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- KaiserKaiserKaiser is the German title meaning "Emperor", with Kaiserin being the female equivalent, "Empress". Like the Russian Czar it is directly derived from the Latin Emperors' title of Caesar, which in turn is derived from the personal name of a branch of the gens Julia, to which Gaius Julius Caesar,...
- Wilhelm II - ChancellorChancellor of GermanyThe Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...
- Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Kingdoms
- King of BavariaKing of BavariaKing of Bavaria was a title held by the hereditary Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria in the state known as the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1805 until 1918, when the kingdom was abolished...
- Otto of BavariaOtto of BavariaOtto , was King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913. He was the son of Maximilian II and his wife, Marie of Prussia, and younger brother of Ludwig II... - King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony - Albert of SaxonyAlbert of SaxonyAlbert of Saxony may refer to:* Albert of Saxony * Albert I, Duke of Saxony * Albert, Duke of Saxony * Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen * Albert of Saxony...
- King of Württemberg - William II of WürttembergWilliam II of WürttembergWilliam II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden - Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest LouisErnest Louis, Grand Duke of HesseErnest Louis Charles Albert William , was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918...
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-SchwerinMecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV...
- Frederick Francis IV - Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Frederick William
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Peter IIPeter II, Grand Duke of OldenburgPeter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg was the ruler of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900.-Family:Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter was the only son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his second wife Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. He was born on 8 July 1827 in Oldenburg. In his youth, he...
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachSaxe-Weimar-EisenachThe Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony , but this name was...
- Charles AlexanderCharles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachKarl Alexander August Johann, Grand Duke of Saxony; 24 June 1818 – 5 January 1901) was the ruler of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from 1853 until his death.-Biography:...
Principalities
- Schaumburg-LippeSchaumburg-LippeSchaumburg-Lippe was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg.- History :...
- George, Prince of Schaumburg-LippeGeorge, Prince of Schaumburg-LippeGeorg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:... - Schwarzburg-RudolstadtSchwarzburg-RudolstadtSchwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany with its capital at Rudolstadt.-History:Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands...
- Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-RudolstadtGünther Victor, Prince of SchwarzburgGünther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg was the final sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Biography:... - Schwarzburg-SondershausenSchwarzburg-SondershausenSchwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with capital at Sondershausen.-History:...
- Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Principality of LippePrincipality of LippeLippe was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest.-History:...
- Alexander, Prince of LippeAlexander, Prince of LippeAlexander, Prince of Lippe was the penultimate sovereign of the Principality of Lippe. Succeeding to the throne in 1895, power was exercised by a regent throughout his reign on account of his mental illness....
(with Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent) - Reuss Elder LineReuss Elder LineThe Principality of Reuss Elder Line was a state in Germany, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Greiz, Lower- and Upper Greiz , were elevated to princely status in 1778. Its members bore the title Prince Reuss, Elder Line, or Prince Reuss of Greiz...
- Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of GreizHeinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of GreizPrince Heinrich XXII Reuss of Greiz was the reigning sovereign of Reuss, a small principality of the German states, from 1859 to his death in 1902.-Reign:... - Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger LineHeinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line-Early life:Heinrich XIV was born at Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, sixth child of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line , and his wife, Princess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf , .-Prince Reuss...
- Waldeck and PyrmontWaldeck (state)Waldeck was a sovereign principality in the German Empire and German Confederation and, until 1929, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony, ....
- Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt - Frederick I, Duke of AnhaltFrederick I, Duke of AnhaltFrederick I was a German prince of the house of Ascania who ruled the Duchy of Anhalt from 1871 to 1904.-Early life:...
- Duke of Brunswick - Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAlfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaAlfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and reigned from 1893 to 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-MeiningenGeorg II, Duke of Saxe-MeiningenGeorg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914.-Family and early life:...
Colonial Governors
- CameroonKamerunGerman Cameroon was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.-History:-1800s:...
(Kamerun) - Jesko von PuttkamerJesko von PuttkamerJesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer was a German colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun:*13 May 1887 - 4 October 1887*14 August 1890 - 2 December 1890*31 December 1894 - 27 March 1895...
(6th term) - Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Carl Rosendahl to 19 February, then Otto Jäschke
- German East AfricaGerman East AfricaGerman East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, which included what are now :Burundi, :Rwanda and Tanganyika . Its area was , nearly three times the size of Germany today....
(Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Eduard von Liebert - German New GuineaGerman New GuineaGerman New Guinea was the first part of the German colonial empire. It was a protectorate from 1884 until 1914 when it fell to Australia following the outbreak of the First World War. It consisted of the northeastern part of New Guinea and several nearby island groups...
(Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Hugo Skopnik (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) to 31 March, then Rudolf von Bennigsen (governor) - German South-West AfricaGerman South-West AfricaGerman South West Africa was a colony of Germany from 1884 until 1915, when it was taken over by South Africa and administered as South West Africa, finally becoming Namibia in 1990...
(Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Theodor LeutweinTheodor LeutweinTheodor Gotthilf Leutwein was colonial administrator of German Southwest Africa from 1894-1904. Born in Strümpfelbrunn in the Grand Duchy of Baden, he replaced Curt von François as commander of the Schutztruppe in 1894... - TogolandTogolandTogoland was a German protectorate in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana. The colony was established during the period generally known as the "Scramble for Africa"...
- August KöhlerAugust KöhlerAugust Karl Johann Valentin Köhler was a German professor and early staff member of Carl Zeiss AG in Jena, Germany. He is best known for his development of the microscopy technique of Köhler illumination, an important principle in optimizing microscopic resolution power by evenly illuminating the...
Events
- 1 April - The German Imperial Army was expanded with the establishment of the XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) CorpsXIX (2nd Royal Saxon) CorpsThe XIX Army Corps was a Saxon corps of the Imperial German Army. It was formed on April 1, 1899 and was headquartered in Leipzig, Saxony...
, the XVIII CorpsXVIII Corps (German Empire)The XVIII Army Corps was a corps of the Imperial German Army. It was formed on April 1, 1899 and was headquartered in Frankfurt am Main...
and the 37th37th Division (German Empire)The 37th Division was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed between March 25 and April 1, 1899 in Allenstein . The division was initially subordinated in peacetime to the I Army Corps . In 1912, it was transferred to the newly formed XX Army Corps...
, 38th38th Division (German Empire)The 38th Division was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed on April 1, 1899, and was headquartered in Erfurt. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the XI Army Corps...
, 39th39th Division (German Empire)The 39th Division was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed on April 1, 1899, and was headquartered in Colmar . The division was subordinated in peacetime initially to the XIV Army Corps and then to the XV Army Corps...
and 40th Divisions40th Division (German Empire)The 40th Division , formally the 4th Division No. 40 was a unit of the Saxon Army, a component of the Imperial German Army. The division was formed on April 1, 1899 and was headquartered in Chemnitz. The division was subordinated in peacetime to the XIX Army Corps...
. - 18 April - Cargo ship SS SaxoniaUSS Savannah (AS-8)USS Savannah was a submarine tender in the United States Navy in World War I and the years after. She was launched 18 April 1899 as a German commercial freighter SS Saxonia, but was seized by the United States in 1917 and renamed Savannah...
launched. - 1 June - Battleship SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der GroßeSMS Kaiser Wilhelm der GroßeFor the liner of the same name, see SS Kaiser Wilhelm der GrosseSMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the , built around the turn of the 20th Century. The ship was one of the first battleships built by the German Imperial Navy as part of a program of naval...
launched. - 18 July - Light cruiser SMS Niobe launched.
- 20 September - Ocean liner SS Rhein launched.
- 18 October - Battleship SMS Kaiser Karl der GroßeSMS Kaiser Karl der GroßeSMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the , built around the turn of the 20th Century for the German Imperial Navy.In German, the ship's name was rendered with an eszett, as Kaiser Karl der Große. Most English-language sources replace the eszett...
launched. - 18 October - Battleship SMS WörthSMS WörthSMS Wörth was one of four German pre-dreadnought battleships of the Brandenburg class, built in the early 1890s. The ships were the first ocean-going battleships built by the Kaiserliche Marine . Wörth was laid down at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel in May 1890. The ship was launched on 6...
launched. - 25 November - Transport ship SS HamburgUSS Powhatan (ID-3013)USS Powhatan was a transport ship for the United States Navy during World War I. She was originally the SS Hamburg, a built in 1899 by Aktiengesellschaft Vulkan of Stettin, Germany, for the Hamburg America Line...
launched. - 2 December - The Tripartite Convention, which brings an end to the Samoan Civil WarSamoan Civil WarThe First Samoan Civil War refers to the conflict between rival Samoan factions in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific. The war was fought roughly between 1886 and 1894, primarily between Samoans though the German military intervened on several occasions. The United States and the United...
by dividing the islands between Germany and the United States of America, is signed by Germany, the United States and the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, pursuant to which the colony of German SamoaGerman SamoaGerman Samoa was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1914, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the independent state Samoa, formerly Western Samoa...
in established in 1900. - 2 December - Transport ship SS Großer Kurfürst,USS Aeolus (ID-3005)USS Aeolus , sometimes also spelled Æolus, was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I. She was formerly the North German Lloyd liner SS Grosser Kurfürst, also spelled Großer Kurfürst, launched in 1899 that sailed regularly between Bremen and New York...
launched. - 11 December - Secretary of State for Foreign Affiars Bernhard von BülowBernhard von BülowBernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow , named in 1905 Prince von Bülow, was a German statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for three years and then as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.Bülow was described as possessing every quality except greatness...
delivers his 'hammer and anvil' speech to the ReichstagReichstag (German Empire)The Reichstag was the parliament of the North German Confederation , and of the German Reich ....
calling for Germany to continue its drive to becoming one of the world's greatest powers. The speech was greeted with rapture from the right and anger from the left.
