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1891 in Germany
Summary
Events in the year
1891 in
Germany
.
←
1890
1889
1888
1891
in
Germany
→
1892
1893
1894
Decades:
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
See also:
Other events of 1891
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
National level
edit
Kaiser
–
Wilhelm II
Chancellor
–
Leo von Caprivi
State level
edit
Kingdoms
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
23
–
24 January
–
1891 European Figure Skating Championships
in Hamburg
Undated
edit
German company
Dr. Oetker
is founded in Bielefeld.
[1]
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
.
[2]
The
Fischer projection
is devised by
Hermann Emil Fischer
.
August Thyssen
and
Joseph Thyssen
found German steel company
Thyssen
.
Births
edit
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
edit
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
edit
^
Freedman, Paul (2007).
Food: The History of Taste
. University of California Press. p. 242.
ISBN
978-0-520-25476-3
.
^
McArdle, Megan (2012-05-01). "Why You Can't Get a Taxi".
The Atlantic
. Retrieved
2015-10-02
.