1898 in Germany
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Events in the year 1898 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
- King of Württemberg — William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse — Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin — Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz — Frederick William
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg — Peter II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach — Charles Alexander
Principalities
- 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 Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, 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
- 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
- Cameroon (Kamerun) — Jesko von Puttkamer (5th term) to 12 January, then Theodor Seitz (2nd term) to 13 October, then again Jesko von Puttkamer (6th term) from 14 October
- Kiautschou — Carl Rosendahl from 7 March
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Eduard von Liebert
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Hugo Skopnik (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute to 18 April, then governor)
- Togoland — August Köhler (Landeshauptleute to 18 April, then governor)
Births
- June 4 — Aryeh Leo Olitzki, German-born Israeli bacteriologist (died 1983)
- June 23 — Karl Weinbacher, German manager and war criminal (died 1946)
- November 26 - Karl Ziegler chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (died 1973)
Deaths
- July 30 - Otto von Bismarck, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1815)
- September 25 - Hieronymous Theodor Richter, German chemist (born 1824)
References
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