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HOW IT WORKS
1894 in Germany
Summary
Events in the year
1894 in
Germany
.
←
1893
1892
1891
1894
in
Germany
→
1895
1896
1897
Decades:
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
See also:
Other events of 1894
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
National level
edit
Kaiser
–
Wilhelm II
[1]
Chancellor
–
Leo von Caprivi
to 26 October, then from 29 October
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
State level
edit
Kingdoms
edit
King of Bavaria
–
Otto
King of Prussia
– Wilhelm II
[1]
King of Saxony
–
Albert
King of Württemberg
–
William II
Grand Duchies
edit
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
edit
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
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
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
–
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
–
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
edit
Cameroon
(Kamerun) – Leist to 24 February, then
Eugen von Zimmerer
(4th and final term)
to 31 December, then
Jesko von Puttkamer
(3rd term)
German East Africa
(Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
German New Guinea
(Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Gerog Schmiele
(
Landeshauptleute
of the German New Guinea Company)
German South-West Africa
(Deutsch-Südwestafrika) –
Curt von François
(Landeshauptleute)
to 15 March, then
Theodor Leutwein
(Landeshauptleute)
Togoland
–
Jesko von Puttkamer
(Landeshauptleute)
(2nd term)
Events
edit
1 October
–
Leipziger Volkszeitung
is first published.
Undated
edit
The
Reichstag building
in Berlin is completed and opened.
[2]
The German company
Wintershall
is founded.
Births
edit
8 February
–
Ludwig Marcuse
, German philosopher (died
1971
)
26 February
–
Wilhelm Bittrich
, German
Waffen SS
general (died
1979
)
11 March
–
Otto Grotewohl
, German politician (died
1964
)
1 April
–
Eduard Wagner
, German general (died
1944
)
11 April
–
Fritz Lindemann
, German officer (died
1944
)
14 April
–
Fritz Thiele
, German member of the German resistance who served as the communications chief of the German Army (died
1944
)
19 April
–
Adolf Wissel
, German painter, an official artist of
Nazism
(died
1973
)
19 May
–
Heinz Ziegler
, German general (died
1972
)
30 July
–
Gerda Müller
, German actress (died
1951
)
17 August
–
Otto Suhr
, German politician (died
1957
)
19 August
–
Joseph Müller
, German Roman Catholic priest (died
1944
)
20 August
–
Josef Straßberger
, German weightlifter (died
1950
)
6 September
–
Carl Grossberg
, German painter (died
1940
)
12 September
–
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
, German politician (died
1979
)
15 September
–
Herbert Windt
, German composer (died
1965
)
14 October
–
Heinrich Lübke
, German politician (died
1972
)
2 November
–
Alexander Lippisch
, German aeronautical engineer, pioneer of aerodynamics (died
1976
)
19 November
–
Heinz Hopf
, German mathematician (died
1971
)
17 December
–
Hans Henny Jahnn
, German playwright and novelist (died
1959
)
19 December
–
Paul Dessau
, German conductor and composer (died
1979
)
21 December
–
Gustav Ehrhart
, German chemist (died
1971
)
Deaths
edit
1 January
–
Heinrich Hertz
, German physicist (born
1857
)
11 January
:
Wilhelm von Freeden
, German mathematician (born
1822
)
Joseph Weyland
, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born
1826
)
12 February
–
Hans von Bülow
, German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer (born
1830
)
20 February
–
Georg Albert Lücke
, German surgeon (born
1829
)
11 April
–
Constantin Lipsius
, German architect (born
1832
)
21 May
–
August Kundt
, German physicist (born
1839
)
8 September
–
Hermann von Helmholtz
, German physician (born
1821
)
17 October
–
Ludwig von Henk
, German naval officer (born
1820
)
References
edit
^
a
b
"Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)".
BBC History
. Retrieved
22 August
2018
.
^
"Reichstag | building, Berlin, Germany".
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
22 August
2018
.