1909 in Germany
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Events in the year 1909 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Kaiser - Wilhelm II[1]
- Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow until 14 July, then Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
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 II
- 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 (who assumed the title "Prince of Schwarzburg" from 28 March)
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen to 28 March, then Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Principality of Lippe - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
- 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 - Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst II, 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) - Theodor Seitz (3rd term) to 10 February, then Wilhelm Peter Hansen (acting governor) to October, the again Theodor Seitz (4th and final term)
- Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
- German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Bruno von Schuckmann
- Togoland - Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen
Events
- 19 Decenber: German football club Borussia Dortmund was founded.
- Summer – German Chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch first demonstrate the Haber process, the catalytic formation of ammonia from hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen under conditions of high temperature and pressure.
- Date unknown - A team under German chemist Fritz Hofmann first synthesizes synthetic rubber (Methylkautschuk).
- Date unknown - Linde–Frank–Caro process was invented by Adolf Frank and developed with Carl von Linde and Heinrich Caro.
Births
- 4 January - Cilly Aussem, German tennis player (died 1963)
- 8 January - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (died 1999)
- 15 January — Jean Bugatti, German automobile designer (died 1939)
- 31 January — Yosef Burg German-born Israeli politician and rabbi (died 1999)
- 3 February — Kurt Petter, physician, youth leader and educational administrator (died 1969)
- 20 February - Heinz Erhardt, German comedian (died 1979)
- 19 March - Otto John, German lawyer (died 1997)
- 27 March - Golo Mann, German historian, essayist and writer (died 1994)
- 2 April - Otto Haxel, German nuclear physicist (died 1998)
- 23 April - Karl Klasen, German banker (died 1991)
- 24 April - Bernhard Grzimek German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany.(died 1987)
- 24 April - Konrad Frey, German gymnast (died 1974)
- 24 April - Werner Jacobs, German film director (died 1999)
- 25 April - Ludwig Martin, German lawyer (died 2010)
- 26 April - Marianne Hoppe, German actress (died 2002)
- 8 May - Paul May, German film director (died 1976)
- 11 May - Georg von Holtzbrinck, German publisher (died 1983)
- 22 May - Willi Geiger, German judge (died 1994)
- 25 May - Alfred Kubel, German politician (died 1999)
- 21 June — Helmut Möckel, youth leader and politician (died 1945)
- 22 June - Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, German officer (died 1944)
- 4 July - Alex Seidel, German weapons manufacturer (died 1989)
- 7 July - Gottfried von Cramm, tennis player (died 1976)
- 22 July - Franz-Josef Röder, politician (died 1979)
- 9 August — Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (died 1944)
- 13 August - Werner Otto, German businessman (died 2011)
- 5 September - Hans Carste, German composer and conductor (died 1971)
- 7 September - Kurt A. Körber, German entrepreneur (died 1992)
- 14 October — Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (died 1938)
- 25 October - Dieter Borsche, German actor (died 1982)
- 30 October - Carl Lange, German actor (died 1999)
- 7 November – Ezriel Carlebach, German-born Israeli journalist and publicist (died 1956)
- 2 December - Marion Dönhoff, German journalist (died 2002)
- 23 December - Joachim Werner, German archaeologist (died 1994)
Deaths
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- 22 January — Emil Erlenmeyer, chemist (born 1825)
- 2 February - Adolf Stoecker, German pastor and politician (born 1835)
- 26 February - Hermann Ebbinghaus, psychologist (born 1850)
- 24 March - Alfred Messel, German architect (born 1853)
- 28 March — Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, nobleman (born 1830)
- 30 April - Albert Langen, German publisher (born 1869)
- 9 May - Margarete Steiff, German seamstress and company founder (born 1847)
- 13 May - Heinrich Limpricht, German chemist (born 1827)
- 24 May - Georg von Neumayer, German polar explorer (born 1826)[2]
- 8 June - Fritz Overbeck, German painter (born 1869)
- 3 July - Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel, German gynecologist (born 1862)
- 13 October — Julius Ruthardt, German violinist and composer (born 1841)
- 30 October - Leopold Sonnemann, German newspaper publisher (born 1831)
- 16 December - Ludwig Friedländer, German philologist (born 1824)
References
- ^ "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)". BBC - History. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ Swan, R. A. "Neumayer, Georg Balthasar von (1826–1909)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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