1833 in Germany

Events from the year 1833 in Germany

Incumbents[]

• Kingdom of Prussia
  • Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)^[1]
• Kingdom of Bavaria
  • Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
• Kingdom of Saxony
  • Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836)
• Kingdom of Hanover
  • William IV (26 June 1830 to 1837)
• Kingdom of Württemberg
  • William (1816–1864)

Events[]

• February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon the First, by the Grace of God, King of Greece, Prince of Bavaria.
• May 6-Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber obtain permission to build an electromagnetic telegraph in Göttingen.
• December 14 – Kaspar Hauser, a mysterious German youth, is stabbed, dying three days later on December 17.

Date unknown[]

• The dawn of biochemistry: The first enzyme, diastase, is discovered by Anselme Payen.

Births[]

Johannes Brahms

• January 5 – Eugene W. Hilgard, German-American "Father of soil science" (d. 1916)
• February 28 – Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
• May 5 – Lazarus Fuchs, German mathematician (d. 1902)
• May 7 – Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)

Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau

• August 3 – Auguste Schmidt, German educator, women's rights activist (d. 1902)
• December 25 – Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1916)

Deaths[]

• January 16 –Nannette Streicher, German piano maker, composer, music educator, and writer (b. 1769)
• 16 October- Meno Haas, German-born copperplate engraver (b. 1752)
• December 17 – Kaspar Hauser, German youth of uncertain origin (stabbed) (b. 1812?)

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