave of absence in 1849.

Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (, July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919 ) was a Canadian physician.

Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC ( 18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920 ), Australian politician and judge, served as the first Prime Minister of Australia and became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.

* Sir Arthur Heywood, 3rd Baronet ( 1849 – 1916 ), experimental railway builder

The Canadian Institute was first formed in Toronto on June 20, 1849, by Sir Sandford Fleming and Kivas Tully.

In addition to his children with his wife, Sir William Wilde was the father of three children born out of wedlock before his marriage: Henry Wilson, born in 1838, and Emily and Mary Wilde, born in 1847 and 1849, respectively, of different parentage to Henry.

; 1849: George Gawler accompanies Sir Moses Montefiori on a trip to Palestine, persuading him to invest in and initiate Jewish settlements in the country.

* Dalrymple, Sir David, Bt., An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice of Scotland, re-edited & continued, Edinburgh, 1849, pps: 396-398.

The couple eventually had a son, named Edward Fox FitzGerald ( 10 October 1794-25 January 1863 ), married on 6 November 1827 to Jane Paul ( died 2 November 1891 ), and two daughters, Pamela FitzGerald ( 1795 / 1796-25 November 1869 ), married on 21 November 1820 Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet ( died 26 January 1849 ), and Lucy Louisa FitzGerald ( 1798-September 1826 ), married on 5 September 1825 Capt.

In 1835, however, Sir Robert Peel made him rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, and canon of Westminster, and in 1849 he became dean of St Paul's.

He was called to the bar in 1847 ; but instead of practising as a barrister, he accepted an appointment in the Education Office, and after a short period was chosen in 1849 to succeed Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth as its secretary or chief permanent official.

* The Colonel Light Hotel ( Light Square, corner Currie St ) Established in 1849 as the Sir Robert Peel Hotel, in 1888 it was renamed the Colonel Light Hotel

The list of notable tourists included Sir George Grey in 1849, Alfred Duke of Edinburgh in 1869, and victorian novelist Anthony Trollope in 1874.

* Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill ( 13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895 ), married 15 April 1874 Jennie Jerome, father of Sir Winston Churchill and John Strange Spencer-Churchill.

* Sir William Cubitt ( 1849 – 1851 )

In 1849 he entered the Diplomatic Service, aged 18, when he was appointed as attaché ( private secretary ) to his uncle, Sir Henry Bulwer, who was Minister at Washington, DC.

Joining Sir Hugh Gough, Napier then took part in the battle of Gujrat in February 1849, accompanied Sir Walter Gilbert as he pursued the Sikhs, and was present at the passage of the Jhelum, and the surrender of the Sikh army.