1893 in Germany

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Events in the year 1893 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser - Wilhelm II
• Chancellor - 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 - William II of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• 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

• Schaumburg-Lippe - Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe to 8 May, then 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 - George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont to 12 May, then Friedrich, 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 to 22 August, then Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 23 August
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) - Eugen von Zimmerer (3rd term) to 27 June, then ... Leist
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Julius Freiherr von Soden to 15 September, then Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Georg Schmiele (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Curt von François (commissioner until November, then Landeshauptleute)
• Togoland - Jesko von Puttkamer (acting commissioner until November, then Landeshauptleute) (2nd term)

Events

• 15 June - In the federal election the Social Democratic Party of Germany come top with 1.7 million votes but still only finish fourth overall in terms of seats, behind the Centre Party, German Conservative Party and the National Liberal Party. Anti-Semitic parties see their vote share increase five times over.
• Undated - Cholera Riots break out in Hamburg resulting in the deaths of a sanitary officer and a policeman. The riots are eventually quashed by bayonet-wielding troops.
• Undated - Eugen Richter leads his followers in a split from the German Free-minded Party to form the Free-minded People's Party.

Arts

• 23 December - Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel receives its premiere in Weimar.
• Undated - Franz Kaim establishes the Munich Philharmonic.
• Undated - Johannes Brahms completes his Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (Brahms).
• Undated - Oskar Panizza publishes the novel The Operated Jew, a satirical, anti-Semitic novel with scientific racism overtones.

Commerce

• 20 June - Zentis, a confectionery and preserve concern, begins trading in Aachen.
• 1 September - Franz Ramesohl and Franz Schmidt open a milk separator-producing workshop under the name of Ramesohl & Schmidt oHG in Oelde. The workshop forms the basis of the still extant company GEA Westfalia Separator.

Science

• Undated - Rudolf Diesel operates the first successful diesel engine.
• Undated - Wilhelm Dörpfeld begins his excavations on the site of the ancient city of Troy.

Sport

Association football clubs established

• 6 March - Leipziger BC 1893
• 10 May - Minerva Berlin
• 2 July - TSF Ditzingen
• 29 July - Altonaer FC von 1893
• 9 September - Stuttgarter Fußballverein
• 1 October - SV Nord Wedding 1893
• 18 November - Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin
• 22 November - Berliner Fussball Club vom Jahre 1893
• November - Sportbrüder Leipzig
• Undated - FC Association 1893 Hamburg
• Undated - FC Hanau 93
• Undated - KSV Hessen Kassel
• Undated - VfB Einheit zu Pankow

Transport

• The Bremer Vulkan shipbuilding company opens at the Johann Lange shipyard in Bremen.
• The Prussian S 3 steam locomotive begins production.