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- The political career of future Chancellor Wilhelm MarxWilhelm MarxWilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...
of the Centre PartyCentre Party (Germany)The German Centre Party was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. Formed in 1870, it battled the Kulturkampf which the Prussian government launched to reduce the power of the Catholic Church...
begins when he is elected to the Prussian Landtag. - The German–Spanish Treaty was signed, ending the interests of SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
in the Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
and ensuring German control of the Caroline IslandsCaroline IslandsThe Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end...
, the Mariana IslandsMariana IslandsThe Mariana Islands are an arc-shaped archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east...
and PalauPalauPalau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
. - Max WolfMax WolfMaximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
and Friedrich Karl Arnold SchwassmannFriedrich Karl Arnold SchwassmannFriedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann was a German astronomer.He was co-discoverer with Arno Arthur Wachmann of the periodic comets 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, and with Arno Arthur Wachmann and Leslie Peltier of the non-periodic comet C/1930 D1 ....
discover the asteroids 442 Eichsfeldia442 Eichsfeldia442 Eichsfeldia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A...
, 443 Photographica443 Photographica443 Photographica is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on February 17, 1899 in Heidelberg....
, 446 Aeternitas446 Aeternitas446 Aeternitas is a main belt asteroid. It is classified as an A-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....
, 447 Valentine447 Valentine447 Valentine is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....
, 448 Natalie448 Natalie448 Natalie is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....
, 449 Hamburga449 Hamburga449 Hamburga is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 31, 1899 in Heidelberg....
and 450 Brigitta450 Brigitta450 Brigitta is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 10, 1899 in Heidelberg....
at the University of Heidelberg. - The chemist Felix HoffmannFelix HoffmannFelix Hoffmann was a German chemist, credited for the first synthesized medically useful forms of heroin and aspirin, though some sources maintain that Arthur Eichengrün was the real creator of the latter. Hoffmann was born in Ludwigsburg and studied Chemistry in Munich...
patented the drug aspirinAspirinAspirin , also known as acetylsalicylic acid , is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory medication. It was discovered by Arthur Eichengrun, a chemist with the German company Bayer...
. - Deutsche Orient-GesellschaftDeutsche Orient-GesellschaftThe Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft is a Eingetragener Verein - a registered voluntary association - based at Berlin in Germany....
began archaeologicalArchaeologyArchaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
excavations of BabylonBabylonBabylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
. - The 80 cm refracting telescopeRefracting telescopeA refracting or refractor telescope is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image . The refracting telescope design was originally used in spy glasses and astronomical telescopes but is also used for long focus camera lenses...
is completed at Potsdam Observatory. - Biologist Ernst HaeckelErnst HaeckelThe "European War" became known as "The Great War", and it was not until 1920, in the book "The First World War 1914-1918" by Charles à Court Repington, that the term "First World War" was used as the official name for the conflict.-Research:...
published his Kunstformen der NaturKunstformen der NaturKunstformen der Natur is a book of lithographic and autotype prints by German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Originally published in sets of ten between 1899 and 1904 and as a complete volume in 1904, it consists of 100 prints of various organisms, many of which were first described by Haeckel himself...
. - Two ships of the Victoria Louise class of protected cruiserVictoria Louise class protected cruiserThe Victoria Louise class of protected cruisers was Germany's last class of ships of that type. They were designed for overseas cruiser duties. The class design introduced the clipper bow and blocky sides that typified later German armored cruisers....
were commissioned - the lead ship of the class SMS Victoria LouiseSMS Victoria LouiseSeiner Majestät Schiff Victoria Louise was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers, built for the Kaiserliche Marine before the turn of the 20th Century....
in February and SMS Vineta in September. - The ocean liner SS Köln was also launched.
- The automotive company HellaHella (company)Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. is an internationally operating German automotive part supplier with headquarters in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. Core businesses are vehicle lighting and electronics systems and components. Hella is also involved in the areas of vehicle diagnostics and thermal...
was established under the name Westfälische Metall-Industrie Aktien-Gesellschaft. - The HorchHorchHorch was a car brand manufactured in Germany by August Horch & Cie, at the beginning of the 20th century.-History at a Glance:The company was established first by August Horch and his first business partner Salli Herz on November 14, 1899 at Ehrenfeld, Cologne. August Horch was a former production...
car company was established at Ehrenfeld (Cologne)Ehrenfeld (Cologne)Ehrenfeld is a city district of the City of Cologne in Germany. It includes the seven quarters Bickendorf, Bocklemünd, Mengenich, Ehrenfeld, Neuehrenfeld, Ossendorf and Vogelsang. It has about 103,890 inhabitants and covers an area of 23.83 square kilometres...
by August HorchAugust HorchAugust Horch was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi.-Beginnings:...
and his partner Salli Herz.
