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Events in the year 1908 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

Kaiser – Wilhelm II
Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow

State level

Kingdoms

Grand Duchies

Events

8 July – The paper coffee filter, created by German housewife Melitta Bentz, is patented.^[1]
28 October – Daily Telegraph Affair: a British newspaper publishes undiplomatic remarks made by Emperor Wilhelm.
date unknown
- German association football club BFC Nord 08 Berlin is founded.^[2]
- Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff is appointed German ambassador to the United States.

Births

26 January – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (died 2009)^[3]
27 January – Trude Eipperle, German operatic soprano (died 1997)^[4]
4 February – Heinz Pollay, German equestrian (died 1979)
10 February – Alfred Kranzfelder, German naval officer (died 1945)
25 February – Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, film- and theatredirector (died 1985)
2 March – Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (died 1990)
7 March – Inge Viermetz, German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown)
12 March – Kurt Stöpel, German bicycle racer (died 1997)
25 March – Helmut Käutner, German film director (died 1980)
26 March – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (died 1981)
15 April – Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (died 1991)
19 April – Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (died 1968)
7 May – Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (died 1989)
19 May – Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (died 1969)
20 May – Carlo Otte, Nazi administrator^[5]^[6]
22 May – Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (died 1985)
11 June – Karl Hein German athlete (died 1982)
24 June – Hugo Distler, German composer (died 1942)
31 July – Franz Meyers, German politician (died 2002)
10 August – Hanan Rubin, German-born Israeli politician (died 1962)
18 August – Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (died 1991)
27 August – Karl Ernst Rahtgens, German officer (died 1944)
22 September – Fritz Gunst, German water polo player (died 1992)
9 October – Werner von Haeften, Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot (died 1944)
12 October – Georg Henneberg, German physician (died 1996)
14 October – Rudolf Ismayr, German weightlifter (died 1998)
25 October – Gotthard Handrick, German athlete and fighter pilot (died 1978)
26 October – Richard Häussler, German actor (died 1964)
11 November – Martin Held, German actor (died 1992)
20 November – Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1968)
21 November – Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (died 1996)

Deaths

5 January – Joseph von Mering, German physician (born 1849)
9 January – Wilhelm Busch, German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born 1832)^[7]
22 January – August Wilhelmj, German violinist (born 1845)^[8]
7 February – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1826)
24 March – Eduard von Pestel, Prussian military officer and German general (born 1821)
27 March – Johann Georg Mönckeberg, politician (born 1839)
26 April – Karl Möbius, German zoologist (born 1825)^[9]
17 May:
- Jacques Blumenthal, German pianist and composer (born 1829)
- Carl Koldewey, German Arctic explorer (born 1837)^[10]
4 June – Hermann von der Hude, German architect (born 1830)
13 June – Henry Lomb, German-American optician, founder of Bausch & Lomb (born 1828)
10 July – Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, German botanist (born 1817)
29 July – Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch, German sculptor (born 1856)
3 November – Harro Magnussen, German sculptor (born 1861)^[11]
20 November – Albert Dietrich, conductor and composer (born 1829)^[12]

References

^ "Melitta Bentz, mother of filter coffee: inventor and entrepreneur". German Patent and Trade Mark Office. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.
^ Eugene, Frank (1995). Frank Eugene, the dream of beauty. Munich: Nazraeli Press. p. 289. ISBN 9783923922338.
^ Eipperle, Trude, in: Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 132 (in German)
^ Bohn, Robert (1995). "Otte, Carlo". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 320. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.
^ "Numero czlonkow SS od 24 000 do 24 999". www.dws-xip.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ Lotze, Dieter (1979). Wilhelm Busch. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 21. ISBN 9780805763652.
^ Duncan Druce. "August Wilhelmj". CHASE: Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions. University of Leeds School of Music. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ Redi, Carlo (2000). Visual zoology: the Pavia collection of Leuckart's zoological wall charts (1877. Como: Ibis. p. 69. ISBN 9788871641300.
^ "Obituary". The Geographical Journal. Royal Geographical Society: 191. 1908.
^ "Obituary". The Building News and Engineering Journal. 95. Office for Publication and Advertisements: 676. 6 November 1908.
^ Clive, H. P. (2006). Brahms and His World: a Biographical Dictionary. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781461722809.

