1896 in Germany

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Events in the year 1896 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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### National level

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* Kaiser – Wilhelm II
* Chancellor – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

### State level

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#### Kingdoms

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* King of Bavaria – Otto
* King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
* King of Saxony – Albert
* King of Württemberg – William II

#### Grand Duchies

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* Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
* Grand Duke of Hesse – 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

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* Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
* Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
* Principality of Lippe – Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe as regent)
* Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
* Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
* Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

#### Duchies

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* 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 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

#### Colonial Governors

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* Cameroon (Kamerun) – Theodor Seitz (2nd term)
* German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Hermann Wissmann to 3 December, then Eduard von Liebert
* German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Hugo Rüdiger to 17 August, then from 22 September Curt von Hagen (both Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
* German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute)
* Togoland – August Köhler (Landeshauptleute)

## Events

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Model of a DMG Lastwagen, 1896, first gasoline truck

* 12 April – German football club Hannover 96 is founded.
* 1 June – Institut für Serumforschung und Serumprüfung in Berlin is opened.

### Undated

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* Gottlieb Daimler produces the first gasoline truck.
* Emperor William Monument in Porta Westfalica is completed.
* German physicist Wilhelm Wien derives the Wien approximation.

## Births

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* 11 January – Heinrich Stuhlfauth, German football player and goalkeeper (died 1966)
* 4 February – Friedrich Hund, German physicist (died 1997)
* 9 February – Erich Vagts, German politician (died 1980)
* 14 February – Werner Richard Heymann, German film composer (died 1961)
* 23 February – Herbert Weichmann, German politician (died 1983)
* 25 February – Ida Noddack, German chemist (died 1978)
* 2 March – Caesar von Hofacker, German colonel (died 1944)
* 22 March – Karl Dannemann, German actor (died 1945)
* 1 April – Wilhelm Sauter, German painter (died 1948)
* 13 May – Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (died 1967)
* 20 May – Paul Kemp, German actor (died 1953)
* 9 June – Karl Sack, German jurist (died 1945)
* 16 July – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German physician (died 1969)
* 23 July – Reinhold Frank, German lawyer (died 1945)
* 19 August – Josef Kammhuber, German general (died 1986)
* 23 August – Hubert von Meyerinck, German actor (died 1971)
* 15 September – Theodor Haubach, German journalist (died 1945)
* 14 October – Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, German police officer and politician (died 1944)
* 18 October – Friedrich Hollaender, German film composer and author (died 1976)
* 30 October – Roma Bahn, German actress (died 1975)
* 9 November – Hellmut von der Chevallerie, German general (died 1965)
* 28 November – Otto Graf, German actor (died 1977)
* 3 December – Carlo Schmid, German politician (died 1979)
* 18 December – Hans Otto Erdmann, German officer (died 1944)
* 27 December – Carl Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (died 1977)
* 31 December – Carl Ludwig Siegel, German mathematician (died 1981)

## Deaths

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* 29 February – Albrecht von Stosch, German admiral (born 1818)
* 28 April – Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian (born 1834)
* 18 May – Otto von Camphausen, German politician (born 1812)
* 20 May – Clara Schumann, German musician and composer (born 1819)
* 2 June – Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, German geographer, explorer and author (born 1831)
* 11 July – Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (born 1814)
* 13 July – August Kekulé, German chemist (born 1829)
* 10 August – Otto Lilienthal, German pioneer of aviation (born 1848)
* 13 August – Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, German mathematician (born 1821)
* 22 October – Christian Roos, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1826)
* 3 November – Eugen Baumann, German chemist (born 1846)
* 19 November – Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, German politician (born 1837)
* December – Bianka Blume, German opera singer (born 1843).[1]
* 17 December – Paul Beiersdorf, German pharmacist (born 1836)
* 26 December — Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physiologist (born 1818)

## References

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1. ^ Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Riemens, Leo; Rost, Hansjörg (22 February 2012). Großes Sängerlexikon Volume 4 (in German). De Gruyter. p. 456\. ISBN 9783598440885.

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*   *   *   * Austria-Hungary
*   * Baden
*   *   *   * Belgium
*   *   * Bulgaria
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Denmark
*   *   *   *   *   * France
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* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
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