1884 in Germany
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Events in the year 1884 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Ludwig II 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 — William, Duke of Brunswick to 18 October, then Duchy claimed by Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, who was excluded and a temporary council of regency was established.
- 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 14 July — Gustav Nachtigal (commissioner) to 19 July, then Maximilian Buchner (acting commissioner)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) from 24 April — Adolf Lüderitz (magistrate) to 7 October, then Gustav Nachtigal (commissioner)
- Togoland from 5 July — Gustav Nachtigal (commissioner) to 6 July October, then Heinrich Randad (provisional consul)
Events
- 24 April — Territory in South West Africa placed under German protection, becoming the first German colonial possession.
- 5 July — German protectorate first declared over part of Togoland.
- 14 July — Commencement of German administration in Cameroon (Kamerun).
- 15 November — The Berlin Conference which regulates European colonisation and trade in Africa begins (ends February 26, 1885).
Births
- 31 January — Theodor Heuss, German politician and publicist (died 1963)
- 12 February — Max Beckmann, German painter and graphic artist (died 1950)
- 26 March — Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (died 1969)
- 12 April — Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Jewish-German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1951, United States)
- 14 May — Claudius Dornier, German aircraft designer (died 1969)
- 7 July - Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist and playwright (died 1958)
- 28 August - Christian Stock, German politician (died 1967)
- 24 September — Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (died 1953)
- 11 October — Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949, Argentina)
- 1 December — Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (died 1976)
Deaths
- 25 January — Johann Gottfried Piefke, German conductor and composer (born 1815)
- 18 October — William, Duke of Brunswick, German nobleman (born 1806)
- 25 November — Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (born 1818)
References
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