1890 in Germany
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See also: | Other events of 1890 History of Germany • Timeline • Years |
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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- 5 February - German company Allianz was founded in Berlin.
- 20 February - German federal election, 1890
- 20 March - Bismarck cabinet ends.
- 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.
- Date unknown - German company Mannesmann was founded in Düsseldorf.
- Date unknown - Emil von Behring published an article with Kitasato Shibasaburo reporting that they had developed "antitoxins" against both diphtheria and tetanus.
Births
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- January 9 — Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, satirist and writer (died 1935)
- January 30 - Albert Zürner, German diver (died 1920)
- February 6 - Karl Schelenz, German sport teacher (died 1956)
- February 20 - Georg Thomas, German general (died 1946)
- March 5 - Wilhelm Boden, German politician (died 1961)
- March 22 - Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin, German politician (died 1945)
- April 22 - Erwin Jaenecke, German general (died 1960)
- May 10 - Alfred Jodl, German general (died 1946)
- June 15 - Wilhelm Leuschner, German politician (died 1944)
- June 25 - Hans Marchwitza, German writer and poet (died 1965)
- July 4 — Otto Feick, German gymnast (died 1959)
- July 8 - Walter Hasenclever, German poet and playwright (died 1940)
- July 29 - Elisabeth von Thadden, German educator and resistance fighter (died 1944)
- July 30 - Ludwig Schwamb, German politician (died 1945)
- August 3 - Eduard Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (died 1972)
- August 4 - Erich Weinert, German author (died 1953)
- August 14 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (died 1946)
- August 18 - Walther Funk, German banker and economist (died 1960)
- September 16 - Traugott Herr, German general (died 1976)
- September 23 - Friedrich Paulus, German field marshall (died 1957)
- October 10 - Emil Schäpe, German fighter pilot (died 1925)
- December 2 – C. Paul Jennewein, German-American sculptor (died 1978)
- December 6 - Hans Bethge, German pilot (died 1918)
- December 6 – Carl Jules Weyl, German-American art director and Reichswehr soldier (died 1948)
- December 17 - Prince Joachim of Prussia, German nobleman (died 1920)
Deaths
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- January 20 - Franz Lachner, German composer and conductor (born 1803)
- January 27 - Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal, German psychiatrist (born 1833)
- March 18 — Johann Georg Halske, German businessman (born 1814)
- March 27 - Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist (born 1803)
- April 30 - Hermann von Dechend, German politician who served as the first President of the Reichsbank (born 1814)
- March 19 — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German nobleman (born 1838)
- May 26 - Adelbert Delbrück, German banker and businessman (born 1822)
- September 15 - Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss, German scientist (born 1812)
- September 19 - Friedrich Gaedcke, German chemist (born 1828)
- December 3 - Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, German politician (born 1803)