1908 in Germany
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Events in the year 1908 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
- King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden - Frederick II
- Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick V
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe - George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- 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 Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt - Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
- 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-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) - Theodor Seitz (3rd term)
- Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
- German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Bruno von Schuckmann
- Togoland - Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen
Events
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- Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff appointed the German ambassador to the United States
Births
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- 27 January — Trude Eipperle, German operatic soprano (died 1997)
- 4 February - Heinz Pollay, German equestrian (died 1979)
- 25 February - Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, film- and theatredirector (died 1985)
- March 2 - Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (died 1990)
- March 7 — Inge Viermetz, German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown)
- March 12 - Kurt Stöpel, German bicycle racer (died 1997)
- March 25 - Helmut Käutner, German film director (died 1980)
- March 26 - Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (died 1981)
- April 15 - Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (died 1991)
- April 19 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (died 1968)
- May 7 - Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (died 1989)
- May 19 - Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (died 1969)
- May 20 – Carlo Otte, Nazi administrator.[1][2]
- May 22 - Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (died 1985)
- June 11 - Karl Hein German athlete (died 1982)
- June 24 — Hugo Distler, German composer (died 1942)
- July 31 - Franz Meyers, German politician (died 2002)
- August 10 — Hanan Rubin, German-born Israeli politician (died 1962)
- August 18 - Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (died 1991)
- September 22 - Fritz Gunst, German water polo player (died 1992)
- 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)
- October 25 - Gotthard Handrick, German athlete and fighter pilot (died 1978)
- October 26 - Richard Häussler, German actor (died 1964)
- November 11 - Martin Held, German actor (died 1992)
- November 20 - Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1968)
- November 21 - Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (died 1996)
Deaths
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- 9 January - Wilhelm Busch, German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born 1832)
- 26 April - Karl Möbius, German zoologist (born 1825)
- 7 February — Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1826)
- 27 March - Johann Georg Mönckeberg, politician (born 1839)
References
- ^ 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.
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