1859 in Germany
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Events from the year 1859 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
- King of Hanover – George V
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – John of Saxony
Events
- February 4 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt.
Births
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- January 27 – Wilhelm II of Germany , last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941 )[1]
- February 3 – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- April 7 – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist (d. 1924)
- December 25 – Ludwig von Estorff, German general (d. 1943 )
Deaths
- January 20 – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author (born 1785)[2]
- May 6 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist, geographer (b. 1769)
- July 8 - Charlotte von Siebold , German gynecologist (b. 1788 )
- September 28 – Carl Ritter, German geographer (b. 1779)
- October 4 – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (b. 1801)
- October 22 – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
- December 16 – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786)
References
- ^ "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)". BBC History. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Frederiksen, Elke; Goodman, Katherine (1995). Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics. Detroit: Wayne State University. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-81432-516-2.