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1837Events from the year 1837 in Germany
Incumbents
Kingdom of Prussia
Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)Tikkanen Amy 30 July 2018 Federick William III https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-III 2022-09-21 Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kingdom of Bavaria
Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
Kingdom of Saxony
Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
Kingdom of Hanover–
26 June 1830 until his death in 1837 William IV
from 20 June Ernest Augustus (1837–1851)Van der Kiste 2004 189
Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
Events
June 20 – Queen Victoria, 18, accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom, on the death of her uncle William IV without legitimate heirs (she will reign for more than 63 years).http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 Icons, a portrait of England 1820–1840 2007-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20070922055840/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 September 22, 2007 dead Under Salic law, the Kingdom of Hanover passes to William's brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which has persisted since 1714.
Date unknown
The 5th century B.C. Berlin Foundry Cup is acquired, for the Antikensammlung Berlin in Germany.
Births
May 7 – Karl Mauch, German explorer (d. 1875)
May 9- Adam Opel, German engineer, industrialist (d. 1895)
June 22- Paul Bachmann, German mathematician (d. 1920)
September 12 – Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
October 26 – Carl Koldewey, German explorer famous for the German North Polar Expedition (d. 1908)
November 5 – Arnold Janssen, German-born Catholic priest, saint (d. 1909)
December 24- Cosima Wagner, wife of German composer Richard Wagner (d. 1930)
Deaths
January 8 – Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Great-grandfather of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1752)
February 19 – Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
June 20 - William IV King of Hannover (b. 1765)
References
Bibliography
Van der Kiste
John
John Van der Kiste
2004
George III's Children
revised
Sutton Publishing Ltd
Stroud, United Kingdom
978-0-7509-3438-1
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