- Source: 1886 in Germany
- Karl Benz
- Edwin Fischer
- Gotthard Heinrici
- Edvard Munch
- Bauhaus
- Kastel Neuschwanstein
- Detonator
- Monorel
- Robert Schuman
- Franz Rosenzweig
- 1886 in Germany
- 1886
- Benz Patent-Motorwagen
- German Congo Expedition
- Religion in Germany
- Demographics of Germany
- Johann Mayer
- Lerp
- Lebel Model 1886 rifle
- List of German finance ministers
Events in the year 1886 in Germany.
Incumbents
= National level
=Kaiser – William I
Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck
= State level
=Kingdoms
King of Bavaria – Ludwig II to 13 June, then Otto
King of Prussia – William I
King of Saxony – Albert
King of Württemberg – Charles
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 – 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) – Julius Freiherr von Soden (1st term)
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Karl Peters (administrator)
German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Gustav von Oertzen (commissioner); also from 10 June Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner)
Togoland – Ernst Falkenthal (commissioner)
Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) – Gustav Denhardt (resident)
Events
6 February – German chemist Clemens Winkler discovers chemical element Germanium.
14 November – Friedrich Soennecken files his patent for his holepunch Papierlocher für Sammelmappen.
15 November – Robert Bosch GmbH is founded.
= Undated
=German Friedrich Soennecken invents the ring binder in Bonn.
Neuschwanstein Castle is completed.
Births
Deaths
References
= Bibliography
=Petzet, M.; Hojer, G. (1991), Amtlicher Führer Schloss Neuschwanstein, Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen