1893 in Germany

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Decades:

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1880s
1890s
1900s
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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 - William II of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

Principalities

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 to 22 August, then Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 23 August
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

Cameroon (Kamerun) - Eugen von Zimmerer (3rd term) to 27 June, then ... Leist
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Julius Freiherr von Soden to 15 September, then Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Georg Schmiele (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Curt von François (commissioner until November, then Landeshauptleute)
Togoland - Jesko von Puttkamer (acting commissioner until November, then Landeshauptleute) (2nd term)

Events

15 June - In the federal election the Social Democratic Party of Germany come top with 1.7 million votes but still only finish fourth overall in terms of seats, behind the Centre Party, German Conservative Party and the National Liberal Party. Anti-Semitic parties see their vote share increase five times over.^[1]
Undated - Cholera Riots break out in Hamburg resulting in the deaths of a sanitary officer and a policeman. The riots are eventually quashed by bayonet-wielding troops.
Undated - Eugen Richter leads his followers in a split from the German Free-minded Party to form the Free-minded People's Party.

Arts

23 December - Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel receives its premiere in Weimar.
Undated - Franz Kaim establishes the Munich Philharmonic.
Undated - Johannes Brahms completes his Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (Brahms).
Undated - Oskar Panizza publishes the novel The Operated Jew, a satirical, anti-Semitic novel with scientific racism overtones.

Commerce

20 June - Zentis, a confectionery and preserve concern, begins trading in Aachen.
1 September - Franz Ramesohl and Franz Schmidt open a milk separator-producing workshop under the name of Ramesohl & Schmidt oHG in Oelde. The workshop forms the basis of the still extant company GEA Westfalia Separator.

Science

Undated - Rudolf Diesel operates the first successful diesel engine.
Undated - Wilhelm Dörpfeld begins his excavations on the site of the ancient city of Troy.

Sport

Association football clubs established

6 March - Leipziger BC 1893
10 May - Minerva Berlin
2 July - TSF Ditzingen
29 July - Altonaer FC von 1893
9 September - Stuttgarter Fußballverein
1 October - SV Nord Wedding 1893
18 November - Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin
22 November - Berliner Fussball Club vom Jahre 1893
November - Sportbrüder Leipzig
Undated - FC Association 1893 Hamburg
Undated - FC Hanau 93
Undated - KSV Hessen Kassel
Undated - VfB Einheit zu Pankow

Transport

The Bremer Vulkan shipbuilding company opens at the Johann Lange shipyard in Bremen.
The Prussian S 3 steam locomotive begins production.