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[1] "Melitta Bentz, mother of filter coffee: inventor and entrepreneur". German Patent and Trade Mark Office. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[2] Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.

[3] Eugene, Frank (1995). Frank Eugene, the dream of beauty. Munich: Nazraeli Press. p. 289. ISBN 9783923922338.

[4] Eipperle, Trude, in: Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 132 (in German)

[5] Bohn, Robert (1995). "Otte, Carlo". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 320. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.

[6] "Numero czlonkow SS od 24 000 do 24 999". www.dws-xip.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[7] Lotze, Dieter (1979). Wilhelm Busch. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 21. ISBN 9780805763652.

[8] Duncan Druce. "August Wilhelmj". CHASE: Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions. University of Leeds School of Music. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

[9] Redi, Carlo (2000). Visual zoology: the Pavia collection of Leuckart's zoological wall charts (1877. Como: Ibis. p. 69. ISBN 9788871641300.

[10] "Obituary". The Geographical Journal. Royal Geographical Society: 191. 1908.

[11] "Obituary". The Building News and Engineering Journal. 95. Office for Publication and Advertisements: 676. 6 November 1908.

[12] Clive, H. P. (2006). Brahms and His World: a Biographical Dictionary. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781461722809.

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 ==Incumbents==
 ===National level===
-* [[Kaiser]] - [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
+* [[Kaiser]] – [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
-* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] - [[Bernhard von Bülow]]
+* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] – [[Bernhard von Bülow]]
 ===State level===
 ====Kingdoms====
-* [[King of Bavaria]] - [[Otto of Bavaria]]
+* [[King of Bavaria]] – [[Otto, King of Bavaria|Otto]]
-* [[List of rulers of Prussia|King of Prussia]] - Kaiser Wilhelm II
+* [[List of rulers of Prussia|King of Prussia]] – Wilhelm II
-* [[King of Saxony]] - [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony]]
+* [[King of Saxony]] – [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony|Frederick Augustus III]]
-* [[King of Württemberg]] - [[William II of Württemberg]]
+* [[King of Württemberg]] – [[William II of Württemberg|William II]]
 ====Grand Duchies====
-* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] - [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick II]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] – [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick II]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] - [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Ernest Louis]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Ernest Louis]]
-* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] - [[Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis IV]]
+* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] – [[Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis IV]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] - [[Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Adolphus Frederick V]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] – [[Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Adolphus Frederick V]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] - [[Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Frederick Augustus II]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] – [[Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Frederick Augustus II]]
-* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] - [[William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|William Ernest]]
+* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] – [[William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|William Ernest]]
 ====Principalities====
-* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] - [[George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
+* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] – [[George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
-* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] - [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg|Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
+* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] – [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg]]-Rudolstadt
-* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] - [[Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]
+* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] – [[Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]
-* [[Principality of Lippe]] -  [[Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe]]
+* [[Principality of Lippe]] – [[Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe]]
-* [[Reuss Elder Line]] - [[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz]] (with [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line]] as regent)
