1891 in Germany

none yes September 20231891 Events in the year 1891 in Germany. Incumbents National level Emperor – 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 – Charles to 6 October, then William II Grand Duchies Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I Grand Duke of Hesse – Louis IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis III 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 – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – 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 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) – from 7 August Bruno von Schuckmann (acting governor) German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term) to 21 February, then Julius Freiherr von Soden (with ... Rüdiger, acting governor) German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Fritz Rose (commissioner) German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Louis Nels (acting commissioner) to March, then Curt von François (commissioner) Togoland – Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner) to 14 April, then vacant Events 23–24 January – 1891 European Figure Skating Championships in Hamburg Undated German company Dr. Oetker is founded in Bielefeld.Freedman Paul https://books.google.com/books?id=0tWMtRLaZOEC Food: The History of Taste 2007 University of California Press 978-0-520-25476-3 242 en Robert Koch Institute is founded in Berlin. International Electrotechnical Exhibition in Frankfurt am Main The modern taximeter is invented by German Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn.McArdle Megan 2012-05-01 Why You Can't Get a Taxi https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/why-you-can-8217-t-get-a-taxi/8942/# The Atlantic 2015-10-02 The Fischer projection is devised by Hermann Emil Fischer. August Thyssen and Joseph Thyssen found German steel company Thyssen. Births 30em 8 January – Walther Bothe, German physicist (died 1957) 22 January – Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (died 1960) 24 January – Walter Model, German field marshal (died 1945) 27 January – Wilhelm Morgner, German painter (died 1917) 31 January – Kurt von Plettenberg, German forester (died 1945) 14 February – Erich Engel, film and theatre director (died 1966) 15 February – Josef Wintrich, German judge (died 1958) 17 February – Abraham Fraenkel, Israeli mathematician and Zionist (died 1965) 3 March – Fritz Rumey, German World War I fighter ace (died 1918) 11 March – Gertrud Wolle, German film actress (died 1952) 12 March – Hermann Stenner, German painter (died 1914) 24 March – Rudolf Berthold, German fighter pilot (died 1920) 28 March – Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (died 1959) 2 April – Max Ernst, German painter (died 1976) 10 May – Anton Dostler, German general (died 1945) 13 May – Fritz Rasp, German actor (died 1976) 13 May – Wilhelm Weskamm, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died 1956) 16 May – Adolf Ritter von Tutschek, German fighter ace (died 1918) 18 May – Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (died 1970) 22 May – Johannes R. Becher, German politician, poet and novelist (died 1958) 21 June - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (died 1966) 14 July – Fritz Kampers, German actor (died 1950) 14 July – Werner Rittberger, German figure skater (died 1975) 29 July – Bernhard Zondek, Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (died 1966) 7 August – Johannes Joseph van der Velden, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died 1954) 4 September – Fritz Todt, German engineer (died 1942) 16 September – Karl Dönitz, German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (died 1980) 22 September – Hans Albers, German actor (died 1960) 9 October – Kurt von Tippelskirch, German general (died 1957) 22 October – Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg, German politician and landowner (died 1958) 25 October – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (died 1962) 14 November – Josef Magnus Wehner, German poet and playwright (died 1973) 15 November – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (died 1944) 16 November – Julius Leber, German politician (died 1945) 2 December – Otto Dix, German painter and forced Volkssturm conscript (died 1969) 6 December – Gotthard Sachsenberg, German World War I naval aviator and fighter ace (died 1961) 10 December – Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright (died 1970) 17 December – Karl Emil Schäfer, German World War I fighter ace (died 1917) Deaths July 2011 30em 26 January – Nicolaus Otto, German engineer and inventor (born 1832) 27 February – Karl Eduard Heusner, German admiral (born 1843) 14 March – Ludwig Windthorst, German politician (born 1812) 24 April – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years (born 1800) 22 May – Ernst Julius Hähnel, German sculptor (born 1811) 23 June – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, chemist (born 1804) 21 June – Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff, general (born 1832) 6 October – Charles I, King of Württemberg (born 1823) 14 December – Ferdinand von Roemer, German geologist (born 1818) 29 December – Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (born 1823) References 1891 Category:Years of the 19th century in Germany Germany Germany