Sport
- 4 February - SV Werder BremenSV Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
founded. - 23 February - FC Germania 1899 MühlhausenFC Germania 1899 MühlhausenSV 1899 Mühlhausen is a German sportsclub from Mühlhausen, Thuringia. The team is actif in athletics, volleyball, football, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, badminton, darts, capoeira and sports for the disabled.-Football:...
founded. - 8 March - The Frankfurter Fußball-Club Victoria von 1899 (later Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
) founded. - 17 April - VfL OsnabrückVfL OsnabrückVfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
founded. - 1 June - FC BremerhavenFC BremerhavenFC Bremerhaven is a German association football club located in Bremerhaven, Bremen.-History:The club was founded 1 June 1899 and soon merged with VfB 1899 Lehe to become FC Bremerhaven-Lehe which was represented at the founding of the German Football Association at Leipzig in 1900...
founded. - 1 July - Turnverein Hoffenheim (later TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) founded.
- 21 September - Stuttgarter KickersStuttgarter KickersStuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...
founded. - 29 September - SC NaumburgSC NaumburgNaumburg SC was a German association football club that played in Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The club was founded 29 September 1899 and was the first formed in the city...
founded. - 1 November - FC Bavaria 1899 MünchenFC Bavaria 1899 MünchenFC Bavaria München was a short-lived German association football club from Munich, Bavaria. Alongside FC Nordstern 1896 München and 1. Münchner FC 1896, Bavaria was notable as one of the founding members of the German Football Association at Leipzig in 1900.Established on 1 November 1899, in...
founded. - 2 December - Chemnitzer BCChemnitzer BCChemnitzer BC was a German association football club playing in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club was established 2 December 1899 as Chemnitzer Sportclub Britannia and was a founding member of the German Football Association at Leipzig in 1900.-History:The team was re-named SC Britannia Chemnitz in April...
founded. - Other association football clubs established include 1. Bockenheimer FC 18991. Bockenheimer FC 18991. Bockenheimer FC was a German association football club from the western city district of Bockenheim.-History:Formed in 1899, 1. BFC had only a short existence playing in the FAB...
, SC Germania 1899 BremenSC Germania 1899 BremenSportclub Germania Bremen was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Established in 1899, the club was one of several short-lived Bremen-based clubs that bore the name Germania around the turn of the century...
, FSV FrankfurtFSV FrankfurtFSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...
, SC NeukirchenSC NeukirchenThe SC Neukirchen is a German association football club from the city of Neukirchen, Hesse.-History:The actual foundation date of the club is shrouded in mystery but the club decided in 1945 that 1899 seemed the most likely year...
, Sportfreunde SiegenSportfreunde SiegenSportfreunde Siegen is a German association football club based in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1899 as the football department of the gymnastics club Turn Verein Jahn von 1879 Siegen...
and SV WiesbadenSV WiesbadenSV Wiesbaden is a German football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The team was disbanded in 1994 as the result of financial problems, but was rebuilt and currently plays in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte . Their home games are played in the Helmut-Schön-Sportpark.- History :A football section was...
. - The Southern German football championshipSouthern German football championshipThe Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898...
is won by Straßburger FV whilst the Brandenburg football championshipBrandenburg football championshipThe Brandenburg football championship was the highest association football competition in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, including Berlin, established in 1898...
is won by BFC PreussenBFC PreussenBFC Preussen is a German football club from Berlin. The team is part of a sports club which also has departments for handball, volleyball, athletics, gymnastics, and ice hockey...
.
Births
- 12 January - Josef WagnerJosef Wagner (Gauleiter)Josef Wagner was from 1928 the Nazi Gauleiter of the Gau of Westphalia-South, and as of January 1935 also of the Gau of Silesia.-Early life and First World War:...
, Nazi GauleiterGauleiterA Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau.-Creation and Early Usage:... - 13 January - Karl Friedrich BonhoefferKarl Friedrich Bonhoeffer-Life:Born in Breslau, he was an older brother of martyred theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.Bonhoeffer studied from 1918 in Tübingen and Berlin, finishing his PhD in 1922 in Berlin with Walther Nernst. From 1923 to 1930 he was an assistant with Fritz Haber at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical...
, chemist - 18 January - Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-LangenburgPrincess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-LangenburgPrincess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein as the wife of Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein...
, noblewoman - 29 January - Heinrich BlücherHeinrich BlücherHeinrich Blücher was a German poet and philosopher. He was the second husband of Hannah Arendt.Blücher was born in Berlin. He was a member of the Communist Party of Germany until 1928, but soon rejected Stalinism and left the party in protest of its Stalinist policies...
, poet and philosopher - 15 February - Ernst BibersteinErnst BibersteinErnst Emil Heinrich Biberstein was an SS-Obersturmbannführer , member of the SD and...
, SS Officer - 23 February - Erich KästnerErich KästnerEmil Erich Kästner was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.-Dresden 1899–1919:...
, author - 23 February - Elisabeth LanggässerElisabeth LanggässerElisabeth Langgässer was a German author and teacher. She is known for lyrical poetry and novels...