+* [[Reuss Elder Line]] – [[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz]] (with [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line]] as regent)
-* [[Reuss Younger Line]] - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
+* [[Reuss Younger Line]] – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
-* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] - [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
+* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] – [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
 ====Duchies====
-* [[Duke of Anhalt]] - [[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt]]
+* [[Duke of Anhalt]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt]]
-* [[Duke of Brunswick]] - [[Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg]] (regent)
+* [[Duke of Brunswick]] – [[Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg]] (regent)
-* [[Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] - [[Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] to 7 February, then [[Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]]
+* [[Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] – [[Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] to 7 February, then [[Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]]
-* [[Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] - [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
+* [[Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] – [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
-* [[Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] - [[Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]]
+* [[Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] – [[Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]]
 ====Colonial Governors====
-* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) - [[Theodor Seitz]] ''(3rd term)''
+* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) – [[Theodor Seitz]] ''(3rd term)''
-* [[Kiautschou Bay concession|Kiaochow]] (Kiautschou) - [[Oskar von Truppel]]
+* [[Kiautschou Bay concession|Kiaochow]] (Kiautschou) – [[Oskar von Truppel]]
-* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - [[Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg]]
+* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – [[Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg]]
-* [[German New Guinea]] (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - [[Albert Hahl]] ''(2nd term)''
+* [[German New Guinea]] (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – [[Albert Hahl]] ''(2nd term)''
-* [[German Samoa]] (Deutsch-Samoa) - [[Wilhelm Solf]]
+* [[German Samoa]] (Deutsch-Samoa) – [[Wilhelm Solf]]
-* [[German South-West Africa]] (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - [[Bruno von Schuckmann]]
+* [[German South-West Africa]] (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – [[Bruno von Schuckmann]]
-* [[Togoland]] - [[Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen]]
+* [[Togoland]] – [[Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen]]
 ==Events==
-{{Empty section|date=October 2011}}
 {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
 {{div col end}}
+* [[8 July]] – The paper [[coffee filter]], created by German [[housewife]] [[Melitta Bentz]], is patented.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dpma.de/english/our_office/publications/ingeniouswomen/110jahrekaffeefilter/index.html|title=Melitta Bentz, mother of filter coffee: inventor and entrepreneur|website=German Patent and Trade Mark Office|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>
-* [[Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff]] appointed the German ambassador to the United States
+* [[28 October]] – [[Daily Telegraph Affair|''Daily Telegraph'' Affair]]: a British newspaper publishes undiplomatic remarks made by Emperor Wilhelm.
+* ''date unknown''
+**German association football club [[BFC Nord 08 Berlin]] is founded.<ref>Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. {{ISBN|978-3-89784-147-5}}.</ref>
+**[[Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff]] is appointed German ambassador to the United States.
 ==Births==
-{{Expand section|date=October 2011}}
 {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
+* [[26 January]] – [[Rupprecht Geiger]], German painter (died 2009)<ref>{{cite book | last = Eugene | first = Frank | title = Frank Eugene, the dream of beauty | publisher = Nazraeli Press | location = Munich | year = 1995 | isbn = 9783923922338 | page=289}}</ref>
-* [[27 January]] — [[Trude Eipperle]], German operatic soprano (died [[1997 in Germany|1997]])
+* [[27 January]] – [[Trude Eipperle]], German operatic soprano (died 1997)<ref>''Eipperle, Trude'', in: [[Ernst Klee]]: ''[[Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich|Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945]]''. Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 132 (in German)</ref>
-* [[4 February]] - [[Heinz Pollay]], German equestrian (died [[1979 in Germany|1979]])
-* [[25 February]] - [[Karl Heinz Stroux]], German actor, film- and theatredirector (died [[1985 in Germany|1985]])
+* [[4 February]] – [[Heinz Pollay]], German equestrian (died [[1979 in Germany|1979]])
-* [[March 2]] - [[Walter Bruch]], German electrical engineer (died [[1990 in Germany|1990]])
+* [[10 February]] – [[Alfred Kranzfelder]], German naval officer (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
-* [[March 7]] — [[Inge Viermetz]], German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown)
+* [[25 February]] – [[Karl Heinz Stroux]], German actor, film- and theatredirector (died [[1985 in Germany|1985]])
-* [[March 12]] - [[Kurt Stöpel]], German bicycle racer (died [[1997 in Germany|1997]])
+* [[2 March]] – [[Walter Bruch]], German electrical engineer (died [[1990 in Germany|1990]])
-* [[March 25]] - [[Helmut Käutner]], German film director (died [[1980 in Germany|1980]])
+* [[7 March]] – [[Inge Viermetz]], German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown)
-* [[March 26]] - [[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]], German tennis player (died [[1981 in Germany|1981]])
+* [[12 March]] – [[Kurt Stöpel]], German bicycle racer (died [[1997 in Germany|1997]])
-* [[April 19]] - [[Joseph Keilberth]], German conductor (died [[1968 in Germany|1968]])
+* [[25 March]] – [[Helmut Käutner]], German film director (died [[1980 in Germany|1980]])
-* [[May 7]] - [[Max Grundig]], German entrepreneur (died [[1989 in Germany|1989]])
+* [[26 March]] – [[Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling]], German tennis player (died [[1981 in Germany|1981]])
-* [[May 19]] - [[Rolf Dahlgrün]], German politician  (died [[1969 in Germany|1969]])
+* [[15 April]] – [[Richard Löwenthal]], German author and journalist (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
+* [[19 April]] – [[Joseph Keilberth]], German conductor (died [[1968 in Germany|1968]])
-* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Carlo Otte]], Nazi administrator.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bohn |first=Robert | encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]] |title=Otte, Carlo |language=Norwegian |editor=[[Hans Fredrik Dahl|Dahl]] |editor2=[[Guri Hjeltnes|Hjeltnes]] |editor3=[[Berit Nøkleby|Nøkleby]] |editor4=[[Nils Johan Ringdal|Ringdal]] |editor5=[[Øystein Sørensen|Sørensen]] |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=320 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Numero czlonkow SS od 24 000 do 24 999 |website=www.dws-xip.pl|publisher= |url=http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/numery/numer24.html |language=Polish |accessdate=3 July 2016}}</ref>
-* [[May 22]] - [[Gustav Jaenecke]], German ice hockey player (died [[1985 in Germany|1985]])
+* [[7 May]] – [[Max Grundig]], German entrepreneur (died [[1989 in Germany|1989]])
-* [[June 11]] - [[Karl Hein]] German athlete (died [[1982 in Germany|1982]])
+* [[19 May]] – [[Rolf Dahlgrün]], German politician (died [[1969 in Germany|1969]])
+* [[20 May]] – [[Carlo Otte]], Nazi administrator<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bohn |first=Robert | encyclopedia=[[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45]] |title=Otte, Carlo |language=no |editor=[[Hans Fredrik Dahl|Dahl]] |editor2=[[Guri Hjeltnes|Hjeltnes]] |editor3=[[Berit Nøkleby|Nøkleby]] |editor4=[[Nils Johan Ringdal|Ringdal]] |editor5=[[Øystein Sørensen|Sørensen]] |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=320 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Numero czlonkow SS od 24 000 do 24 999 |website=www.dws-xip.pl|url=http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/numery/numer24.html |language=pl |access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>
-* [[June 24]] — [[Hugo Distler]], German composer (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
-* [[July 31]] - [[Franz Meyers]], German politician (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]])
+* [[22 May]] – [[Gustav Jaenecke]], German ice hockey player (died [[1985 in Germany|1985]])
-* [[August 10]] — [[Hanan Rubin]], German-born [[Israel]]i politician (died [[1962 in Israel|1962]])
+* [[11 June]] – [[Karl Hein (athlete)|Karl Hein]] German athlete (died [[1982 in Germany|1982]])
-* [[August 18]] - [[Heinrich Hellwege]], German politician (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
+* [[24 June]] – [[Hugo Distler]], German composer (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
-* [[September 22]] - [[Fritz Gunst]], German water polo player (died [[1992 in Germany|1992]])
+* [[31 July]] – [[Franz Meyers]], German politician (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]])
+* [[10 August]] – [[Hanan Rubin]], German-born [[Israel]]i politician (died [[1962 in Israel|1962]])
-* [[October 9]] - [[Werner von Haeften]], Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
-* [[October 25]] - [[Gotthard Handrick]], German athlete and fighter pilot (died [[1978 in Germany|1978]])
+* [[18 August]] – [[Heinrich Hellwege]], German politician (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
-* [[October 26]] - [[Richard Häussler]], German actor (died [[1964 in Germany|1964]])
+* [[27 August]] – [[Karl Ernst Rahtgens]], German officer (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
