1859 in Germany

none March 2023 1859 Events from the year 1859 in Germany. Incumbents King of Bavaria – Maximilian II King of Hanover – George V King of Prussia – Frederick William IV King of Saxony – John of Saxony Events 4 February – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt. Births thumb|right|110px|Wilhelm II 27 January – Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941 )Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859–1941) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilhelm_kaiser_ii.shtml BBC History August 22, 2018 3 February – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935) 7 April – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist (d. 1924) 25 December – Ludwig von Estorff, German general (d. 1943 ) Deaths 20 January – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author (born 1785)Elke Frederiksen Katherine Goodman Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics Detroit Wayne State University 1995 20 978-0-81432-516-2 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769)Wulf Andrea Andrea Wulf 2015 The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science https://archive.org/details/inventionofnatur0000wulf registration New York Knopf 978-1-84854-898-5 911240481 279 thumb|right|110px|Wilhelm Grimm 8 July – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (b. 1788 ) 28 September – Carl Ritter, German geographer (b. 1779) 4 October – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (b. 1801)Baedeker, Karl 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784) 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786)9 690 695 Grimm, Wilhelm (Karl) Wilhelm Scherer ADB:Grimm, Wilhelm References 1859 Category:Years of the 19th century in Germany Germany Germany