1859 in Germany
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Events from the year 1859 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
- King of Hanover – George V
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – John of Saxony
Events
- 4 February – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt.
Births
- 27 January – Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941 )[1]
- 3 February – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- 7 April – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist (d. 1924)
- 25 December – Ludwig von Estorff, German general (d. 1943 )
Deaths
- 20 January – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author (born 1785)[2]
- 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769)[3]
- 8 July – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (b. 1788 )
- 28 September – Carl Ritter, German geographer (b. 1779)
- 4 October – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (b. 1801)[4]
- 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
- 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786)[5]
References
- ^ "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859–1941)". BBC History. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ Frederiksen, Elke; Goodman, Katherine (1995). Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics. Detroit: Wayne State University. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-81432-516-2.
- ^ Wulf, Andrea (2015). The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science. New York: Knopf. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-84854-898-5. OCLC 911240481.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Wilhelm Scherer (1879), "Grimm, Wilhelm (Karl)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 690–695