-* [[November 11]] - [[Martin Held]], German actor (died [[1992 in Germany|1992]])
+* [[22 September]] – [[Fritz Gunst]], German water polo player (died [[1992 in Germany|1992]])
-* [[November 20]] - [[Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine]] (died [[1968 in Germany|1968]])
+* [[9 October]] – [[Werner von Haeften]], Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
-* [[November 21]] - [[Franz Pfnür]], German alpine skier (died [[1996 in Germany|1996]])
+* [[12 October]] – [[Georg Henneberg]], German physician (died [[1996 in Germany|1996]])
+* [[14 October]] – [[Rudolf Ismayr]], German weightlifter (died [[1998 in Germany|1998]])
+* [[25 October]] – [[Gotthard Handrick]], German athlete and fighter pilot (died [[1978 in Germany|1978]])
+* [[26 October]] – [[Richard Häussler]], German actor (died [[1964 in Germany|1964]])
+* [[11 November]] – [[Martin Held]], German actor (died [[1992 in Germany|1992]])
+* [[20 November]] – [[Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine]] (died [[1968 in Germany|1968]])
+* [[21 November]] – [[Franz Pfnür]], German alpine skier (died [[1996 in Germany|1996]])
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 ==Deaths==
-{{Expand section|date=October 2011}}
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-*9 January - [[Wilhelm Busch]], German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born [[1832 in Germany|1832]])
+* [[5 January]] – [[Joseph von Mering]], German physician (born [[1849 in Germany|1849]])
+* [[9 January]] – [[Wilhelm Busch]], German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born [[1832 in Germany|1832]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Lotze | first = Dieter | title = Wilhelm Busch | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston | year = 1979 | isbn = 9780805763652 | page=21}}</ref>
-* 7 February — [[Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]], nobleman (born [[1826 in Germany|1826]])
+* [[22 January]] – [[August Wilhelmj]], [[Germany|German]] violinist (born [[1845 in Germany|1845]])<ref>{{cite web | title = August Wilhelmj | author = Duncan Druce | website = CHASE: Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions | publisher = University of Leeds School of Music | url = http://chase.leeds.ac.uk/article/august-wilhelmj/ | access-date = 25 March 2015 | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125127/http://chase.leeds.ac.uk/article/august-wilhelmj/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
-* 27 March - [[Johann Georg Mönckeberg]], politician (born [[1839 in Germany|1839]])
+* [[7 February]] – [[Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]], nobleman (born [[1826 in Germany|1826]])
+* [[24 March]] – [[Eduard von Pestel]], Prussian military officer and German general (born [[1821 in Germany|1821]])
+* [[27 March]] – [[Johann Georg Mönckeberg]], politician (born [[1839 in Germany|1839]])
+* [[26 April]] – [[Karl Möbius]], German zoologist (born [[1825 in Germany|1825]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Redi | first = Carlo | title = Visual zoology: the Pavia collection of Leuckart's zoological wall charts (1877 | publisher = Ibis | location = Como | year = 2000 | isbn = 9788871641300 | page=69}}</ref>
+* [[17 May]]:
+** [[Jacques Blumenthal]], German pianist and composer (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]])
+** [[Carl Koldewey]], German Arctic explorer (born [[1837 in Germany|1837]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Obituary|journal=The Geographical Journal|publisher=Royal Geographical Society|year=1908|page=191}}</ref>
+* [[4 June]] – [[Hermann von der Hude]], German architect (born [[1830 in Germany|1830]])
+* [[13 June]] – [[Henry Lomb]], German-American optician, founder of [[Bausch & Lomb]] (born [[1828 in Germany|1828]])
+* [[10 July]] – [[Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten]], German botanist (born [[1817 in Germany|1817]])
+* [[29 July]] – [[Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch]], German sculptor (born [[1856 in Germany|1856]])
+* [[3 November]] – [[Harro Magnussen]], German sculptor (born [[1861 in Germany|1861]])<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Building News and Engineering Journal|title=Obituary|volume=95|publisher=Office for Publication and Advertisements|date=6 November 1908|page=676}}</ref>
+* [[20 November]] – [[Albert Dietrich]], conductor and composer (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Clive | first = H. P. | title = Brahms and His World: a Biographical Dictionary | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham | year = 2006 | isbn = 9781461722809 | page=105}}</ref>
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-[[Category:1908 in Europe]]
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v t e Years in Germany (1871–present)
19th century	Pre-1871 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 1908 in Europe
Sovereign states	Andorra Austria-Hungary Baden Belgium Bulgaria Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Ottoman Empire Portugal Prussia Romania Russia San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta