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National level

  • Kaiser
    Kaiser
    Kaiser 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
  • Chancellor
    Chancellor of Germany
    The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...

     - Bernhard von Bülow
    Bernhard von Bülow
    Bernhard 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...


Kingdoms

  • King of Bavaria
    King of Bavaria
    King 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 Bavaria
    Otto of Bavaria
    Otto , 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 - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
    Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
    This article is about King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony. For the elector Frederick Augustus III, see Frederick Augustus I of Saxony.Frederick Augustus III was the last King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.Born in Dresden, Frederick Augustus was the son of King George of Saxony...

  • King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg
    William II of Württemberg
    William 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 II
  • Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
    Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
    Ernest Louis Charles Albert William , was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918...

  • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Mecklenburg-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 - Adolphus Frederick V
  • Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
    Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
    Frederick Augustus II was the last ruling grand duke of Oldenburg. He married Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, daughter of Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau and Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia...

  • Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
    Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
    The 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...

     - William Ernest
    William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
    Wilhelm Ernst Karl Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Albert Georg Hermann was the last Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Biography:...


Principalities

  • Schaumburg-Lippe
    Schaumburg-Lippe
    Schaumburg-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-Lippe
    George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
    Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:...

  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
    Schwarzburg-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-Rudolstadt
    Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
    Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg was the final sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Biography:...

  • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with capital at Sondershausen.-History:...

     - Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
    Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was the ruler of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, a constituent state of the German Empire, and head of the House of Schwarzburg from 17 July 1880 until his death.-Hereditary Prince:...

  • Principality of Lippe
    Principality of Lippe
    Lippe was a historical state in Germany. It was located between the Weser River and the southeast part of the Teutoburg forest.-History:...

     - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
    Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
    Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe was the final sovereign of the Principality of Lippe...

  • Reuss Elder Line
    Reuss Elder Line
    The 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 XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz
    Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz
    Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz was the last reigning Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1902 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House Reuss of Greiz which became extinct at his death in 1927.-Early life:...

     (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
    Heinrich 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...

     as regent)
  • Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
  • Waldeck and Pyrmont
    Waldeck (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 II, Duke of Anhalt
    Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
    Frederick II was the Duke of Anhalt from 1904 until 1918.-Early life:He was born in Dessau in 1856 as the second son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg....

  • Duke of Brunswick - Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
    Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
    Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who served as the regent of two states of the German Empire...

     (regent)
  • Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg to 7 February, then Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
  • Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...

  • Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
    Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
    Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914.-Family and early life:...


Colonial Governors

  • Cameroon
    Kamerun
    German 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) - Theodor Seitz (3rd term)
  • Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
  • German East Africa
    German East Africa
    German 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) - Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
  • German New Guinea
    German New Guinea
    German 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) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
  • German Samoa
    German Samoa
    German 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...

     (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
    Wilhelm Solf
    Wilhelm Heinrich Solf was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman.-Early life:Wilhelm Solf was born into a wealthy and liberal family in Berlin. He attended secondary schools in Anklam in western Pomerania and in Mannheim...

  • German South-West Africa
    German South-West Africa
    German 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) - Bruno von Schuckmann
  • Togoland
    Togoland
    Togoland 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"...

     - Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen

Births

  • 24 June — Hugo Distler
    Hugo Distler
    Hugo Distler was a German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer.-Life and career:...

    , German composer (d. 1942
    1942 in Germany
    -National level:Head of State*Adolf Hitler Chancellor* Adolf Hitler -Events:* 13 January — Heinkel test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to escape from a stricken aircraft with an ejection seat....

    )
  • 10 August — Hanan Rubin
    Hanan Rubin
    Dr Hanan Rubin was a German-born Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1949 and 1962.- Biography :Born in Berlin, Rubin was a member of the Blue-White movement dueing his youth. fter school he studied law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Freiburg,...

    , German-born Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

    i politician (d. 1962
    1962 in Israel
    -Incumbents:* Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion * President of Israel – Yitzhak Ben-Zvi* Chief of General Staff - Tzvi Tzur* Government of Israel - 10th Government of Israel-Events:...

    )


Deaths

  • 7 February — Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (b. 1826)
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