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1907 in Germany
Summary
Events in the year
1907 in Germany
.
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Decades:
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See also:
Other events of 1907
History of Germany
•
Timeline
•
Years
Incumbents
edit
National level
edit
Kaiser
–
Wilhelm II
Chancellor
–
Bernhard von Bülow
State level
edit
Kingdoms
edit
King of Bavaria
–
Otto
King of Prussia
– Wilhelm II
King of Saxony
–
Frederick Augustus III
King of Württemberg
–
William II
Grand Duchies
edit
Grand Duke of Baden
–
Frederick I
then
Frederick II
Grand Duke of Hesse
–
Ernest Louis
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
–
Frederick Francis IV
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
–
Adolphus Frederick V
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
–
Frederick Augustus II
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
–
William Ernest
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
–
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Reuss Elder Line
–
Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz
(with
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
as regent)
Reuss Younger Line
– Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Waldeck and Pyrmont
–
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
edit
Duke of Anhalt
–
Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
Duke of Brunswick
– vacant to 28 May, then
Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
(regent)
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
–
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
–
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
–
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
edit
Cameroon
(Kamerun) – Otto Gleim
(acting governor)
(2nd term)
to 1 July, then
Theodor Seitz
(3rd term)
Kiaochow
(Kiautschou) –
Oskar von Truppel
German East Africa
(Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
German New Guinea
(Deutsch-Neuguinea) –
Albert Hahl
(2nd term)
German Samoa
(Deutsch-Samoa) –
Wilhelm Solf
German South-West Africa
(Deutsch-Südwestafrika) –
Friedrich von Lindequist
to 20 May, then
Bruno von Schuckmann
Togoland
– Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen
Events
edit
25 January – The '
Hottentot election
', so called because of the nationalist atmosphere whipped up during the campaign, sees the
Social Democratic Party of Germany
gain half a million votes and yet lose half of their seats.
[1]
May – A separate
Imperial Colonial Office
is set up distinct from the
Auswärtiges Amt
.
[1]
15 July – An experimental train is reported to reach 81 mph and reach 98 mph maximum
6 October – The
Deutscher Werkbund
is established in
Munich
.
[1]
The
Herero and Namaqua Genocide
reaches its climax in this year.
Undated
edit
Arsphenamine
is first synthesised in 1907 in Paul Ehrlich's lab by
Alfred Bertheim
.
Architecture
edit
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke
, a
swing bridge
is opened in
Wilhelmshaven
.
Arts
edit
Oscar Straus
's opera
Ein Walzertraum
receives its premiere.
Diplomacy
edit
18 October – Germany is among the signatories of the
Hague Convention of 1907
.
Education
edit
The
University of Mannheim
is established.
Science
edit
Eduard Buchner
is awarded the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
.
Sport
edit
May –
1907 World Wrestling Championships
held in
Frankfurt
13–14 June –
1907 Kaiser Preis
motor race is held.
Freiburger FC
are crowned
German football champions
for the first time.
The
Rund um die Hainleite
cycling race in
Erfurt
is held for the first time.
Transport
edit
5 October – The
SMS Dresden
is launched.
Births
edit
4 January –
Willy Busch
, footballer (died 1982)
16 January –
Martin Scherber
, composer (died 1974)
20 January –
Manfred von Ardenne
, physicist (died 1997)
25 January –
Helmut Weiss
, film director (died 1969)
1 February –
Günter Eich
, author (died 1972)
7 February –
Kurt Hasse
, equestrian (died 1944)
19 February –
Rudolf von Beckerath
, organ builder (died 1976)
23 February –
Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal
,
German resistance
member (died 1944)
11 March:
Heinz Brandt
, equestrian and officer (died 1944)
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
, jurist (died 1945)
Konrad Wolff
, musicologist (died 1989)
12 March –
Josef Stangl
,
Bishop of Würzburg
(died 1979)
13 March –
Ludwig Biermann
, astronomer (died 1986)
17 March –
Franz Kartz
, boxer
20 March –
Helmut Echternach
, theologian (died 1988)
24 March –
Josef Lanzendörfer
, bobsledder
30 March:
Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte
,
Luftwaffe
officer (died 1994)
Rudolf Krause
, racing driver (died 1987)
7 April –
Friedrich Wegener
, pathologist (died 1990)
8 April –
Walter Leinweber
, ice hockey player (died 1997)
16 April –
August Eigruber
,
Nazi
Gauleiter
(died 1947)
30 April –
Karl-Lothar Schulz
, General (died 1972)
8 May –
Wolf Graf von Baudissin
, General (died 1993)
9 May –
Baldur von Schirach
, head of the
Hitler Youth
(died 1974)
11 May:
Hermann Behrends
,
Schutzstaffel
officer (died 1948)
Eva Schulze-Knabe
, painter (died 1976)
