1895 in Germany

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Events in the year 1895 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser — Wilhelm II
• Chancellor — Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

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 — 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 to 20 March, then 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

• 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

• Cameroon (Kamerun) — Jesko von Puttkamer (3rd term) to 27 March, then ...von Lücke to 4 May, then again Jesko von Puttkamer (4th term) to 26 October, then from 27 October Theodor Seitz (2nd term)
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele to 25 April, then Hermann Wissmann
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Gerog Schmiele to 3 March, then Hugo Rüdiger (both Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute)
• Togoland — Jesko von Puttkamer (Landeshauptleute) (2nd term) to 13 August, then vacant to 18 November, then August Köhler (Landeshauptleute)

Births

• January 20 — Walter Bock, German chemist (died 1948)
• September 15 — Hildebrand Gurlitt, art dealer (died 1956)
• October 30 — Gerhard Domagk German pathologist and bacteriologist (1964)
• December 29 — Oswald Freisler, lawyer (died 1939)

Deaths

• March 20 — Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, nobleman (born 1824)
• April 23 - Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (born 1816)
• May 23 - Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician (born 1798)
• August 5 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher, social scientist and journalist (born 1820)
• September 8 - Adam Opel, German founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG (born 1837)