, author - 25 February - Leo WeisgerberLeo WeisgerberLeo Weisgerber was a Lorraine-born German linguist specializing in Celtic linguistics. He developed the "organicist" theory that different languages produce different experiences...
, linguist - 28 February - Kurt Freiherr von LiebensteinKurt Freiherr von LiebensteinKurt Freiherr von Liebenstein was a German general.Liebenstein was born in Horb am Neckar in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He joined the German Army on December 20, 1916, as a Fahnenjunker and took part in World War I. He was decorated with the Eisernes Kreuz. German Cross in Gold on 26 January 1942...
, Army general - 1 March - Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, SS Officer
- 3 March - Eugen FischerEugen Fischer (historian)Dr. Eugen Fischer , was a German geologist and historian.- Literary works :* Das Berchtesgadener Land im Wandel der Zeit 1929...
, historian - 3 March - Albert KrebsAlbert KrebsAlbert Krebs was the Nazi Gauleiter in Hamburg in the time of the Third Reich.Krebs, a higher archive official's son, did his Abitur in 1917 after finishing school at the Gymnasium in Aschaffenburg and thereafter reported to the military as a volunteer...
, Nazi official - 4 March - Princess Charlotte of Saxe-AltenburgPrincess Charlotte of Saxe-AltenburgPrincess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg was the eldest child of Ernst II, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.-Marriage and family:...
, noblewoman - 27 March - Kurt NeubauerKurt NeubauerKurt Neubauer was an early member of the Nazi Party and one of the first Nazis who was killed in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch. He worked as a valet. Adolf Hitler dedicated Mein Kampf to him and 15 others....
, Nazi 'martyr' - 13 March - Ernst Friedrich LohndorffErnst Friedrich LohndorffErnst Friedrich Löhndorff was a German sailor, adventurer, and writer. He was born in Frankfurt am Main on 13 March 1899 and died in 1976 in Laufenburg, Switzerland....
, author - 15 March - Ernst SimonErnst SimonErnst Akiba/Akiva Simon, or aqibhah Ernst Simon , was a German-Israeli Jewish educator, and religious philosopher. Along with Martin Buber, he founded in the 1920s one of the earliest Israeli peace groups, Brit Shalom, which advocated for a binational state including Jews and Arabs...
, Jewish educator and religious philosopher - 16 March - Hans Otfried von LinstowHans Otfried von LinstowHans Otfried von Linstow, was a German Colonel. He took part in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.-Early life:Born in Berlin, von Linstow joined the German military, Reichswehr, after the First World War....
, Army officer - 31 March - Franz VölkerFranz VölkerFranz Völker was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career...
, opera singer - 4 April - Hillel OppenheimerHillel Oppenheimer-Biography:Oppenheimer was born in Berlin, Germany in 1899. His father was Franz Oppenheimer, a German-Jewish sociologist and political economist. Between 1917 and 1922, Oppenheimer studied botany at universities in Berlin, Frankfurt and Freiberg in Germany and at the University of Vienna in...
, botanist - 6 April - Peter Adolf ThiessenPeter Adolf ThiessenPeter Adolf Thiessen was a German physical chemist. He voluntarily went to the Soviet Union at the close of World War II, and he received high Soviet decorations and the Stalin Prize for contributions to the Soviet atomic bomb project.-Education:Thiessen was born in Schweidnitz .From 1919 to...
, physical chemist - 9 April - Hans JeschonnekHans JeschonnekHans Jeschonnek was a German Generaloberst and a Chief of the General Staff of Nazi Germany′s Luftwaffe during World War II. He committed suicide in August 1943.-Biography:...
, LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
officer - 15 April - Hugo GrauHugo GrauProfessor Dr. Dr.h.c. Hugo Grau was a German veterinary medicine, anatomist .He was the co-founder of the World Association of Veterinary Anatomists and the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists....
, veterinarian - 16 April - Karl SchummKarl SchummKarl Schumm was a German diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he finished sixth in the 10 metre platform event.-External links:*...
, Olympic diver - 14 May - Charlotte AuerbachCharlotte AuerbachCharlotte Auerbach FRSE FRS was a German zoologist and geneticist.Born in Germany, she fled to Scotland because of anti-Semitism. She became well known after 1942 when she, with A. J. Clark and J. M. Robson, discovered that mustard gas could cause mutations in fruit flies...
, geneticist - 17 May - Robert Richter, film producer
- 23 May - Charlotte RiefenstahlCharlotte RiefenstahlCharlotte Riefenstahl was a German physicist. She has no relation to Leni Riefenstahl, the notable German filmmaker.-Education:...
, physicist - 27 May - Hans BrausewetterHans BrausewetterHans Brausewetter was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 135 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film The Treasure, which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst...
, film actor - 12 June - Fritz Albert LipmannFritz Albert LipmannFritz Albert Lipmann FRS was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953 .Lipmann was born in Königsberg, Germany to a Jewish family.Lipmann...
