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===National level===
===National level===
* [[Kaiser]] — [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
* [[Kaiser]] – [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] — [[Leo von Caprivi]]
* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] – [[Leo von Caprivi]]


===State level===
===State level===


====Kingdoms====
====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]] — [[Albert of Saxony]]
* [[King of Saxony]] – [[Albert, King of Saxony|Albert]]
* [[King of Württemberg]] — [[Charles I of Württemberg]] to 6 October, then [[William II of Württemberg]]
* [[King of Württemberg]] – [[Charles I of Württemberg|Charles]] to 6 October, then [[William II of Württemberg|William II]]


====Grand Duchies====
====Grand Duchies====
* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] — [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick I]]
* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] – [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick I]]
* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] — [[Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse|Louis IV]]
* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] – [[Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse|Louis IV]]
* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] — [[Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis III]]
* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] – [[Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis III]]
* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] — [[Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick William]]
* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] – [[Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick William]]
* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] — [[Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Peter II]]
* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] – [[Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Peter II]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] — [[Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Charles Alexander]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] – [[Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Charles Alexander]]


====Principalities====
====Principalities====
* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] — [[Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] – [[Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] — [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg|Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] – [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg|Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] — [[Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]
* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] – [[Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]
* [[Principality of Lippe]] - [[Woldemar, Prince of Lippe]]
* [[Principality of Lippe]] – [[Woldemar, Prince of Lippe]]
* [[Reuss Elder Line]] — [[Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz]]
* [[Reuss Elder Line]] – [[Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz]]
* [[Reuss Younger Line]] — [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line]]
* [[Reuss Younger Line]] – [[Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line]]
* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] — [[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] – [[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]


====Duchies====
====Duchies====
* [[Duke of Anhalt]] — [[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt]]
* [[Duke of Anhalt]] – [[Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt]]
* [[Duke of Brunswick]] — [[Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)|Prince Albert of Prussia]] (regent)
* [[Duke of Brunswick]] – [[Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)|Prince Albert of Prussia]] (regent)
* [[Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] — [[Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]]
* [[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-Coburg and Gotha]] – [[Ernst II, 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====
====Colonial Governors====
* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) — from 7 August [[Bruno von Schuckmann]] ''(acting governor)''
* [[Kamerun|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 (surname)|Rüdiger]], acting governor)
* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – [[Hermann Wissmann]] ''(commissioner)'' ''(1st term)'' to 21 February, then [[Julius Freiherr von Soden]] (with ... [[Rüdiger (surname)|Rüdiger]], acting governor)
* [[German New Guinea]] (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — [[Fritz Rose]] ''(commissioner)''
* [[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)''
* [[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
* [[Togoland]] – [[Eugen von Zimmerer]] ''(commissioner)'' to 14 April, then vacant


==Events==
==Events==
* [[23 January|23]]–[[24 January]] – [[1891 European Figure Skating Championships]] in Hamburg
* [[23 January|23]]–[[24 January]] – [[1891 European Figure Skating Championships]] in Hamburg


===Date unknown==
===Undated===
* German company [[Dr. Oetker]] is founded in Bielefeld.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Freedman |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tWMtRLaZOEC |title=Food: The History of Taste |date=2007 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-25476-3 |pages=242 |language=en}}</ref>
* German company [[Dr. Oetker]] is founded in Bielefeld.
* [[Robert Koch Institute]] is founded in Berlin.
* [[Robert Koch Institute]] is founded in Berlin.
* [[International Electrotechnical Exhibition]] in [[Frankfurt am Main]]
* [[International Electrotechnical Exhibition]] in [[Frankfurt am Main]]
* The modern [[taximeter]] is invented by German [[Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn]].
* The modern [[taximeter]] is invented by German [[Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McArdle |first=Megan |date=2012-05-01 |title=Why You Can't Get a Taxi |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/why-you-can-8217-t-get-a-taxi/8942/# |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |accessdate=2015-10-02}}</ref>
* The [[Fischer projection]] is devised by [[Hermann Emil Fischer]].
* The [[Fischer projection]] is devised by [[Hermann Emil Fischer]].
* [[August Thyssen]] and [[Joseph Thyssen]] found German steel company [[Thyssen AG|Thyssen]].


==Births==
==Births==
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* [[8 January]] – [[Walther Bothe]], German physicist (died [[1957 in Germany|1957]])

* [[8 January]] - [[Walther Bothe]], German physicist (died [[1957 in Germany|1957]])
* [[22 January]] – [[Bruno Loerzer]], German aviator and air force general (died [[1960 in Germany|1960]])
* [[24 January]] - [[Walter Model]], German field marshal (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[24 January]] – [[Walter Model]], German field marshal (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[27 January]] - [[Wilhelm Morgner]], German painter (died [[1917 in Germany|1917]])
* [[27 January]] – [[Wilhelm Morgner]], German painter (died [[1917 in Germany|1917]])
* [[31 January]] - [[Kurt von Plettenberg]], German forrester (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[31 January]] – [[Kurt von Plettenberg]], German forester (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[14 February]] - [[Erich Engel]], film and theatre director (died [[1966 in Germany|1966]])
* [[14 February]] – [[Erich Engel]], film and theatre director (died [[1966 in Germany|1966]])
* [[15 February]] - [[Josef Wintrich]], German judge (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]])
* [[15 February]] – [[Josef Wintrich]], German judge (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]])
* [[17 February]] — [[Abraham Fraenkel]], [[Israel]]i mathematician and Zionist (died [[1965 in Israel|1965]])
* [[17 February]] – [[Abraham Fraenkel]], [[Israel]]i mathematician and Zionist (died [[1965 in Israel|1965]])
* [[11 March]] - [[Gertrud Wolle]], German film actress (died [[1952 in Germany|1952]])
* [[3 March]] – [[Fritz Rumey]], German World War I fighter ace (died [[1918 in France|1918]])
* [[12 March]] - [[Hermann Stenner]], German painter (died [[1914 in Poland|1914]])
* [[11 March]] – [[Gertrud Wolle]], German film actress (died [[1952 in Germany|1952]])
* [[28 March]] - [[Peter Suhrkamp]], German publisher (died [[1959 in Germany|1959]])
* [[12 March]] – [[Hermann Stenner]], German painter (died [[1914 in Poland|1914]])
* [[2 April]] - [[Max Ernst]], German painter (died [[1976 in Germany|1976]])
* [[24 March]] – [[Rudolf Berthold]], German fighter pilot (died [[1920 in Germany|1920]])
* [[13 May]] - [[Fritz Rasp]], German actor (died [[1976 in Germany|1976]])
* [[28 March]] – [[Peter Suhrkamp]], German publisher (died [[1959 in Germany|1959]])
* [[13 May]] - [[Wilhelm Weskamm]], German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (died [[1956 in Germany|1956]])
* [[2 April]] – [[Max Ernst]], German painter (died [[1976 in Germany|1976]])
* [[22 May]] - [[Johannes R. Becher]], German politician, poet and novelist (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]])
* [[10 May]] – [[Anton Dostler]], German general (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[14 July]] - [[Fritz Kampers]], German actor (died [[1950 in Germany|1950]])
* [[13 May]] – [[Fritz Rasp]], German actor (died [[1976 in Germany|1976]])
* [[14 July]] - [[Werner Rittberger]], German figure skater (died [[1975 in Germany|1975]])
* [[13 May]] – [[Wilhelm Weskamm]], German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died [[1956 in Germany|1956]])
* [[29 July]] — [[Bernhard Zondek]], [[Israel]]i gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (died [[1966 in Israel|1966]])
* [[16 May]] – [[Adolf Ritter von Tutschek]], German fighter ace (died [[1918 in France|1918]])
* [[7 August]] - [[Johannes Joseph van der Velden]], German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (died [[1954 in Germany|1954]])
* [[18 May]] – [[Rudolf Carnap]], German philosopher (died [[1970 in the United States|1970]])
* [[4 September]] - [[Fritz Todt]], German engineer (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
* [[22 May]] – [[Johannes R. Becher]], German politician, poet and novelist (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]])
* [[16 September]] — [[Karl Dönitz]] , German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (died [[1980 in Germany|1980]])
* [[21 June]] - [[Hermann Scherchen]], German conductor (died [[1966 in Germany|1966]])
* [[22 September]] — [[Hans Albers]], German actor (died [[1960 in Germany|1960]])
* [[14 July]] – [[Fritz Kampers]], German actor (died [[1950 in Germany|1950]])
* [[9 October]] - [[Kurt von Tippelskirch]], German general (died [[1957 in Germany|1957]])
* [[14 July]] – [[Werner Rittberger]], German figure skater (died [[1975 in Germany|1975]])
* [[22 October]] - [[Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg]], German politician and landowner (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]])
* [[29 July]] – [[Bernhard Zondek]], [[Israel]]i gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (died [[1966 in Israel|1966]])
