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* October 10 – Chemists working at [[Bayer|Bayer AG]] create a synthetically altered version of [[salicin]] which the company names [[Aspirin]]. |
* October 10 – Chemists working at [[Bayer|Bayer AG]] create a synthetically altered version of [[salicin]] which the company names [[Aspirin]]. |
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* Undated - [[David Hilbert]] unifies the field of [[algebraic number theory]] with his treatise ''[[Zahlbericht]]''. |
* Undated - [[David Hilbert]] unifies the field of [[algebraic number theory]] with his treatise ''[[Zahlbericht]]''. |
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* Undated - The [[Daimler Victoria]]—the world's first [[taximeter|meter]]-equipped (and gasoline-powered) [[taxicab]]—was built by [[Gottlieb Daimler]] in 1897. |
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Events in the year 1897 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 III to 10 April, then 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 Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe to 17 July, then 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) — Theodor Seitz (2nd term) to 10 September, then Jesko von Puttkamer (5th term) from 11 September
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Eduard von Liebert
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Curt von Hagen to 13 August, then Albert Hahl (acting) (1st term) to 11 September, then Hugo Skopnik (all Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute)
- Togoland — August Köhler (Landeshauptleute)
Events
- May 10 - The Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB) passed by German Reichtstag. The HGB came into force together with the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB) on 1 January 1900.
- August 10 – Rudolf Diesel builds his first working prototype Diesel engine in Augsburg.
- October 10 – Chemists working at Bayer AG create a synthetically altered version of salicin which the company names Aspirin.
- Undated - David Hilbert unifies the field of algebraic number theory with his treatise Zahlbericht.
- Undated - The Daimler Victoria—the world's first meter-equipped (and gasoline-powered) taxicab—was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1897.
Births
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- 14 January - Hasso von Manteuffel, German general during World War II (died 1978)
- 2 March — Gurit Kadman, German-born Israeli dance instructor and choreographer (died 1987)
- 8 April - Will Dohm, German actor (died 1948)
- 9 April - Ernst Melsheimer, German lawyer (died 1960)
- 19 April - Bruno Diekmann, German politician (died 1982)
- 11 May - Kurt Gerron, German actor (died 1944)
- 16 June - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (died 1987)
- 5 July — Paul Ben-Haim (born Paul Frankenburger), German-born Israeli composer (died 1984)
- 17 July - Max Knoll, German electrical engineer (died 1969)
- 4 August - Adolf Heusinger, German general (died 1982)
- 10 August - Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (died 1970)
- 29 October - Joseph Goebbels, German politician (died 1945)
- 23 November - Fritz Steinhoff, German politician (died 1969)
- 5 December — Gershom Scholem (born Gerhard Scholem), German-born Israeli philosopher and historian (died 1982)
- 14 December - Thomas Dehler, German politician (died 1967)
- Full date unknown — Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer, German-born Israeli biologist and zoologist (died 1959)
Deaths
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- 19 February — Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (born 1815)
- 3 April - Johannes Brahms, German German composer and pianist (born 1833)
- 10 April — Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born 1851)
- 17 June - Sebastian Kneipp, German priest (born 1821)
- 8 August - Viktor Meyer, German chemist (born 1848)
- 30 September - Leopold Auerbach, German anatomist and neuropathologist (born 1828)
- 3 December - Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, German astronomer (born 1835)
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