1891 in Germany
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Events in the year 1891 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
- King of Württemberg — Charles I of Württemberg to 6 October, then William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse — Louis IV
- 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
- Schaumburg-Lippe — Adolf I, 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 — George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- 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 — Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen — Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) — from 7 August Bruno von Schuckmann (acting governor)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term) to 21 February, then Julius Freiherr von Soden (with ... Rüdiger, acting governor)
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Fritz Rose (commissioner)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Louis Nels (acting commissioner) to March, then Curt von François (commissioner)
- Togoland — Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner) to 14 April, then vacant
Births
- 17 February — Abraham (Adolf) Fraenkel, German-born Israeli mathematician (died 1965)
- 29 July – Bernhard Zondek, German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (died 1966)
- 22 September - Hans Albers, German actor (died 1960)
- 15 November — Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (died 1944)
- 2 December - Otto Dix, German painter (died 1969)
- 10 December - Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright (died 1970)
Deaths
- 26 January - Nikolaus Otto, German engineer and inventor (born 1832)
- 23 June - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, chemist (born 1804)
- 6 October — Charles I, King of Württemberg (born 1864)
References
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