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1891 in Germany
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Decades:
1870s • 1880s •
1890s
• 1900s • 1910s
See also:
Other events of 1891
List of years in Germany
Events in the year
1891
in
Germany
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
1.1
National level
1.2
State level
1.2.1
Kingdoms
1.2.2
Grand Duchies
1.2.3
Principalities
1.2.4
Duchies
1.2.5
Colonial Governors
2
Events
3
Births
4
Deaths
5
References
Incumbents
National level
Kaiser
—
Wilhelm II
Chancellor
—
Leo von Caprivi
State level
Kingdoms
King of Bavaria
—
Otto of Bavaria
King of Prussia
— Kaiser Wilhelm II
King of Saxony
—
Albert of Saxony
King of Württemberg
—
Charles I of Württemberg
to 6 October, then
William II of Württemberg
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
—
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
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) — 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
Births
17 February —
Abraham (Adolf) Fraenkel
, German-born
Israeli
mathematician (d.
1965
)
29 July –
Bernhard Zondek
, German-born
Israeli
gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (d.
1966
)
15 November —
Erwin Rommel
, German Field Marshal (d.
1944
)
Deaths
6 October —
Charles I
,
King
of
Württemberg
(b. 1864)
References
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