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1896 in Germany
Summary
Events in the year
1896 in
Germany
.
←
1895
1894
1893
1896
in
Germany
→
1897
1898
1899
Decades:
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
See also:
Other events of 1896
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
National level
edit
Kaiser
–
Wilhelm II
Chancellor
–
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
State level
edit
Kingdoms
edit
King of Bavaria
–
Otto
King of Prussia
– Wilhelm II
King of Saxony
–
Albert
King of Württemberg
–
William II
Grand Duchies
edit
Grand Duke of Baden
–
Frederick I
Grand Duke of Hesse
–
Ernest Louis
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
–
Frederick Francis III
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
–
Frederick William
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
–
Peter II
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
–
Charles Alexander
Principalities
edit
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
–
Alexander, Prince of Lippe
(with
Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
as regent)
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
edit
Duke of Anhalt
–
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
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 Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
–
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
edit
Cameroon
(Kamerun) –
Theodor Seitz
(2nd term)
German East Africa
(Deutsch-Ostafrika) –
Hermann Wissmann
to 3 December, then
Eduard von Liebert
German New Guinea
(Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Hugo Rüdiger to 17 August, then from 22 September Curt von Hagen
(both
Landeshauptleute
of the German New Guinea Company)
German South-West Africa
(Deutsch-Südwestafrika) –
Theodor Leutwein
(Landeshauptleute)
Togoland
–
August Köhler
(Landeshauptleute)
Events
edit
Model of a DMG Lastwagen, 1896, first gasoline
truck
12 April
– German football club
Hannover 96
is founded.
1 June
–
Institut für Serumforschung und Serumprüfung
in Berlin is opened.
Undated
edit
Gottlieb Daimler
produces the first gasoline
truck
.
Emperor William Monument
in
Porta Westfalica
is completed.
German
physicist
Wilhelm Wien
derives the
Wien approximation
.
Births
edit
11 January
–
Heinrich Stuhlfauth
, German football player and goalkeeper (died
1966
)
4 February
–
Friedrich Hund
, German physicist (died
1997
)
9 February
–
Erich Vagts
, German politician (died
1980
)
14 February
–
Werner Richard Heymann
, German film composer (died
1961
)
23 February
–
Herbert Weichmann
, German politician (died
1983
)
25 February
–
Ida Noddack
, German chemist (died
1978
)
2 March
–
Caesar von Hofacker
, German colonel (died
1944
)
22 March
–
Karl Dannemann
, German actor (died
1945
)
1 April
–
Wilhelm Sauter
, German painter (died
1948
)
13 May
–
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(died
1967
)
20 May
–
Paul Kemp
, German actor (died
1953
)
9 June
–
Karl Sack
, German jurist (died
1945
)
16 July
–
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer
, German physician (died
1969
)
23 July
–
Reinhold Frank
, German lawyer (died
1945
)
19 August
–
Josef Kammhuber
, German general (died
1986
)
23 August
–
Hubert von Meyerinck
, German actor (died
1971
)
15 September
–
Theodor Haubach
, German journalist (died
1945
)
14 October
–
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff
, German police officer and politician (died
1944
)
18 October
–
Friedrich Hollaender
, German film composer and author (died
1976
)
30 October
–
Roma Bahn
, German actress (died
1975
)
9 November
–
Hellmut von der Chevallerie
, German general (died
1965
)
28 November
–
Otto Graf
, German actor (died
1977
)
3 December
–
Carlo Schmid
, German politician (died
1979
)
18 December
–
Hans Otto Erdmann
, German officer (died
1944
)
27 December
–
Carl Zuckmayer
, German writer and playwright (died
1977
)
31 December
–
Carl Ludwig Siegel
, German mathematician (died
1981
)
Deaths
edit
29 February
–
Albrecht von Stosch
, German admiral (born
1818
)
28 April
–
Heinrich von Treitschke
, German historian (born
1834
)
18 May
–
Otto von Camphausen
, German politician (born
1812
)
20 May
–
Clara Schumann
, German musician and composer (born
1819
)
2 June
–
Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs
, German geographer, explorer and author (born
1831
)
11 July
–
Ernst Curtius
, German archaeologist and historian (born
1814
)
13 July
–
August Kekulé
, German chemist (born
1829
)
10 August
–
Otto Lilienthal
, German pioneer of aviation (born
1848
)
13 August
–
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel
, German mathematician (born
1821
)
22 October
–
Christian Roos
, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born
1826
)
3 November
–
Eugen Baumann
, German chemist (born
1846
)
19 November
–
Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
, German politician (born
1837
)
17 December
–
Paul Beiersdorf
, German pharmacist (born
1836
)
26 December — Emil du Bois-Reymond
, German physiologist (born
1818
)
References
edit
[[Category:1890s in Germany