1916 in Germany
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Events in the year 1916 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria - Ludwig III 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 II
- Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick VI
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe - Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Principality of Lippe - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XXVII, 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 - Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) to 4 March — Karl Ebermaier (2nd and final term) (formally, although territory under British/French occupation)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Albert Heinrich Schnee
Events
- 4 March — Germany surrenders German Cameroon (Kamerun) to British and French occupying forces.
- 4 September — Germany surrenders Togoland to British and French occupying forces.
Births
- 12 February - Helmut Gröttrup, electrical engineer (died 1981)
- 9 June — Siegfried Graetschus, SS officer (died (died 1943)
- 26 June — Yitzhak Danziger, German-born Israeli sculptor (died 1977)
- 20 September - Rudolf August Oetker, German entrepreneur (died 2007)
Deaths
- 12 February - Richard Dedekind, mathematician (born 1831)
- 4 March - Franz Marc, painter (born 1880)
- 11 May - Max Reger, Modernist composer, pianist, conductor, writer and professor at the Leipzig Conservatory.
- 11 May — Karl Schwarzschild, Jewish-German physicist (born 1873)
- 13 July - Josef Rieder (cyclist)
- 11 October — Otto, former King of Bavaria, nobleman (born 1848).
- 8 November - Prince Heinrich of Bavaria
- 4 December - Hans Schilling (aviator), aviator
- 19 December - Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, industrialist and nobleman (born 1830)
References
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