1894 in Germany
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Events in the year 1894 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Kaiser — Wilhelm II[1]
- Chancellor — Leo von Caprivi to 26 October, then from 29 October Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II[1]
- King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
- King of Württemberg — William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe — George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen — Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe — Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line — Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
- Reuss Younger Line — Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont — Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) — ...Leist to 24 February, then Eugen von Zimmerer (4th and final term) to 31 December, then Jesko von Puttkamer (3rd term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Gerog Schmiele (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Curt von François (Landeshauptleute) to 15 March, then Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute)
- Togoland — Jesko von Puttkamer (Landeshauptleute) (2nd term)
Events
- 1 October - Leipziger Volkszeitung is first published.
- Date unknown - The Reichstag building in Berlin is completed and opened.[2]
- Date unknown - German company Wintershall is founded.
Births
- March 11 - Otto Grotewohl, German politician (died 1964)
- April 1 - Eduard Wagner, German general (died 1944)
- April 11 - Fritz Lindemann, German officer (died 1944)
- April 14 - Fritz Thiele, German member of the German resistance who served as the communications chief of the German Army (died 1944)
- August 17 - Otto Suhr, German politician (died 1957)
- August 19 - Joseph Müller, German roman-catholic priest (died 1944)
- August 20 - Josef Straßberger, German weightlifter (died 1950)
- September 6 - Carl Grossberg, German painter (died 1940)
- September 12 - Friedrich Ebert Jr., German politician (died 1979)
- September 15 - Herbert Windt, German composer (died 1965)
- October 14 - Heinrich Lübke, German politician (died 1972)
- November 2 - Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics (died 1976)
- November 19 - Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (died 1971)
- December 17 - Hans Henny Jahnn, German playwright and novelist (died 1959)
- December 19 - Paul Dessau, German conductor and composer (died 1979)
- December 21 - Gustav Ehrhart - German chemist (died 1971)
Deaths
- January 1 - Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (born 1857)
- January 11 - Wilhelm von Freeden, German mathematician (born 1822)
- January 11 - Joseph Weyland, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1826)
- February 12 - Hans von Bülow, German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer (born 1830)
- February 20 - Georg Albert Lücke, German surgeon (born 1829)
- April 11 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (born 1832)
- May 21 - August Kundt, German physicist (born 1839)
- September 8 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (born 1821)
References
- 1 2 "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)". BBC History. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ↑ "Reichstag | building, Berlin, Germany". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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