1893 in Germany
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Events in the year 1893 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Wilhelm II
- Chancellor – Leo von Caprivi
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Otto
- King of Prussia– Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony – Albert
- King of Württemberg – William II
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
- Frederick Francis III
- Frederick William
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Peter II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - Charles Alexander
Principalities
- Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe to 8 May, then George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 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
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to 22 August, then Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gothafrom 23 August
- Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) – Eugen von Zimmerer (3rd term) to 27 June, then Leist
- Julius Freiherr von Soden to 15 September, then Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
- Landeshauptleuteof 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
- Anti-Semitic parties see their vote share increase five times over.[1]
Undated
- Cholera Riots break out in Hamburgresulting in the deaths of a sanitary officer and a policeman. The riots are eventually quashed by bayonet-wielding troops.
- Eugen Richter leads his followers in a split from the German Free-minded Party to form the Free-minded People's Party.
Arts
- Hänsel und Gretel receives its premiere in Weimar.
Undated
- Franz Kaim establishes the Munich Philharmonic.
- Johannes Brahms completes his Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (Brahms).
- 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
- Rudolf Diesel operates the first successful diesel engine.
- Wilhelm Dörpfeld begins his excavations on the site of the ancient city of Troy.
- Wilhelm Wien formulates Wien's displacement law.
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
Date unknown
Transport
- The Bremer Vulkan shipbuilding company opens at the Johann Lange shipyard in Bremen.
- The Prussian S 3 steam locomotive begins production.
- First flight of Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat by Otto Lilienthal
Births
January
- )
- 12 January:
- Hermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarschall of Nazi Germany (died 1946)
- Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue (died 1946)
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- 18 January:
- Wolfgang Klemperer, Austro-American scientist (died 1965)
- Hans Schlemmer, Wehrmacht general (died 1973)
- 19 January – Johannes Dieckmann, politician (died 1969)
- July 20 conspirator (died 1944)
February
- 8 February – Werner Willikens, German politician (died 1961)
- 13 February – Franz Brandt, World War I flying ace (died 1954)
- 17 February:
- Gustav Höhne, Wehrmacht general (died 1951)
- Wolff von Stutterheim, Wehrmacht general (died 1940)
- 21 February – Friedrich Manschott, World War I German flying ace (died 1917)
- 26 February – Otto Kissenberth, World War I German flying ace (died 1919)
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March
- 6 March – Fritz Otto Bernert, World War I German flying ace (died 1918)
- 12 March – Erwin Planck, German politician (died 1945)
- 16 March – Herbert von Bose, German publicist (died 1934)
- 20 March – Kurt Wissemann, World War I German flying ace (died 1917)
- Austro-Hungarian Imperial Armyand Wehrmacht general (died 1970 in Argentina)
- 23 March – Andreas von Aulock, Imperial Army officer and Wehrmacht general (died 1968)
- 24 March:
- Walter Baade, German astronomer (died 1960)
- Emmy Göring, German actress (died 1973)
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- 31 March – Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian (died 1982)
April
- 3 April – Hans Riegel Sr., German inventor entrepreneur (died 1945)
- 6 April:
- Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Prince of Prussia (died 1917)
- Alfred Gerstenberg, Luftwaffe general (died 1959)
- 13 April – Günther Krappe, Wehrmacht officer (died 1981)
- 15 April – Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, German army and air force officer (died 1951)
- 17 April – Maximilian von Herff, Waffen-SS officer (died 1945)
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- 23 April – Thomas-Emil von Wickede, Wehrmacht general (died 1944)
- 25 April – Ernst Torgler, German politician (died 1963)
- 29 April – Johann Reichhart, German executioner (died 1972)
- 30 April – Viktor Schobinger, German flying ace in both world wars (died 1989)
- 30 April – Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician (died 1946)
May
- 6 May – Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, German politician (died 1961)
- 11 May – Augustin Rösch, German Catholic priest (died 1961)
- 12 May – Hasso von Wedel, World War I German flying ace (died 1945)
- 14 May – Joachim von Busse, World War I German flying ace (died 1945)
- Hans von Häbler, World War I German flying ace (died 1918)
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- 20 May – Helmuth Schlömer, Wehrmacht general (died 1995)
- 25 May – Mortimer von Kessel, Wehrmacht general (died 1981)
- 27 May:
- Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (died 2005)
- Paul Helwig, Germany psychologist (died 1963)
June
- 6 June – Karl von Graffen, Wehrmacht general (died 1964)
- 10 June – Rudolf Querner, Waffen-SS general (died 1945)
- 13 June – Reinhold Tiling, German engineer (died 1933)
- East German politician (died 1958)
- 22 June:
- Friedrich Köchling, Wehrmacht general (died 1970)
- Conrad Veidt, German-American actor (died 1943)
- Albert Graf von der Goltz, German aristocrat and Wehrmacht officer (died 1944)
- 26 June – Karl Freiherr von Thüngen, German general (died 1944)
- 30 June – Walter Ulbricht, East German politician (1973)
July
- 6 July – Hans Böhning, World War I German flying ace (died 1934)
- 9 July – Max Ritter von Mulzer, World War I German flying ace (died 1916)
- 15 July – William Dieterle, actor and film director (died 1972)
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- 20 July – Arno von Lenski, German officer (died 1986)
- 21 July – Hans Fallada, German writer (died 1947)
- 23 July – Adolf Fischer, Wehrmacht general (died 1947)
- 26 July – George Grosz, painter (died 1959)
August
- 1 August – Friedrich Zickwolff, Wehrmacht general (died 1944)
- 7 August:
- Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, World War I German flying ace (died 1925)
- Günther Rittau, German film director (died 1971)
- 9 August – Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, German actor (died 1958)
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- 17 August – Walter Noddack, chemist (died 1960)
- 22 August – Ernst Sieler, general (died 1983)
- 22 August – Ernst Waldow, actor (died 1964)
- 24 August – Haim Ernst Wertheimer biochemist (died 1978)
- 25 August – Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk, flying ace and general (died 1946)
- 26 August – Rolf Wuthmann, general (died 1977)
September
- 4 September – Friedrich Karst, general (died 1975)
- 7 September – Ernst Schirlitz, admiral (died 1978)
- 12 September – Wolfgang Zeller, composer (died 1967)
- 17 September – Willibald Borowietz, general (died 1945)
- 20 September – Hans Scharoun, architect (died 1972)
- 21 September – Erna Scheffler, judge (died 1983)
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- 29 September – Friedrich Ritter von Röth, flying ace (died 1918)
- 30 September – Otto Wernicke, actor (died 1965)
October
- 9 October – Heinrich George, actor (died 1946)
- 12 October – Hans von Greiffenberg, general (died 1951)
- 13 October – Kurt Reidemeister, mathematician (died 1971)
- 16 October – Adolf Kratzer, physicist (died 1983)
- 21 October – Werner Richter, general (died 1944)
- 30 October:
- Roland Freisler, judge (died 1945)
- Karl von Oberkamp, general (died 1947)
November
- 6 November – Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs, naval officer (died 1972)
- 10 November – Martin Hering, entomologist (died 1967)
- 14 November – Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, nobleman (died 1975)
- 19 November – Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, general (died 1970)
December
- 1 December – Ernst Toller, playwright (died 1939)
- 7 December – Hermann Balck, general (died 1982)
- Albert Brendel, officer
- 9 December – Albert Abicht, politician (died 1973)
- 20 December – Ernst Pfeiffer, entomologist (died 1955)
- 23 December – Walther von Axthelm, general (died 1972)
- Josef Rieder, cyclist (died 1916)
- 31 December – Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, nobleman (died 1968)
Deaths
- Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, nobleman (born 1818)
- 14 February – Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder, painter (born 1809)
- 18 February – Gerson von Bleichröder, banker (born 1822)
- 24 February – Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, botanist (born 1849)
- 25 April – Hermann Gundert, missionary (born 1814)
- 3 May – Adolf Kiessling, philologist (born 1837)
- Schaumburg-Lippe (born 1817)
- Waldeck and Pyrmont (born 1831)
- 14 May – Ernst Kummer, mathematician (born 1810)
- 6 June – Karl Josef von Hefele, theologian (born 1809)
- 7 June – Hermann Julius Grüneberg, chemist (born 1827)
- 12 June – Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, nobleman (born 1849)
- 12 June - Ferdinand Jühlke, German botanist (born 1815)
- 14 June – Jakob Frohschammer, philosopher (born 1821)
- 19 June – Hermann Baumgarten, historian (born 1825)
- 23 June – Rudolf von Roth, indologist (born 1821)
- 8 July – Eduard von Lutz, general (born 1810)
- 5 August – Friedrich Wilhelm Adami, author (born 1816)
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1818)
- 26 August – Friedrich Gustav Carl Ulrich Franz von Schnehen, nobleman (born 1808)
- 15 September – Hermann Sauppe, philologist (born 1809)
- Maximilian von Versen, nobleman (born 1833)
- 12 October – Georg von Kameke, general (born 1817)
- 29 October – Gustav Mützel, artist (born 1839)
- 9 November – Hermann August Hagen, entomologist (born 1817)
- 21 November – Rudolf Kaltenbach, gynaecologist (born 1842)
- 25 November – Johann Bauschinger, mathematician (born 1834)
- 11 December – Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist (born 1840)
- 15 December – Karl Ludwig Michelet, philosopher (born 1801)
References
- ^ Tim Kirk, Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History, London, 2002, p. 228
- ISBN 978-3-8309-7872-5.