* [[25 October]] - [[Karl Elmendorff]], German conductor (died [[1962 in Germany|1962]])
* [[7 August]] – [[Johannes Joseph van der Velden]], German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died [[1954 in Germany|1954]])
* [[14 November]] - [[Josef Magnus Wehner]], German poet and playwright (died [[1973 in Germany|1973]])
* [[4 September]] – [[Fritz Todt]], German engineer (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
* [[15 November]] — [[Erwin Rommel]], German Field Marshal (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
* [[16 September]] – [[Karl Dönitz]], German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (died [[1980 in Germany|1980]])
* [[16 November]] — [[Julius Leber]], German politician (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[22 September]] – [[Hans Albers]], German actor (died [[1960 in Germany|1960]])
* [[2 December]] — [[Otto Dix]], German painter and forced [[Volkssturm]] conscript (died [[1969 in Germany|1969]])
* [[9 October]] – [[Kurt von Tippelskirch]], German general (died [[1957 in Germany|1957]])
* [[10 December]] — [[Nelly Sachs]], German poet and playwright (died [[1970 in Sweden|1970]])
* [[22 October]] – [[Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg]], German politician and landowner (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]])
* [[25 October]] – [[Karl Elmendorff]], German conductor (died [[1962 in Germany|1962]])
* [[14 November]] – [[Josef Magnus Wehner]], German poet and playwright (died [[1973 in Germany|1973]])
* [[15 November]] – [[Erwin Rommel]], German field marshal (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
* [[16 November]] – [[Julius Leber]], German politician (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]])
* [[2 December]] – [[Otto Dix]], German painter and forced [[Volkssturm]] conscript (died [[1969 in Germany|1969]])
* [[6 December]] – [[Gotthard Sachsenberg]], German World War I naval aviator and fighter ace (died [[1961 in Germany|1961]])
* [[10 December]] – [[Nelly Sachs]], German poet and playwright (died [[1970 in Sweden|1970]])
* [[17 December]] – [[Karl Emil Schäfer]], German World War I fighter ace (died [[1917 in Belgium|1917]])
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* [[26 January]] — [[Nikolaus Otto]], German engineer and inventor (born [[1832 in Germany|1832]])
* [[26 January]] – [[Nicolaus Otto]], German engineer and inventor (born [[1832 in Germany|1832]])
* [[14 March]] — [[Ludwig Windthorst]], German politician (born [[1812 in Germany|1812]])
* [[27 February]] – [[Karl Eduard Heusner]], German admiral (born [[1843 in Germany|1843]])
* [[24 April]] - [[Helmuth von Moltke the Elder]], German Field Marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years (born [[1800 in Germany|1800]])
* [[14 March]] – [[Ludwig Windthorst]], German politician (born [[1812 in Germany|1812]])
* [[22 May]] - [[Ernst Julius Hähnel]], German sculptor (born [[1811 in Germany|1811]])
* [[24 April]] – [[Helmuth von Moltke the Elder]], German field marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years (born [[1800 in Germany|1800]])
* [[23 June]] — [[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]], chemist (born [[1804 in Germany|1804]])
* [[22 May]] – [[Ernst Julius Hähnel]], German sculptor (born [[1811 in Germany|1811]])
* [[6 October]] — [[Charles I of Württemberg|Charles I]], [[King]] [[King of Württemberg|of Württemberg]] (born [[1823 in Germany|1823]])
* [[23 June]] – [[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]], chemist (born [[1804 in Germany|1804]])
* [[14 December]] - [[Ferdinand von Roemer]], German geologist (born [[1818 in Germany|1818]])
* [[21 June]] – [[Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff]], general (born [[1832 in Germany|1832]])
* [[29 December]] - [[Leopold Kronecker]], German mathematician (born [[1823 in Germany|1823]])
* [[6 October]] – [[Charles I of Württemberg|Charles I]], [[King]] [[King of Württemberg|of Württemberg]] (born [[1823 in Germany|1823]])
* [[14 December]] – [[Ferdinand von Roemer]], German geologist (born [[1818 in Germany|1818]])
* [[29 December]] – [[Leopold Kronecker]], German mathematician (born [[1823 in Germany|1823]])
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Events in the year 1891 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

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Kingdoms

Grand Duchies

Principalities

Duchies

Colonial Governors

Events

Undated

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Freedman, Paul (2007). Food: The History of Taste. University of California Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-520-25476-3.
  2. ^ McArdle, Megan (2012-05-01). "Why You Can't Get a Taxi". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
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