1898 in Germany
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Events in the year 1898 in Germany.
Incumbents[]
National level[]
- Kaiser – Wilhelm II
- Chancellor – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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 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 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) – Jesko von Puttkamer (5th term) to 12 January, then Theodor Seitz (2nd term) to 13 October, then again Jesko von Puttkamer (6th term) from 14 October
- Kiautschou – from 7 March
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Eduard von Liebert
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute to 18 April, then governor)
- Togoland – August Köhler (Landeshauptleute to 18 April, then governor)
Events[]
- 16 June – German federal election, 1898
- Unknown date – An industrial robot and factory automation manufacturing brand KUKA was founded in Bavaria.[citation needed]
Births[]
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- 4 June – Aryeh Leo Olitzki, German-born Israeli bacteriologist (died 1983)
- 23 June – Karl Weinbacher, German manager and war criminal (died 1946)
- 26 November – Karl Ziegler chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (died 1973)
Deaths[]
- 30 July – Otto von Bismarck, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1815)
- 25 September – Hieronymous Theodor Richter, German chemist (born )
References[]
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