1905 in Germany

none February 2019 1905 Events in the year 1905 in Germany. Incumbents National level Emperor – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – Wilhelm II King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III King of Württemberg – William II 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 31 March – during the First Moroccan Crisis, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany met with representatives of Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco in TangierMorocco 18 858 James Meakin Kate Meakin 6 June – In Germany's last royal wedding, Crown Prince Wilhelm, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and heir to the throne, marries Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Berlin. Date unknown Germany insists on an international conference on the Moroccan question. German company Knorr-Bremse is founded. Albert Einstein publishes his four Annus Mirabilis papers. In particular, he formulates the theory of special relativity and states the law of mass–energy conservation: E = mc². He also explains the photoelectric effect by quantization and mathematically analyzes Brownian motion. Because of this, 1905 is said to be the miraculous year for physics, and its 100th anniversary (2005) was declared the World Year of Physics. Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann discovers the bacterium that is responsible for syphilis—a spiral-shaped spirochete called Treponema pallidum. The German Equestrian Federation is founded. Births 20 January – Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (died 1985) 3 February – Hermann Henselmann, German architect (died 1995)Who's who in Technology Who's Who Book & Pub. für Internationale Biographische Enzyklopädien 1984 963 14 February — Margot Sauerbruch, surgeon, married to Ferdinand Sauerbruch (died 1995) 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) 15 March — Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, aristocrat and historian (died 1964) 15 March – Nikolaus von Halem, German lawyer and businessman (died 1944) 16 March – Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (died 1977)Elisabeth Flickenschildt http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40749060.html Der Spiegel Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG 26 March 2017 de 31 October 1977 19 March — Albert Speer, German architect, member of the NSDAP and war-criminal (died 1981) 23 March – Lale Andersen, German singer (died 1972) 24 March – Karl John, German actor (died 1977) 25 March – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German Army colonel and a resistance fighter (died 1944) 27 March – Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing on 21 March 1943; (died 1980) 8 April – Arnulf Klett, German lawyer and politician (died 1974) 3 May – Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman (died 1996) 6 May – Kurt Schumacher, German sculptor (died 1942) 13 May: Theodor Koch, German engineer and weapons manufacturer (died 1976) Walter Richter, German actor (died 1985) 27 May – Lilo Milchsack, German promoter of Anglo-German relations (died 1992) 14 June – Liesel Bach, German aerobatic pilot (died 1992) 3 July – Max Herz, German businessman (died 1965) 2 August: Alexander Golling, German actor (died 1989) Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (died 1963) Ernst Kals, German submarine commander (died 1979) 15 August – Manfred von Brauchitsch, German racing driver (died 2003) 19 September – Theodor Blank, German politician (died 1972) 27 September – Ernst Baier, German figure skater (died 2001) 1 October – Alfons Goppel, German politician (died 1991) 6 October – Wolfgang Liebeneiner, German actor and film director (died 1987) 9 November – Erika Mann, German actress and writer (died 1969) 10 December – Heinrich Amersdorffer, German painter and printmaker (died 1986) 18 December – Hans Bernd von Haeften, German jurist (died 1944) Deaths 14 January – Ernst Abbe, German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer (born 1840) 1 February – Oswald Achenbach, German painter (born 1827) Sérullaz Maurice Phaidon encyclopedia of impressionism Phaidon Oxford 1978 9780714818979 30 2 February – Robert Eitner, German musicologist, researcher and bibliographer (born 1832) 3 February – Adolf Bastian, German anthropologist (born 1826)Adolf Bastian and the Psychic Unity of Mankind: The Foundations of Anthropology in Nineteenth Century Germany University of Queensland Press 1983 27 6 February – Maria Theresia Bonzel, German nun, founder of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration (born 1830)https://ssfpa.org/foundress/biography/ The Life of Blessed Maria Theresia Bonzel SSFPA 5 April 2022 9 February – Adolph Menzel, German painter (born 1815)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-von-Menzel Adolf von Menzel German painter Encyclopedia Britannica en 18 December 2019 30 March – Georg Meissner, German anatomist and physiologist (born 1829) Zusne Leonard Names in the history of psychology : a biographical sourcebook Hemisphere Pub. Corp. Distributed by Wiley Washington New York 1975 9780470986769 138 14 April – Otto Wilhelm von Struve, German-Estonian astronomer (born 1819) 17 April – Karl Gutbrod, German judge (born 1844) 30 May – Albert Ellmenreich, German actor (born 1816) 15 June – Carl Wernicke, German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist (born 1848) 18 June – Hermann Lingg, German poet (born 1820) 4 August – Walther Flemming, German biologist (born 1843) Clark George History of staining Williams & Wilkins Baltimore 1983 9780683017052 111 6 October – Ferdinand von Richthofen German geographer and scientist (born 1833)William Sarjeant Geologists and the History of Geology: The individual geologists, L-Z. Macmillan Press 1980 1979 15 November – Max Spohr, German publisher (born 1850) 17 November – Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, German nobleman (born 1817) 15 December – Friedrich von Spiegel, German orientalist (born 1820) References 1905 Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Germany Germany