1887 in Germany

Events in the year 1887 in Germany. == Incumbents == === National level === Emperor – William I Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck === State level === ==== Kingdoms ==== King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – William I King of Saxony – Albert King of Württemberg – Charles ==== 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 – Prince Albert of Prussia (regent) 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) – Julius Freiherr von Soden (1st term) to 13 May, then Jesko von Puttkamer (1st term) to 4 October, then Eugen von Zimmerer (1st term) German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Karl Peters (administrator) German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Gustav von Oertzen (commissioner) to January; also Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner) Togoland – Ernst Falkenthal (commissioner) to May, then from July Jesko von Puttkamer (acting commissioner) (1st term) Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) – Gustav Denhardt (resident) == Events == 21 February – German federal election, 1887 18 June – Reinsurance Treaty in Berlin 29 September – Football club Hamburger SV was founded. === Undated === The Petri dish is created by German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri. Heinrich Hertz discovers the photoelectric effect on the production and reception of electromagnetic waves in radio, an important step towards the understanding of the quantum nature of light. Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick invents the contact lens, made of a type of brown glass. Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt is founded. Friedrich Loeffler creates Löffler's serum, a coagulated blood serum used for the detection of the bacteria. == Births == == Deaths == == References ==