14 May –
Hans von der Groeben
, diplomat (died 2005)
17 May –
Ulrich Biel
,
CDU
politician (died 1996)
22 May –
Werner Müller
, ethnologist (died 1990)
27 May
Alois Kratzer
, ski jumper (died 1990)
Herbert Seifert
, mathematician (died 1996)
2 June –
Willy Langkeit
, general (died 1996)
6 June –
Ernst Gaber
, rower (died 1975)
7 June –
Hilarius Breitinger
,
Franciscan
(died 1974)
14 June –
Paul Klinger
, actor (died 1971)
22 June –
Eberhard Koebel
, German youth leader and writer (died 1955)
25 June:
J. Hans D. Jensen
, nuclear physicist (died 1973)
Hugo Strauß
, rower (died 1941)
26 June –
Friedrich Asinger
, chemist (died 1999)
1 July –
Fabian von Schlabrendorff
, jurist and German resistance member (died 1980)
2 July –
Ernst Kupfer
, Luftwaffe officer (died 1943)
7 July –
Walter Dieminger
, space scientist (died 2000)
8 July –
Otto Kranzbühler
, judge (died 2004)
11 July –
Adalbert von Blanc
, Kriegsmarine officer (died 1976)
17 July –
Winfried Mahraun
, diver (died 1973)
13 August –
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
, industrialist (died 1967)
30 August –
Hans Georg Rupp
, judge (died 1989)
6 September –
Ilse Schwidetzky
, anthropologist (died 1997)
9 September –
Joachim Sadrozinski
, officer (died 1944)
10 September –
Dorothea von Salviati
, member of the royal family (died 1972)
15 September –
Alfred Delp
, priest and philosopher (died 1945)
18 September –
Jakob Brendel
, wrestler (died 1964)
19 September –
Heinrich Trettner
, general (died 2006)
20 September –
Nicolaus von Below
, adjutant to Adolf Hitler (died 1983)
22 September –
Hermann Schlichting
, engineer (died 1982)
23 September –
Herbert Kappler
, police chief (died 1978)
25 September –
Otto Weiß
, Luftwaffe officer (died 1955)
29 September –
Helmut Lemke
, CDU politician (died 1990)
9 October –
Horst Wessel
, Nazi Party activist (died 1930)
12 October –
Wolfgang Fortner
, composer (died 1987)
17 October –
Herbert Böhme
, poet (died 1971)
19 October –
Paul Klingenburg
, water polo player (died 1964)
22 October:
Emilie Schindler
, humanitarian (died 2001)
Günther Treptow
, opera singer (died 1981)
24 October –
Albert Hoffmann
, Nazi Gauleiter (died 1972)
9 November –
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II (died 1994)
10 November –
Hans Herbert Fiedler
, opera singer (died 2004)
15 November –
Claus von Stauffenberg
, German resistance member and leader of the
20 July plot
(died 1944)
22 November –
Gustav Adolf Scheel
, physician (died 1979)
24 November –
Friedrich Geiger
, car designer (died 1996)
30 November –
Anton Biersack
, composer (died 1982)
9 December –
Max Deuring
, mathematician (died 1984)
12 December –
Ilse Fürstenberg
, actress (died 1976)
13 December –
Theodor Wisch
, SS commander (died 1995)
16 December –
Hanns Scharff
, interrogator (died 1992)
20 December –
Leny Marenbach
, actress (died 1984)
23 December –
Georg Haentzschel
, pianist (died 1992)
27 December:
Sebastian Haffner
, journalist (died 1999)
Johann Trollmann
, boxer (died 1943)
28 December
Franz Ehrlich
, architect (died 1984)
Erich Mielke
, politician (died 2000)
Heinz Förstendorf
, field hockey player (died 1988)
31 December –
Walter Huppenkothen
, lawyer (died 1978)
Deaths
edit
9 January –
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
, Queen of Hanover (born 1818)
30 January –
Ludwig Woltmann
, German zoologist (born 1871)
5 February –
Ludwig Thuille
, composer (born 1861)
8 February –
Alfred Kirchhoff
, German geographer (born 1838)
14 February –
Adolf Seel
, painter (born 1829)
17 February –
Wilhelm von Bezold
, physicist (born 1837)
24 February –
Otto Goldschmidt
, composer (born 1829)
6 March –
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
,
FKP
politician (born 1833)
13 March –
Fritz Scheel
, conductor (born 1852)
20 March –
Ottomar Rosenbach
, physician (born 1851)
25 March –
Ernst von Bergmann
, surgeon (born 1836)
1 April –
Johann Friedrich Jaennicke
, entomologist (born 1831)
30 April –
Julius Langbehn
, art historian (born 1851)
3 May –
Hermann Tietz
, merchant (born 1837)
13 May –
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
, nobleman (born 1829)
30 May –
Ottomar Anschütz
, inventor (born 1846)
5 July –
Kuno Fischer
, philosopher (born 1824)
13 July –
Heinrich Kreutz
, astronomer (born 1854)
10 August –
Hermann Ende
architect (born 1829)
13 August –
Hermann Carl Vogel
, astronomer (born 1841)
13 September –
Jacob Friedrich Behrend
, jurist (born 1833)
28 September –
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
, nobleman (born 1826)
3 October –
Alfred Reisenauer
, pianist (born 1863)
10 October –
Adolf Furtwängler
, archaeologist (born 1853)
12 November –
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
, nobleman and General (born 1852)
16 November –
Gustav Hertzberg
, historian (born 1826)
21 November –
Paula Modersohn-Becker
, painter (born 1876)
25 November –
Heinrich Dernburg
, jurist (born 1829)
30 November –
Ludwig Levy
, German architect (born 1854)
21 December –
Klara Hitler
, mother of
Adolf Hitler
(born 1860)
References
edit
^
a
b
c
Tim Kirk,
Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History
, London, 2002, p. 421