1884 in Germany
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Events in the year 1884 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig II of Bavaria
- King of Prussia – Kaiser William I
- 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 II
- 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
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Charles Gonthier, 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 – William, Duke of Brunswick to 18 October, then Duchy claimed by Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who was excluded and a temporary council of regency was established.
- 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) from 14 July – Gustav Nachtigal (commissioner) to 19 July, then Maximilian Buchner (acting commissioner)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) from 24 April – Adolf Lüderitz (magistrate) to 7 October, then Gustav Nachtigal (commissioner)
- Togoland from 5 July – Gustav Nachtigal (commissioner) to 6 July October, then Heinrich Randad (provisional consul)
Events
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- 24 April – Territory in South West Africa is placed under German protection, becoming the first German colonial possession.
- 5 July – German protectorate is first declared over part of Togoland.
- 14 July – Commencement of German administration in Cameroon (Kamerun).
- 15 November – The Berlin Conference which regulates European colonisation and trade in Africa begins (ends 26 February 1885).
Births
- 31 January – Theodor Heuss, German politician, publicist and former Chancellor of Germany (died 1963)[1]
- 12 February – Max Beckmann, German painter and graphic artist (died 1950)
- 26 March – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (died 1969)
- 12 April – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (died 1951)
- 14 May – Claudius Dornier, German aircraft designer (died 1969)
- 7 July – Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist and playwright (died 1958)
- 28 August – Christian Stock, German politician (died 1967)
- 24 September – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (died 1953)
- 11 October – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)
- 1 December – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (died 1976)
Deaths
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- 25 January – Johann Gottfried Piefke, German conductor and composer (born 1815)
- 18 October – William, Duke of Brunswick, German nobleman (born 1806)
- 25 November – Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (born 1818)
References
- ^ "Theodor Heuss | German statesman". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 June 2019.