, biochemist - 22 June - Hans ZehrerHans ZehrerHans Zehrer was a German journalist. He edited a leading right-wing journal, Die Tat, and founded the Tat Circle.-Biography:...
, journalist - 23 June - Gerhard von SchwerinGerhard von SchwerinGerhard Helmuth Detloff Graf von Schwerin was a German army General in World War II. As General der Panzertruppe, he was tasked with defending the city of Aachen while in command of the 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" .By the time the 3rd US Armored Division reached Aachen on 13 September 1944,...
, Army general - 25 June - Charlotte von KirschbaumCharlotte von KirschbaumCharlotte von Kirschbaum was a German theologian, and pupil of Karl Barth.Charlotte von Kirschbaum was born in Ingolstadt. In 1916 her father died in the war. This induced her to be trained as a nurse...
, theologian - 3 July - Ludwig GuttmannLudwig GuttmannSir Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann CBE, FRS was a German neurologist who founded the Paralympic Games while living in England, and is considered one of the founding fathers of organized physical activities for people with a disability....
, neurologist and Paralympic GamesParalympic GamesThe Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
founder - 22 July - Wolfgang MetzgerWolfgang MetzgerWolfgang Metzger is considered one of the main representatives of Gestalt psychology in Germany....
, psychologist - 23 July - Gustav HeinemannGustav HeinemannGustav Walter Heinemann, GCB was a German politician. He was Mayor of the city of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969 and President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974.-Early years and professional...
, President of GermanyPresident of GermanyThe President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial... - 14 August - Fritz SchwarzFritz SchwarzFritz Schwarz was a German bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1934 FIBT World Championships with a gold in the four-man and a silver in the two-man event....
, bobsledder - 26 August - Wolfgang KrullWolfgang KrullWolfgang Krull was a German mathematician working in the field of commutative algebra.He was born in Baden-Baden, Imperial Germany and died in Bonn, West Germany.- See also :* Krull dimension* Krull topology...
, mathematician - 1 September - Karl-Gustav SauberzweigKarl-Gustav SauberzweigKarl-Gustav Sauberzweig was a German Wehrmacht General who transferred to the Waffen-SS during World War II and led the "13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar" over 1943 and 1944. Sauberzweig was a bespectacled Prussian career army officer who had earned an Iron Cross in his late teens...
, Army officer - 5 September - Georg LeibbrandtGeorg LeibbrandtGeorg Leibbrandt was a scholar and politician in the Nazi Party.- Early life :Leibbrandt was born to ethnic German parents in Torosovo , near Odessa, in the Zebrikovo district of the Tsarist Russia...
, Nazi Party activist - 13 September - Bolko von RichthofenBolko von RichthofenBolko von Richthofen was a German archaeologist and a distant relative of the family of Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron"...
, archaeologist - 23 September - Sigismund-Helmut von DawansSigismund-Helmut von DawansGeneralmajor Sigismund-Helmut Konrad Alfred Felix Georg Ritter und Edler von Dawans was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942....
, WehrmachtWehrmachtThe Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
general - 10 October - Wilhelm RöpkeWilhelm RöpkeWilhelm Röpke was Professor of Economics, first in Jena, then in Graz, Marburg, Istanbul and finally in Geneva, and the main spiritual father of the German social market economy, theorising and collaborating to organise the post-World War II economic re-awakening of the then destroyed German...
, economist - 22 October - Felix Scheder-BieschinFelix Scheder-BieschinFelix Scheder-Bieschin was a German sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.During World War II he served in Kriegsmarine and was killed in action off the coast of Norway....
, Olympic sailor - 7 November - Eberhard FinckhEberhard FinckhColonel Eberhard Finckh was a German army officer who was a colonel on the general staff of the German army, a long time opponent of nazism and a member of the German resistance to Adolf Hitler’s regime....
, Army officer - 10 November - Wessel von Freytag-Loringhoven, Army officer
- 24 November - Hilmar WäckerleHilmar WäckerleHilmar Wäckerle was a German soldier in both the German Imperial Army and the Waffen-SS and the first commandant of Dachau concentration camp.-War service:...
, commandant of Dachau concentration camp - 26 November - Bruno HauptmannBruno HauptmannBruno Richard Hauptmann was a German ex-convict sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as "The Crime of the Century".-Background:Hauptmann was born in Kamenz in the German Empire,...
, convicted murderer - 5 December - Wolfgang KadenWolfgang KadenKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves Wolfgang Kaden was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II...
, U-boat commander - 11 December - Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1899–1997), businessman
- 13 December - Wilhelm Decker, Nazi GermanyNazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
official - 22 December - Princess Helena of Waldeck and PyrmontPrincess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948)Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the only daughter of Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and wife of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg.-Early life:...
, noblewoman - Date unknown - Hansjoachim von der EschHansjoachim von der EschHansjoachim von der Esch was a German explorer in Egypt and Libya.Esch had the academic degree of engineer. From 1929 to 1939 he worked representing a German enterprise in Egypt...
