What Happened In January 1849 In History

Historical Events for January, 1849

• 22nd » Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikhism e.g Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab region named Punjab, surrender.
• 31st » Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom pursuant to legislation in 1846.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1849

• 9th » John Hartley (tennis) called John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
• 10th » Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)
• 12th » Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)
• 22nd » August Strindberg, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)

Famous Deaths for January 1849

• 18th » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 26th » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, dramatist and physician (b. 1803)
• 30th » Jonathan Alder, American farmer (b. 1773)

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