Births

2 January - Walter Hörnlein, General
12 January - Hermann Göring, Reichsmarschall of Nazi Germany
12 January - Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue
15 January - Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, nobleman
18 January - Wolfgang Klemperer, aviation scientist
18 January - Hans Schlemmer, General
22 January - Otto Herfurth, General
8 February - Werner Willikens, politician
13 February - Franz Brandt, flying ace
17 February - Gustav Höhne, General
17 February - Wolff von Stutterheim, General
21 February - Friedrich Manschott, flying ace
26 February - Otto Kissenberth, flying ace
28 February - Gerhard Roßbach, Freikorps leader
6 March - Fritz Otto Bernert, flying ace
12 March - Erwin Planck, politician
16 March - Herbert von Bose, publicist
20 March - Kurt Wissemann, flying ace
21 March - Walter Schreiber, General
23 March - Andreas von Aulock, officer
24 March - Walter Baade, astronomer
24 March - Emmy Göring, actress and wife of Hermann Göring
27 March - Wilhelm Wulff, astrologer
30 March - Theodor Krancke, Admiral
3 April - Hans Riegel, Sr. (died 1945)
6 April - Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, prince and horse rider
6 April - Alfred Gerstenberg, General
13 April - Günther Krappe, officer
17 April - Maximilian von Herff, General
18 April - Johann Mickl, General
23 April - Thomas-Emil von Wickede, General
25 April - Ernst Torgler, politician
29 April - Johann Reichhart, executioner
30 April - Viktor Schobinger, flying ace
6 May - Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, politician
11 May - Augustin Rösch, Jesuit
12 May - Hasso von Wedel, flying ace
14 May - Joachim von Busse, flying ace
17 May - Hans von Häbler, flying ace
19 May - Karl Thom, flying ace
20 May - Helmuth Schlömer, General
25 May - Mortimer von Kessel, General
27 May - Hermann Dörnemann, supercentenarian
27 May - Paul Helwig, psychologist
6 June - Karl von Graffen, General
10 June - Rudolf Querner, General
13 June - Reinhold Tiling, engineer
20 June - Wilhelm Zaisser, politician
22 June - Friedrich Köchling, General
22 June - Conrad Veidt, German actor (died 1943, USA)
24 June - Albert Graf von der Goltz, officer
30 June - Walter Ulbricht, leader of East Germany
6 July - Hans Böhning, flying ace
9 July - Max Ritter von Mulzer, flying ace
15 July - Hans Christian Schulze, General
18 July - Werner Lange, Admiral
20 July - Arno von Lenski, officer
23 July - Adolf Fischer, General
1 August - Friedrich Zickwolff, General
7 August - Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, flying ace
7 August - Günther Rittau, film director
9 August - Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, actor
16 August - Hans Koch, lawyer
22 August - Ernst Sieler, General
24 August - Haim Ernst Wertheimer biochemist
25 August - Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk, flying ace and General
26 August - Rolf Wuthmann, General
4 September - Friedrich Karst, General
7 September - Ernst Schirlitz, Admiral
17 September - Willibald Borowietz, General
20 September - Hans Scharoun, architect
29 September - Friedrich Ritter von Röth, flying ace
30 September - Otto Wernicke, actor
12 October - Hans von Greiffenberg, General
13 October - Kurt Reidemeister, mathematician
16 October - Adolf Kratzer, physicist
21 October - Werner Richter, General
30 October - Roland Freisler, judge
30 October - Karl von Oberkamp, General
6 November - Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs, Naval officer
10 November - Erich Martin Hering, entomologist
19 November - Rudolf Freiherr von Roman, General
1 December - Ernst Toller, playwright
7 December - Hermann Balck, General
8 December - Albert Brendel, officer
9 December - Albert Abicht, politician
20 December - Ernst Pfeiffer, entomologist
23 December - Walther von Axthelm, General
31 December - Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, nobleman

Deaths

30 January - Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, nobleman
14 February - Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder, painter
18 February - Gerson von Bleichröder, banker
24 February - Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, botanist
25 April - Hermann Gundert, missionary
3 May - Adolf Kiessling, philologist
8 May - Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
12 May - George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
14 May - Ernst Kummer, mathematician
6 June - Karl Josef von Hefele, theologian
7 June - Hermann Julius Grüneberg, chemist
12 June - Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, nobleman
14 June - Jakob Frohschammer, philosopher
19 June - Hermann Baumgarten, historian
23 June - Rudolf von Roth, Indologist
8 July - Eduard von Lutz, General
5 August - Friedrich Wilhelm Adami, author
22 August - Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
26 August - Friedrich Gustav Carl Ulrich Franz von Schnehen, nobleman
15 September - Hermann Sauppe, philologist
7 October - Maximilian Felix Christoph Wilhelm Leopold Reinhold Albert Fürchtegott von Versen, nobleman
12 October - Georg von Kameke, General
29 October - Gustav Mützel, artist
9 November - Hermann August Hagen, entomologist
21 November - Rudolf Kaltenbach, gynecologist
25 November - Johann Bauschinger, mathematician
11 December - Georg von der Gabelentz, linguist
15 December - Karl Ludwig Michelet, philosopher

References

↑ Tim Kirk, Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History, London, 2002, p. 228

Years in Germany (1871–present)

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