, explorer - Date unknown - Walter GerwigWalter GerwigWalter Gerwig was an influential German lutenist, choral conductor and composer. He was one of the pioneers in the revival of Early Music Revival and historical performance practice . He was also a choral conductor...
, musician - Date unknown - Siegfried Adolf KummerSiegfried Adolf KummerSiegfried Adolf Kummer was a German mystic and Germanic revivalist. He is also most well known for his revivalism and use of the Armanen runes row...
, mystic - Date unknown - Kurt RothKurt RothKurt Roth was a 20th century German painter.He was born in 1899 in Ratingen near Düsseldorf. 1920 he and his father, the painter Ludwig Max Roth, moved to Uetersen where they lived at the monastery Uetersen in very modest circumstances...
, painter - Date unknown - Paul SchmidtPaul Schmidt (translator)Paul Schmidt was an American translator, poet, playwright, and essayist.He graduated from Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University.He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon....
, translator
Deaths
- 9 January - Ernst Julius GurltErnst Julius GurltErnst Julius Gurlt was a German surgeon who was born in Berlin. He was the son of veterinarian Ernst Friedrich Gurlt ....
, surgeon - 18 January - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm ClausCarl Friedrich Wilhelm ClausCarl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus was a German zoologist. He was an opponent of the ideas of Ernst Haeckel.-Biography:...
, zoologist - 18 January - Heinrich KirchwegerHeinrich KirchwegerJohann Gottfried Heinrich Kirchweger was a German railway engineer.Heinrich Kirchweger was born on 12 June 1809 in Stettin, then part of Germany, now Szczecin in Poland. After attending the trade school in Berlin, Kirchweger worked with the industrialist Georg Henschel in Kassel...
, railway engineer - 1 February - Ernst MelzerErnst MelzerErnst Melzer was a German educator and philosopher who was born in the Silesian village of Leifersdorf....
, philosopher - 6 February - Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, nobleman
- 6 February - Leo von CapriviLeo von CapriviGeorg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli was a German major general and statesman, who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany...
, Chancellor of GermanyChancellor of GermanyThe Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany... - 9 February - Karl MüllerKarl Müller (bryologist)Johann Karl August Müller was a German bryologist who was a native of Allstedt.Until 1843 he worked as a pharmacist in several locations in Germany, and from 1843 to 1846 studied botany at the University of Halle. In 1843 he was an assistant editor of Botanische Zeitung, and in 1852 was co-founder...
, bryologist - 11 February - Johann August KaupertJohann August KaupertJohann August Kaupert was a German topographer and cartographer born in Kassel. He was a younger brother to sculptor Gustav Kaupert ....
, topographer - 20 February - Ernst Philipp Karl LangeErnst Philipp Karl LangeErnst Philipp Karl Lange was a German novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Philipp Galen.- Biography :...
, novellist - 8 March - Johann Baptist WeissJohann Baptist WeissJohann Baptist Weiss Johann Baptist Weiss Johann Baptist Weiss (born at Ettenheim, Baden, 17 July 1820; died at Graz, 8 March 1899 was a German historian.-Life:After completing his high-school studies he attended the universities of Freiburg, Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Munich, where he devoted...
, historian - 14 March - Heymann SteinthalHeymann SteinthalHeymann or Hermann Steinthal was a German philologist and philosopher....
, philologist - 24 March - Gustav Heinrich WiedemannGustav Heinrich WiedemannGustav Heinrich Wiedemann was a German physicist known mostly for his literary work.-Education:Wiedemann was born at Berlin. After attending the Cologne gymnasium, he entered the university of Berlin in 1844, and took his doctor's degree there three years later...
, physicist - 15 April - Lambert Heinrich von BaboLambert Heinrich von BaboLambert Heinrich von Babo was a German chemist.-Life:Babo was the son of the agronomist Lambert Joseph von Babo and his first wife Karoline Ehrmann. The oenologist August Wilhelm von Babo was his half-brother...
, chemist - 15 April - Karl Ludwig KahlbaumKarl Ludwig KahlbaumKarl Ludwig Kahlbaum was a German psychiatrist. In 1855 he received his medical doctorate at Berlin, and subsequently worked as a physician at the mental asylum in Wehlau. For a period of time he was also a lecturer at the University of Königsberg , and from 1867 was director of the mental...
, psychiatrist - 1 May - Ludwig BüchnerLudwig BüchnerFriedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner was a German philosopher, physiologist and physician who became one of the exponents of 19th century scientific materialism.Büchner was born at Darmstadt, Germany, on 29 March 1824...
, philosopher - 2 May - Eduard von Simson, jurist and politician
- 6 May - Philipp KrementzPhilipp KrementzPhilipp Krementz was a German Catholic bishop, created Cardinal in 1893.He was bishop of Ermland from 1867, and headed the Fulda Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1884 to 1896. He became Archbishop of Cologne in 1885.-External links:*...
