1855 in Germany

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* 1830s
* 1840s
* 1850s
* 1860s
* 1870s

See also:| Other events of 1855
History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

The following events occurred in Germany in the year 1855.

## Incumbents

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* King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
* King of Hanover – George V
* King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
* King of Saxony – John of Saxony

## Events

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* The cocaine alkaloid is first isolated by German chemist Friedrich Gaedcke

## Births

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* February 17 – Otto Liman von Sanders, German general (d. 1929)
* February 24 – Johannes von Eben, German general (d. 1924 )
* May 9 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch classical composer (d. 1932)
* June 28 – Theodor Reuss, German occultist (d. 1923)
* July 26 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
* August 25 – Hugo von Pohl, German admiral (d. 1916)
* August 27 – Hugo von Kathen, German general (d. 1932)
* September 9 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, British-born German writer (d. 1927)[1]
* October 10 – Eduard von Capelle, German admiral (d. 1931)[2]

## Deaths

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

* February 23 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)

## References

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1. ^ Forssling, Gregers Einer (2020-11-28). Nordicism and Modernity. Springer Nature. p. 97\. ISBN 978-3-030-61210-8.
2. ^ Tucker, Spencer; Roberts, Priscilla Mary, eds. (2006). World War I: student encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. p. 426\. ISBN 978-1-85109-879-8.

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1855 in Europe

Sovereign states|

*   * Andorra
*   *   * Austria
*   *   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
*   *   *   *   *   * France
*   * Germany
*   * Greece
*   *   * Hungary
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Luxembourg
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   * Montenegro
*   *   * Netherlands
*   * Norway
* Ottoman Empire
* Papal States
*   * Portugal
* Prussia
*   * Russia
* San Marino
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
*   *   * United Kingdom
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Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

*   *   *   * Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Malta

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