1886 in Germany
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Events in the year 1886 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Ludwig II of Bavaria to 13 June, then Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia — Kaiser William I
- King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
- King of Württemberg — Charles I of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse — Louis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin — Frederick Francis II
- 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 — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen — Charles Gonthier, 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) — Julius Freiherr von Soden (1st term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Karl Peters (administrator)
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Gustav von Oertzen (commissioner); also from 10 June Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner)
- Togoland — Ernst Falkenthal (commissioner)
- Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) — Gustav Denhardt (resident)
Births
- 18 March — Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, German submariner (died 1941)
- 6 November — Gus Kahn, German songwriter (died 1941)
Deaths
References
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