, Archbishop of Cologne - 1 June - Klaus GrothKlaus GrothKlaus Groth , Low German poet, was born at Heide in Schleswig-Holstein.After studying at the seminary in Tondern , he became a teacher at the girls school in his native village, but in 1847 went to Kiel to qualify for a higher educational post. Ill health interrupted his studies and it was not...
, poet - 19 June - Eugen von LommelEugen von LommelEugen Cornelius Joseph von Lommel was a German physicist. He is notable for the Lommel polynomial, the Lommel function, the Lommel–Weber function, and the Lommel differential equation...
, physicist - 12 July - Azriel HildesheimerAzriel HildesheimerEsriel Hildesheimer was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering modernizer of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism.-Biography:...
, founder of Modern Orthodox JudaismModern Orthodox JudaismModern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law, with the secular, modern world.... - 22 July - Ludwig BambergerLudwig BambergerLudwig Bamberger was a German economist, politician and writer.-Early life:Bamberger was born in a Jewish family in Mainz.After studying at Gießen, Heidelberg and Göttingen, he entered law.-Career:...
, economist and politician - 27 July - Tassilo von Heydebrand und der LasaTassilo von Heydebrand und der LasaTassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa was an important German chess master, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a founder of the Berlin Chess School .His...
, chess player - 29 July - Adolf SchreyerAdolf SchreyerAdolf Schreyer was a German painter.-Biography:He studied art first at the Städel Institute in his native town, and then at Stuttgart and Munich. He painted many of his favourite subjects in his travels in the East...
, painter - 30 July - Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-LippePrincess Adelheid of Schaumburg-LippePrincess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe was a member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe and a Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe by birth...
, noblewoman - 4 August - Karl, Freiherr von PrelKarl, Freiherr von PrelKarl, Freiherr von Prel or Carl Freiherr du Prel , German philosopher, was born at Landshut on 3 April 1839. After studying at the University of Münich he served in the Bavarian army from 1859 to 1872, when he retired with the rank of captain...
, philosopher - 13 August - Karl Heinrich WeizsäckerKarl Heinrich WeizsäckerKarl Heinrich Weizsäcker was a German Protestant theologian.-Biography:Weizsäcker was born in Öhringen near Heilbronn in Württemberg, and studied at Tübingen and Berlin....
, theologian - 28 October - Ottmar MergenthalerOttmar MergenthalerOttmar Mergenthaler was an inventor who has been called a second Gutenberg because of his invention of the Linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses...
, inventor of linotype - 14 November - Ferdinand TiemannFerdinand TiemannJohann Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Tiemann was a German chemist and together with Reimer discoverer of the Reimer-Tiemann reaction.Beginning in 1866, Tiemann studied pharmacy at the TU Braunschweig where he graduated in 1869...
, chemist - 16 November - Julius Hermann Moritz BuschJulius Hermann Moritz BuschJulius Hermann Moritz Busch was a German publicist.Busch was born at Dresden. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1841 as a student of theology, but graduated as doctor philosophiae, and from 1847 devoted himself entirely to journalism and literature.In 1851 he went to America, but soon...
, publicist - 3 December - Georg Ratzinger (politician)Georg Ratzinger (politician)Georg Ratzinger was a German Catholic priest, political economist, social reformer, author and politician...
, priest and politician - 8 December - Max LangeMax LangeMax Lange was a German chess player and composer.In 1858–1864, he was an editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung . He was a founder of Westdeutscher Schachbund , and an organizer of the 9th DSB–Congress at Leipzig 1894...
, chess player - 28 December - Karl Friedrich August RammelsbergKarl Friedrich August RammelsbergKarl Friedrich August Rammelsberg was a German mineralogist from Berlin, Prussia.He was educated for the medical profession and graduated in 1837 at Berlin University. In 1841 he became privatdozent in the university, and in 1845 professor extraordinary of chemistry...
, mineralogist - Date unknown - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Alfred FleckeisenCarl Friedrich Wilhelm Alfred FleckeisenCarl Friedrich Wilhelm Alfred Fleckeisen was a German philologist and critic. He is best known for his work on Plautus and Terence.-Biography:...
, philologist - Date unknown - Ulrike von LevetzowUlrike von LevetzowUlrike von Levetzow, known as Ulrike Levetzow, Baroness von Levetzow was a friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. She met him at Marienbad and Karlsbad in 1822 and 1823, when she was 18 and he was 73...
, 'muse' to Goethe - Date unknown - Hermann WislicenusHermann WislicenusHermann Wislicenus was a German historical painter.-Biography:He studied art at Academy of Dresden and later became a student of Eduard Bendemann and Julius Schnorr. His first art work, “Abundance and Destitution,” was purchased by the Dresden Gallery in 1853...
, painter - Date unknown - Ferdinand WüstenfeldFerdinand WüstenfeldHeinrich Ferdinand Wüstenfeld was a German orientalist, known as a literary historian of Arabic literature, born at Münden, Hanover....
, orientalist