Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States’ first female doctor
Tag Archives: 1849
15 May 1849
The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
9 February 1849
The new Roman Republic is declared.
5 June 1849
Denmark first becomes a constitutional monarchy.
10 May 1849
A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in New York City after a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready.
17 May 1849
A fire nearly burns the entire city of St. Louis, Missouri to the ground.
22 March 1849
At the Battle of Novara, the Austrians defeat the Piedmontese .