1906 in Germany

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Events in the year 1906 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 - Bernhard von Bülow

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
• King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden - Frederick I
• 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

• 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 (regent Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line)
• Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt - Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
• Duke of Brunswick - Prince Albert of Prussia (regent) to 13 September, then vacant
• 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

• Cameroon (Kamerun) - Jesko von Puttkamer (9th and final term) to January, then Oberst Müller (acting governor) to November, then Otto Gleim (acting governor) (2nd term)
• Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Gustav Adolf von Götzen to 15 April, then 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
• Togoland - Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen

Events

Births

Deaths

• 8 February — Wilhelm von Christ, (b. 1831)
• 10 February — Anton Hermann Albrecht, German poet (b. 1835)
• 19 February — Wilhelm Heyd, German historian (b. 1823)
• 10 March — Eugen Richter, German politician (b. 1838)
• 8 March — Hermann Rogalla von Bieberstein, German-American engineer and politician (b. 1823)
• 21 March — Carl von Siemens, German industrial (b. 1829)
• 27 May — Erich Zweigert, German politician (b. 1849)
• 5 June — Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)
• 5 July — Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physican (b. 1863)
• 25 August — Max von Eyth, German engineer (b. 1836)
• 13 September — Prince Albert of Prussia, Prussian general field marshal and regent of the Duchy of Brunswick (b. 1837)
• 19 October — Karl Pfizer, German chemistry (b. 1824)
• 22 October — Emil Ludwig Schmidt, German anthropologist (b. 1837)
• 7 November — Heinrich Seidel, German engineer (b. 1842)
• 31 December — Friedrich Gumpert, German professor (b. 1841)

References

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