* 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 – 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

In due course the Governor-General received the Koh-i-Noor from Login, who had been appointed Governor of the Citadel, the Royal Fort at Lahore, with the Royal Treasury, which Login valued at almost £ 1, 000, 000 (£ as of ), excluding the Koh-i-Noor, on 6 April 1848, under a receipt dated 7 December 1849, in the presence of the members of the Board of Administration — the local resident H. M. Lawrence, C. C.

* Henry W. Collier, born in the county, was elected fourteenth Governor of Alabama, from 1849 to 1853.

The county is named for William Trousdale ( 1790 – 1872 ), Brigadier General in the Mexican War, Governor of Tennessee, 1849 – 1851, and U. S. Minister to Brazil, 1853-1857.

* Neill S. Brown, Governor of Tennessee from 1847 to 1849 ; born in Giles County.

It was named for William A. Graham, United States Senator from North Carolina ( 1840 – 1843 ) and Governor of North Carolina ( 1845 – 1849 ).

* William Smith ( Virginia governor ) ( 1797 – 1887 ), Governor of Virginia ( 1846 – 1849, 1864 – 1865 ) and Confederate general

* William Smith ( Virginia governor ) ( 1797 – 1887 ), Governor of Virginia ( 1846 – 1849, 1864 – 1865 ) and Confederate general

* John W. Griggs ( 1849 – 1927 ), 27th Governor of New Jersey who later served as United States Attorney General.

It was named for William Alexander Graham, United States Senator from North Carolina ( 1840 – 1843 ) and Governor of North Carolina ( 1845 – 1849 ).

On April 5, 1849 the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania signed an act creating Lawrence County named in honor of U. S. Navy Captain James Lawrence.

* James Pollock ( September 11, 1810-April 19, 1890 )-Congressman ( 1844 – 1849 ); Governor of Pennsylvania ( 1855 – 1858 ); Director of the Philadelphia Mint ( 1861 – 1866 and 1869 – 1873 ); buried in Milton Cemetery.

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford GCB ( 1 August 1776 – 27 March 1849, Markethill ), styled The Honourable Archibald Acheson from 1790 to 1806 and Lord Acheson from 1806 to 1807, was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America in the 19th century.

* Thomas Brown ( Florida politician ) ( 1785 – 1867 ), American politician, second Governor of Florida, 1849 – 1853

He served as the first Territorial Governor of Minnesota from June 1, 1849 to May 15, 1853 as a member of the Whig Party.

Roane served as Governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852 and advocated internal improvements and increased funding for education.

Richard C. Byrd ( January 1, 1805 – June 1, 1854 ) was a an American politician and Acting Governor of the State of Arkansas in 1849.

When Governor Thomas Stevenson Drew resigned from office on January 10, 1849, Byrd was president of the Senate and became acting governor.

In November 1848, he was elected Governor of New York, defeating John A. Dix and Reuben H. Walworth, and served from January 1, 1849, to December 31, 1850.

In 1849, the bill passed the Maine Legislature but was not signed by Governor John Dana.

His son, the thirteenth Lord, served as a Scottish Representative Peer between 1833 and 1834 and 1847 and 1849 and was also Governor of Bombay and of Madras.

William Alexander Graham ( September 5, 1804August 11, 1875 ) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a Senator in the Confederate Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852.

From 1845 to 1849 Graham was Governor of North Carolina.

He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1829 and held political offices on and off the rest of his life, becoming the 2nd Mayor of Bangor ( 1836 – 37 ), then Governor, and then U. S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro ( 1849 – 53 ).

* The Monklands was the name of the mansion where the Governor General of Canada lived from 1844 to 1849, before it was bought by nuns and turned into the Villa María girls school