What Happened In February 1849 - Historical Events 1849 February

Historical Events for February, 1849

9th » Roman Republic (19th century) named New Roman Republic established
13th » The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Şaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the 'General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina', which demands that the Romanians called Romanian nation be recogn
14th » In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
28th » Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California 1848 6 in San Francisco Bay, 4 months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.

2nd » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
4th » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1926)
6th » Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (d. 1912)
13th » Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1895)
13th » Wilhelm Voigt German impostor (d. 1922)
15th » Rickman Godlee, English surgeon (d. 1925)
18th » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (d. 1906)
22nd » Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915)