1890 in Germany
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Events in the year 1890 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Kaiser — Wilhelm II
- Chancellor — Otto von Bismarck to March 20, then Leo von Caprivi
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
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 — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt to 12 March, then 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) — Eugen von Zimmerer (acting governor) (2nd term) to (17 April), then Markus Graf Pfeil, to 3 August, then ... Kurz (acting governor) to December 2, then Jesko von Puttkamer (acting governor) (2nd term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term)
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Fritz Rose (acting commissioner to 30 September, then commissioner)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner) to August, then Louis Nels (acting commissioner)
- Togoland — Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner)
- Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) — Gustav Denhardt (resident) to 1 July
Events
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- 1 July — Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty. Germany receives Heligoland and the Caprivi Strip from the United Kingdom and a free hand to control and acquire the coast of Dar es Salam. In return, Germany renounces its protectorate over Wituland (part of modern-day Kenya) and pledges not to interfere in the actions of the UK vis-à-vis the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The U.K. cedes sovereignty of the Heligoland archipelago to Germany.
- August — Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Alexander III of Russia meet at Narva.
Births
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- 9 January — Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, satirist and writer (died 1935)
- 4 July — Otto Feick, German gymnast (died 1959)
- 14 August – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (died 1946)
- 2 December – C. Paul Jennewein, German-American sculptor (died 1978)
- 6 December – Carl Jules Weyl, German-American art director and Reichswehr soldier (died 1948)
Deaths
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- 18 March — Johann Georg Halske, German businessman (born 1814)
- 19 March — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German nobleman (born 1838)
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