Births

• 2 January - Walter Hörnlein, General
• 12 January - Hermann Göring, Reichsmarschall of Nazi Germany
• 12 January - Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue
• 15 January - Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, nobleman
• 18 January - Wolfgang Klemperer, aviation scientist
• 18 January - Hans Schlemmer, General
• 22 January - Otto Herfurth, General
• 8 February - Werner Willikens, politician
• 13 February - Franz Brandt, flying ace
• 17 February - Gustav Höhne, General
• 17 February - Wolff von Stutterheim, General
• 21 February - Friedrich Manschott, flying ace
• 26 February - Otto Kissenberth, flying ace
• 28 February - Gerhard Roßbach, Freikorps leader
• 6 March - Fritz Otto Bernert, flying ace
• 12 March - Erwin Planck, politician
• 16 March - Herbert von Bose, publicist
• 20 March - Kurt Wissemann, flying ace
• 21 March - Walter Schreiber, General
• 23 March - Andreas von Aulock, officer
• 24 March - Walter Baade, astronomer
• 24 March - Emmy Göring, actress and wife of Hermann Göring
• 27 March - Wilhelm Wulff, astrologer
• 30 March - Theodor Krancke, Admiral
• 3 April - Hans Riegel, Sr. (died 1945)
• 6 April - Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, prince and horse rider
• 6 April - Alfred Gerstenberg, General
• 13 April - Günther Krappe, officer
• 17 April - Maximilian von Herff, General
• 18 April - Johann Mickl, General
• 23 April - Thomas-Emil von Wickede, General
• 25 April - Ernst Torgler, politician
• 29 April - Johann Reichhart, executioner
• 30 April - Viktor Schobinger, flying ace
• 6 May - Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, politician
• 11 May - Augustin Rösch, Jesuit
• 12 May - Hasso von Wedel, flying ace
• 14 May - Joachim von Busse, flying ace
• 17 May - Hans von Häbler, flying ace
• 19 May - Karl Thom, flying ace
• 20 May - Helmuth Schlömer, General
• 25 May - Mortimer von Kessel, General
• 27 May - Hermann Dörnemann, supercentenarian
• 27 May - Paul Helwig, psychologist
• 6 June - Karl von Graffen, General
• 10 June - Rudolf Querner, General
• 13 June - Reinhold Tiling, engineer
• 20 June - Wilhelm Zaisser, politician
• 22 June - Friedrich Köchling, General
• 22 June - Conrad Veidt, German actor (died 1943, USA)
• 24 June - Albert Graf von der Goltz, officer
• 30 June - Walter Ulbricht, leader of East Germany
• 6 July - Hans Böhning, flying ace
• 9 July - Max Ritter von Mulzer, flying ace
• 15 July - Hans Christian Schulze, General
• 18 July - Werner Lange, Admiral
• 20 July - Arno von Lenski, officer
• 23 July - Adolf Fischer, General
• 1 August - Friedrich Zickwolff, General
• 7 August - Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, flying ace
• 7 August - Günther Rittau, film director
• 9 August - Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, actor
• 16 August - Hans Koch, lawyer
• 22 August - Ernst Sieler, General
• 24 August - Haim Ernst Wertheimer biochemist
• 25 August - Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk, flying ace and General
• 26 August - Rolf Wuthmann, General
• 4 September - Friedrich Karst, General
• 7 September - Ernst Schirlitz, Admiral
• 17 September - Willibald Borowietz, General
• 20 September - Hans Scharoun, architect
• 29 September - Friedrich Ritter von Röth, flying ace
• 30 September - Otto Wernicke, actor
• 12 October - Hans von Greiffenberg, General
• 13 October - Kurt Reidemeister, mathematician
• 16 October - Adolf Kratzer, physicist
• 21 October - Werner Richter, General
• 30 October - Roland Freisler, judge
• 30 October - Karl von Oberkamp, General
• 6 November - Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs, Naval officer
• 10 November - Erich Martin Hering, entomologist
• 19 November - Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, General
• 1 December - Ernst Toller, playwright
• 7 December - Hermann Balck, General
• 8 December - Albert Brendel, officer
• 9 December - Albert Abicht, politician
• 20 December - Ernst Pfeiffer, entomologist
• 23 December - Walther von Axthelm, General
• 31 December - Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, nobleman

Deaths

• 30 January - Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, nobleman
• 14 February - Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder, painter
• 18 February - Gerson von Bleichröder, banker
• 24 February - Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, botanist
• 25 April - Hermann Gundert, missionary
• 3 May - Adolf Kiessling, philologist
• 8 May - Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
• 12 May - George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• 14 May - Ernst Kummer, mathematician
• 6 June - Karl Josef von Hefele, theologian
• 7 June - Hermann Julius Grüneberg, chemist
• 12 June - Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, nobleman
• 14 June - Jakob Frohschammer, philosopher
• 19 June - Hermann Baumgarten, historian
• 23 June - Rudolf von Roth, Indologist
• 8 July - Eduard von Lutz, General
• 5 August - Friedrich Wilhelm Adami, author
• 22 August - Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• 26 August - Friedrich Gustav Carl Ulrich Franz von Schnehen, nobleman
• 15 September - Hermann Sauppe, philologist
• 7 October - Maximilian Felix Christoph Wilhelm Leopold Reinhold Albert Fürchtegott von Versen, nobleman
• 12 October - Georg von Kameke, General
• 29 October - Gustav Mützel, artist
• 9 November - Hermann August Hagen, entomologist
• 21 November - Rudolf Kaltenbach, gynecologist
• 25 November - Johann Bauschinger, mathematician
• 11 December - Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist
• 15 December - Karl Ludwig Michelet, philosopher