1908 in Germany

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Events in the year 1908 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

Kaiser – Wilhelm II
Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow

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) –
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) –
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 –

Events

8 July – The first paper coffee filter was created by German housewife Melitta Bentz.
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff appointed the German ambassador to the United States
28 October – Daily Telegraph Affair

Births

26 January – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (died 2009)
27 January – Trude Eipperle, German operatic soprano (died 1997)
4 February – Heinz Pollay, German equestrian (died 1979)
5 February – Eugen Weidmann, German serial killer, last person publicly executed in France (died 1939)
10 February – Alfred Kranzfelder, German naval officer (died 1945)
25 February – Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, film- and theatredirector (died 1985)
2 March – Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (died 1990)
7 March – Inge Viermetz, German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown)
12 March – Kurt Stöpel, German bicycle racer (died 1997)
25 March – Helmut Käutner, German film director (died 1980)
26 March – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (died 1981)
15 April – Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (died 1991)
19 April – Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (died 1968)
7 May – Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (died 1989)
19 May – Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (died 1969)
20 May – Carlo Otte, Nazi administrator^[1]^[2]
22 May – Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (died 1985)
11 June – Karl Hein German athlete (died 1982)
24 June – Hugo Distler, German composer (died 1942)
16 July – Gerd Achgelis, German aviator, test pilot and pioneer in the development of helicopters (died 1991)
31 July – Franz Meyers, German politician (died 2002)
10 August – Hanan Rubin, German-born Israeli politician (died 1962)
18 August – Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (died 1991)
27 August – Karl Ernst Rahtgens, German officer (died 1944)
22 September – Fritz Gunst, German water polo player (died 1992)
9 October – 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)
12 October – Georg Henneberg, German physician (died 1996)
14 October – Rudolf Ismayr, German weightlifter (died 1998)
25 October – Gotthard Handrick, German athlete and fighter pilot (died 1978)
26 October – Richard Häussler, German actor (died 1964)
11 November – Martin Held, German actor (died 1992)
20 November – Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1968)
21 November – Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (died 1996)

Deaths

5 January – Joseph von Mering, German physician (born 1849)
9 January – Wilhelm Busch, German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born 1832)
7 February – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1826)
27 March – Johann Georg Mönckeberg, politician (born 1839)
26 April – Karl Möbius, German zoologist (born 1825)
17 May:
- Jacques Blumenthal, German pianist and composer (born 1829)
- Carl Koldewey, German Arctic explorer (born 1837)
4 June – Hermann von der Hude, German architect (born 1830)
10 July – Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, German botanist (born 1817)
29 July – Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch, German sculptor (born 1856)

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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[1] 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.

[2] "Numero czlonkow SS od 24 000 do 24 999". www.dws-xip.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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