In 1849 James Brooke and his Malays attacked the Sea-Dayaks and wiped out 800 of the 4, 000 pirates.

" He quotes Charles Lyell as saying " Continents, therefore, although permanent for whole geological epochs, shift their positions entirely in the course of ages " and claims that the first to throw doubt on this was James D. Dana in 1849.

* 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.

Anger among some social groups, however, was seething under the governor-generalship of James Dalhousie ( 1847 – 1856 ), who annexed the Punjab ( 1849 ) after victory in the Second Sikh War, annexed seven princely states on the basis of lapse, annexed the key state of Oudh on the basis of misgovernment, and upset cultural sensibilities by banning Hindu practices such as Sati.

James Knox Polk ( " poke "; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849 ) was the 11th President of the United States ( 1845 – 1849 ).

* 1795 – James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States ( d. 1849 )

The first, and possibly the most important academic collection to focus in this area was James Orchard Halliwell's, The Nursery Rhymes of England ( 1842 ) and Popular Rhymes and Tales in 1849, in which he divided rhymes into antiquities ( historical ), fireside stories, game-rhymes, alphabet-rhymes, riddles, nature-rhymes, places and families, proverbs, superstitions, customs, and nursery songs ( lullabies ).

* 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet ( d. 1916 )

* 1849 – 1881 James Cartmell

In 1849, James B. Francis improved the inward flow reaction turbine to over 90 % efficiency.

* October 7 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet ( b. 1849 )

* February 18 – James Lane Allen, American writer ( b. 1849 )

* June 2 – James Ellsworth, American mine owner and banker ( b. 1849 )

** James Moore, winner of the first ever cycle race ( b. 1849 )

* November 2 – James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States ( d. 1849 )

** James Justinian Morier, British diplomat and novelist ( d. 1849 )

* James Justinian Morier ( 1782 – 1849 ), British diplomat and author

A last flicker of revolt in 1849, led by among others James Fintan Lalor, was equally unsuccessful.

George Mifflin Dallas ( July 10, 1792December 31, 1864 ) was a U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States ( 1845 – 1849 ), serving under President James K. Polk.

Dallas was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1844 with James K. Polk and served from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849.

James K. Polk of Tennessee, president of the United States from 1845 to 1849, was prominent early Yalobusha County landowner.

Dolley Payne Todd Madison ( May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849 ) was the spouse of the fourth President of the United States, James Madison, and was First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

In May 1849, James McDowell was shot and killed in a barroom argument that he had supposedly started.

Johnston remained on his plantation after the war until he was appointed by President Taylor to the U. S. Army as a major and was made a paymaster in December 1849.

On August 16, 1849 the US Army began an expedition into the heart of Navajo country on an organized reconnaissance to impress the Navajo with the might of the U. S. military.

And these acts influenced similar laws in other countries, most notably the U. S. The first tax-supported public library in the United States was Peterborough, New Hampshire ( 1833 ) first supported by state funds then an " Act Providing for the Establishment of Public Libraries " in 1849.

On August 26, 1849, the Nicaraguan government signed a contract with the U. S. businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt.

He became a U. S. citizen in 1849.

Retired for less than a year, he was in 1849 again elected to the U. S. Senate from Kentucky.

*" Correspondence Addressed to John C. Calhoun, 1837 – 1849 ," Chauncey S. Boucher and Robert P. Brooks, eds., Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1929.

* William G. Stahlnecker ( 1849 – 1902 ), U. S. Representative from New York

The first official U. S. state fair was in Detroit, Michigan in 1849.

* Goodrich, S. G. ( 1849 ).

William Seward was elected as U. S. Senator from New York as a Whig in 1849, and emerged as the leader of the anti-slavery " Conscience Whigs ".

No other major activity is recorded in the county until 1849, when Captain Randolph B. Marcy, commander of a U. S. military escort expedition led by Lieutenant J. E. Johnson, passed through the county.

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.

In 1849, he sold the paper to C. S.

Butler County was officially organized from Wayne County on February 27, 1849, and is named after former U. S. Representative William O. Butler ( D-Kentucky ), who was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States.

Ramsey County is a county located in the U. S. state of Minnesota, founded in 1849.

* William J. Deboe ( June 30, 1849 – June 15, 1927 ), a Republican, was a U. S. Senator representing Kentucky from 1897 to 1903.

* Seth Bullock ( 1849 – 1919 ), businessman, rancher, sheriff for Montana, sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota U. S. Marshal of South Dakota

Rancho Cotate was sold in 1849 to Dr. Thomas S. Page, of Cotati, and eventually broken up and sold off piecemeal to incoming settlers.

Production increased over the years in response to the needs of the U. S. military for gunpowder during the Mexican War ( 1846-1848 ), demand for blasting powder during the California gold rush of 1849, and the Crimean War ( 1850s ), when the Hazard Powder Company supplied both Britain and Russia with gunpowder, shipping a total of 500 tons to Britain.

A U. S. post office was established at Hibernia on June 19, 1849, but its name was changed on October 17, 1853 to Magnolia Mills, and on July 30, 1866, it was changed to Green Cove Springs.