1891 in Germany explained
Events in the year 1891 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
Grand Duchies
Principalities
Duchies
Colonial Governors
Events
Undated
Births
- 8 January – Walther Bothe, German physicist (died 1957)
- 22 January – Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (died 1960)
- 24 January – Walter Model, German field marshal (died 1945)
- 27 January – Wilhelm Morgner, German painter (died 1917)
- 31 January – Kurt von Plettenberg, German forester (died 1945)
- 14 February – Erich Engel, film and theatre director (died 1966)
- 15 February – Josef Wintrich, German judge (died 1958)
- 17 February – Abraham Fraenkel, Israeli mathematician and Zionist (died 1965)
- 3 March – Fritz Rumey, German World War I fighter ace (died 1918)
- 11 March – Gertrud Wolle, German film actress (died 1952)
- 12 March – Hermann Stenner, German painter (died 1914)
- 24 March – Rudolf Berthold, German fighter pilot (died 1920)
- 28 March – Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (died 1959)
- 2 April – Max Ernst, German painter (died 1976)
- 10 May – Anton Dostler, German general (died 1945)
- 13 May – Fritz Rasp, German actor (died 1976)
- 13 May – Wilhelm Weskamm, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died 1956)
- 16 May – Adolf Ritter von Tutschek, German fighter ace (died 1918)
- 18 May – Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (died 1970)
- 22 May – Johannes R. Becher, German politician, poet and novelist (died 1958)
- 21 June - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (died 1966)
- 14 July – Fritz Kampers, German actor (died 1950)
- 14 July – Werner Rittberger, German figure skater (died 1975)
- 29 July – Bernhard Zondek, Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (died 1966)
- 7 August – Johannes Joseph van der Velden, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (died 1954)
- 4 September – Fritz Todt, German engineer (died 1942)
- 16 September – Karl Dönitz, German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (died 1980)
- 22 September – Hans Albers, German actor (died 1960)
- 9 October – Kurt von Tippelskirch, German general (died 1957)
- 22 October – Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg, German politician and landowner (died 1958)
- 25 October – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (died 1962)
- 14 November – Josef Magnus Wehner, German poet and playwright (died 1973)
- 15 November – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (died 1944)
- 16 November – Julius Leber, German politician (died 1945)
- 2 December – Otto Dix, German painter and forced Volkssturm conscript (died 1969)
- 6 December – Gotthard Sachsenberg, German World War I naval aviator and fighter ace (died 1961)
- 10 December – Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright (died 1970)
- 17 December – Karl Emil Schäfer, German World War I fighter ace (died 1917)
Deaths
- 26 January – Nicolaus Otto, German engineer and inventor (born 1832)
- 27 February – Karl Eduard Heusner, German admiral (born 1843)
- 14 March – Ludwig Windthorst, German politician (born 1812)
- 24 April – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years (born 1800)
- 22 May – Ernst Julius Hähnel, German sculptor (born 1811)
- 23 June – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, chemist (born 1804)
- 21 June – Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff, general (born 1832)
- 6 October – Charles I, King of Württemberg (born 1823)
- 14 December – Ferdinand von Roemer, German geologist (born 1818)
- 29 December – Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (born 1823)
Notes and References
- Book: Freedman, Paul . Food: The History of Taste . 2007 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-25476-3 . 242 . en.
- McArdle . Megan . 2012-05-01 . Why You Can't Get a Taxi . . 2015-10-02.
