What Happened In July 1849 - Historical Events 1849 July

Historical Events for July, 1849

3rd » The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
16th » Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

2nd » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919) known as Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (d. 1919)
5th » William Thomas Stead, English journalist (d. 1912)
12th » William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)
19th » Ferdinand Brunetière, French scholar and critic (d. 1906)
20th » Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American politician, 91st Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
22nd » Emma Lazarus, American poet (d. 1887)
29th » Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923)

12th » Dolley Madison, American wife of James Madison, 4th First Lady of the United States (b. 1768)
28th » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)