1888 in Germany

none June 2019 1888 Events in the year 1888 in Germany, the 'Year of the Three Emperors'. Incumbents National level Emperor: William I (until 9 March) Frederick III (9 March to 15 June) Wilhelm II (since 15 June) Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – William I to 9 March, then Frederick III to 15 June, then Wilhelm II 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 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 – George Albert, 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) – Eugen von Zimmerer (1st term) to 17 January, then Julius Freiherr von Soden (2nd term) German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Karl Peters (administrator) to 8 February, then Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term) German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz to 1 March, then Reinhold Kraetke (both Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner) Togoland – Jesko von Puttkamer (acting commissioner) (1st term) to 17 October, then Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner) Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) – Gustav Denhardt (resident) Events 9 March – Emperor Wilhelm I dies at the age of 90 in Berlin. He is succeeded by his oldest son Friedrich Wilhelm, who becomes Friedrich III. 16 April – The German Empire annexes the island of Nauru 15 June – Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor after the death of his father, Friedrich III. 13 December – Heinrich Hertz presents his report on the discovery of electromagnetic radiation to the Berlin Academy of Sciences Literature 'Theses on Feuerbach' by Karl Marx is published posthumously Music Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata in D Minor (opus 108) Max Reger – String Quartet in D minor (with double bass obbligato; without op.) (1888–89) Joseph Rheinberger — Organ Sonata No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 154 Richard Strauss Don Juan, Macbeth (first version) Carl Maria von Weber's opera Die drei Pintos completed posthumously by Theodor Hell Sport Establishment of association football clubs BFC Germania, TGM SV Jügesheim and KBC Duisburg Miscellaneous First buildings of the Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil opened Births 14 January – Karl Badberger, architect (date of death unknown) 17 February – Otto Stern, German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969) 27 February – Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (died 1976) 4 March – Emma Richter, German paleontologist (died 1956)Richter, Emma https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd116510757.html#ndbcontent www.deutsche-biographie.de 11 June 2019 de 14 March: Peretz Naftali, German-born Israeli politician (died 1961) Hermann Reinecke, Wehrmacht general and convicted war criminal (died 1973) 19 March – Josef Albers, German-American artist (died 1976) 17 April – Herms Niel, German composer (died 1954) 24 July – Hermann von Bönninghausen, German athlete and soldier in World War I (died 1919) 25 July – Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German Waffen SS general (died 1939) 4 September – Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor and choreographer (died 1943) 20 December – Yitzhak Baer, Israeli historian (died 1980) Deaths 9 March – William I, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (born 1797) 5 April – Eduard Karl August Riehm, German Protestant theologian (born 1830) 16 April – Friedrich Grillo, German industrialist (born 1825) 15 June – Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (born 1831) 20 June – Karl Friedrich August Kahnis, German Protestant theologian (born 1814) 20 July – Paul Langerhans German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (born 1847) 23 July – Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard, German Protestant theologian (born 1818) 24 August – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (born 1822) 28 August – Georg Beseler, German politician and jurist (born 1809) 12 September – August von Werder, German general (born 1808) 3 December – Carl Zeiss, German entrepreneur and scientist (born 1816) References 1888 Category:Years of the 19th century in Germany Germany Germany