1905 in Germany

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Events in the year 1905 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser - Wilhelm II
• Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III 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 IV
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick V
• Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest

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 - Alexander, Prince of Lippe with Leopold, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent, to 25 October, then Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (who was previously regent)
• Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (regent Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line)
• Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt - Frederick II, 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 - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) - Otto Gleim (acting governor) (1st term) to 31 January, then Jesko von Puttkamer (9th term)
• Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Gustav Adolf von Götzen
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
• German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Theodor Leutwein to 19 August, then Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (acting governor) to November, then Friedrich von Lindequist
• Togoland - Waldemar Horn to 27 July, then Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen

Events

Date unknown

• Germany insists on an international conference on the Moroccan question.

Births

• 16 February — Karl Frankenstein, German-born Israeli professor (died 1990)
• 15 March — Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, aristocrat, lawyer and member of July 20 plot (died 1944)
• 23 March — Lale Andersen, German singer (died 1972)
• 8 April — Arnulf Klett, German lawyer and politician (died 1974)
• 6 May — Kurt Schumacher, German sculptor (died 1942)

Deaths

• January 14 — Ernst Abbe, German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer (born 1840)
• March 30 — Georg Meissner, German anatomist and physiologist (born 1829)