* 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.

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

* 1792 – King William II of the Netherlands ( d. 1849 )

* 1849 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom ( b. 1792 )

In 1849 Atchison stepped down as President pro tempore in favor of William R. King.

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

* 1849 – William Thomas Stead, English journalist ( d. 1912 )

* 1849 – William Osler, Canadian physician and author ( d. 1919 )

In November 1849, Carson and Major William Grier found the camp of the Jicarilla Apaches who had captured Mrs. Ann White and her daughter.

Parliament appointed a committee, led by William Ewart, on Public Libraries to consider the necessity of establishing libraries through the nation: In 1849 their report noted the poor condition of library service, it recommended the establishment of free public libraries all over the country, and it led to the Public Libraries Act in 1850, which allowed all cities with populations exceeding 10, 000 to levy taxes for the support of public libraries.

* 1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.

* 1787 – William Etty, English painter ( d. 1849 )

In William Thackeray's novel Pendennis, published in 1849, the main character attends the fictional Boniface College, Oxbridge.

He married his second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold on August 10, 1848 in Utica, New York and had four children ( Samuel b. 1849, Cornelia b. 1851, William b. 1853, Edward b. 1857 ).

* William II of the Netherlands ( 1792 – 1849 )

* February 10 – John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist ( b. 1849 )

** William Thomas Stead, English journalist ( b. 1849 ).

* July 11 – William Ernest Henley, English poet, critic, and editor ( b. 1849 )

* July 22 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, American heir ( b. 1849 )

** William Miller, American preacher ( d. 1849 )

* August 13 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV of the United Kingdom ( d. 1849 )

* December 6 – William II of the Netherlands ( d. 1849 )

King William II ( 1792 – 1849 ) always bore a warm heart towards Tilburg.