1892 in Germany
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Events in the year 1892 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
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
- Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse — Louis IV to 13 March, then Ernest Louis
- 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) — Bruno von Schuckmann (acting governor) to 5 January, then Eugen von Zimmerer (3rd term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Julius Freiherr von Soden
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Fritz Rose (commissioner) to 31 August, then Georg Schmiele (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) from 1 September
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Curt von François (commissioner)
- Togoland - vacant to 4 June, then Jesko von Puttkamer (acting commissioner) (2nd term)
Births
- January 4 – Siegfried Lehman, German-born Israeli educator (died 1958)
- July 15 - Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and cultural critic (died 1940)
- September 13 – Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II and Empress Augusta Victoria. She was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. (died 1980)
Deaths
- 13 March — Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (born 1837)
- 5 May - August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (born 1818)
- 6 December - Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist. (born 1816)
See also
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References
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