• Source: 1891 in Germany

Events in the year 1891 in Germany.




Incumbents






= National level

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Kaiser – Wilhelm II
Chancellor – Leo von Caprivi




= State level

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Kingdoms

King of Bavaria – Otto
King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
King of Saxony – Albert
King of Württemberg – Charles to 6 October, then William II



Grand Duchies

Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
Grand Duke of Hesse – Louis IV
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) – from 7 August Bruno von Schuckmann (acting governor)
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term) to 21 February, then Julius Freiherr von Soden (with ... Rüdiger, acting governor)
German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Fritz Rose (commissioner)
German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Louis Nels (acting commissioner) to March, then Curt von François (commissioner)
Togoland – Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner) to 14 April, then vacant




Events


23–24 January – 1891 European Figure Skating Championships in Hamburg




= Undated

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German company Dr. Oetker is founded in Bielefeld.
Robert Koch Institute is founded in Berlin.
International Electrotechnical Exhibition in Frankfurt am Main
The modern taximeter is invented by German Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn.
The Fischer projection is devised by Hermann Emil Fischer.
August Thyssen and Joseph Thyssen found German steel company Thyssen.




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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Religionsgeschichtliche Schule
• Amerika Serikat
• Kekaisaran Jerman
• PS General Slocum
• Pan-Jermanisme
• Ewald Wenck
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber
• Konservatisme progresif
• John Henry Mackay
• Merck KGaA
• 1891 in Germany
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• 1891 in film
• 1891 in science
• Taximeter
• German East Africa
• Georg Rosen (1821–1891)
• Derwitzer glider
• Demographics of Germany
• Meisel