1895 in Germany

none March 2023 1895 Events in the year 1895 in Germany. Incumbents National level Emperor – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – Wilhelm II King of Saxony – Albert 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 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 – George, 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 to 20 March, then Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe as regent) Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, 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 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Colonial Governors Cameroon (Kamerun) – Jesko von Puttkamer (3rd term) to 27 March, then ...von Lücke to 4 May, then again Jesko von Puttkamer (4th term) to 26 October, then from 27 October Theodor Seitz (2nd term) German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele to 25 April, then Hermann Wissmann German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Gerog Schmiele to 3 March, then Hugo Rüdiger (both Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute) Togoland – Jesko von Puttkamer (Landeshauptleute) (2nd term) to 13 August, then vacant to 18 November, then August Köhler (Landeshauptleute) Events thumb|First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand 5 May – German football club Fortuna Düsseldorf is founded. 8 November – Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays 15 December – German football club Eintracht Braunschweig is founded. Undated Hermann Emil Fischer and Arthur Speier first describe Fischer–Speier esterification. Wilhelm Emil Fein invents the electrically driven hand drill. Carl von Linde files for patent of the Linde cycle. Grace Chisholm Young becomes the first woman awarded a doctorate at a German university. German trade unions have c. 270,000 members. Births 20 January – Walter Bock, German chemist (died 1948) 14 February – Max Horkheimer German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973) 15 February – Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (died 1945) 7 March – Werner Schrader, German officer (died 1944) 29 March – Ernst Jünger, German author (died 1998) 7 April: Margarete Schön, German actress (died 1985) Theodor Strünck, German lawyer (died 1945) 15 June – Paul Giesler, German politician (died 1945) 23 June – Joseph Vogt, German classical historian (died 1986) 6 July – Ernst Langlotz, German archaeologist (died 1978) 8 July – Heinrich-Hermann von Hülsen, German major general (died 1982) 10 July – Carl Orff, German composer (died 1982) 9 August – Franz Schafheitlin, German actor (died 1980) 13 August – Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (died 1986) 26 August – Harald Paulsen, German actor (died 1954) 31 August – Karl Fiehler, German politician (died 1969) 4 September – Erich Weise, German historian and archivist (1972)Erich Maschke; Erich Weise; Kurt Forstreuter, Sammelbesprechung über neuere polnische Literatur, in: AltprF 10, 1933, S. 148 6 September – Walter Dornberger, German Army artillery officer, leader of the V-2 rocket programme (died 1980) 15 September – Hildebrand Gurlitt, German art dealer, art historian and war profiteer (died 1956) 25 September – Friedrich Gustav Jaeger, German resistance fighter (died 1944) 5 October – Ludwig Gehre, German officer (died 1945) 10 October – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (died 1945) 13 October – Kurt Schumacher, German politician (died 1952) 26 October – Joseph-Ernst Graf Fugger von Glött, German politician (died 1981) 30 October – Gerhard Domagk German pathologist and bacteriologist (died 1964) 10 November – Franz Bachelin, German art director (died 1980) 16 November – Paul Hindemith, German composer and conductor (died 1963) 23 November – Rudolf Katz, German politician and judge (died 1961) 2 December – Erwin Casmir, fencer (died 1982) 29 December – Oswald Freisler, lawyer (died 1939) Deaths October 2011 30em 13 March – Louise Otto-Peters, German women's rights movement activist (born 1819) 20 March – Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, nobleman (born 1824) 31 March – Georg von Dollmann, German architect (born 1830) 11 April – Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (born 1830) 23 April – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (born 1816) 30 April – Gustav Freytag, German playwright (born 1816) 23 May – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician (born 1798) 2 June – Heinrich von Friedberg, German politician (born 1813) 30 June – Hermann Knoblauch, German physicist (born 1820) 14 July – Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, German writer (born 1825) 1 August – Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (born 1817) 5 August – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher, social scientist and journalist (born 1820) 28 August – Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Prussian princess (born 1857) 8 September – Adam Opel, German founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG (born 1837) 24 September – Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben, German surgeon (born 1819) 8 November – Johannes Overbeck, German archaeologist (born 1826) 11 November – Gustav Langenscheidt, German publisher (born 1832) 14 December – Paul Melchers, German cardinal of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1813) References 1895 Category:Years of the 19th century in Germany Germany Germany Germany