1854 in Germany
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Events from the year 1854 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- 15 July - The Glaspalast is opened in Munich. A giant glass building modelled on London's The Crystal Palace it houses an industrial exhibition
- Unknown – Construction finishes on the Neoclassical Semper Gallery in Dresden designed by Gottfried Semper
- Unknown – Karl Wilhelm sets the words of Max Schneckenburger's poem "Die Wacht am Rhein" to music, creating a patriotic anthem
- Unknown – Gustav Bläser's sculpture Athena Protects the Young Hero is installed in Berlin
Births
- 17 February - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, industrialist (died 1902)
- 14 March - Paul Ehrlich, German physician, scientist (died 1915)
- 15 March – Emil von Behring, German physiologist, winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1917)
- 18 April – Ludwig Levy, German architect (died 1907)
- 23 August - Moritz Moszkowski, German/Polish composer and pianist (died 1925)
- 1 September – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (died 1921)
Deaths
- 11 April – Karl Adolph von Basedow, German physician (born 1799)
- 13 June – Rosina Regina Ahles, German actor (born 1799)
- 6 July – Georg Ohm, German physicist (born 1789)
- 2 August – Heinrich Clauren, German writer (born 1771)
- 9 August - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, king of Saxony (born 1797)
- 20 August - Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, philosopher (born 1775)
- 26 October – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, queen consort of Bavaria (born 1792)
- 13 December - Andreas Buchner, German historian (born 1776)
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