Events in the year 1889 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level Emperor – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck
State level
Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – Wilhelm II King of Saxony – Albert King of Württemberg – Charles
Grand Duchies Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I Grand Duke of Hesse – Louis IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis III Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Peter II Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Charles Alexander
Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Principality of Lippe – Woldemar, Prince of Lippe Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line Waldeck and Pyrmont – George Victor, 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 – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors Cameroon (Kamerun) – Julius Freiherr von Soden (2nd term) to 26 December, then Eugen von Zimmerer (acting governor) (2nd term) German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term) German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Reinhold Kraetke (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) to 31 October, then Fritz Rose (acting commissioner) from 1 November German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner) Togoland – Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner) Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) – Gustav Denhardt (resident)
Events 13 April – German company Rheinmetall was founded. 14 June – Treaty of Berlin over Samoa 3 October – German company K+S was founded.
Undated Old Age and Disability Insurance Bill of 1889
Births
8 January – Paul Hartmann, German actor (died 1977) 22 January – Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, professor of art and typographer (died 1955) 1 February – Rudolf Bauer, German-American painter (died 1953) 8 February – Siegfried Kracauer, German author, journalist, sociologist and (died 1966) 3 March – Carl Vincent Krogmann, German banker and politician (died 1978) 19 April – Otto Georg Thierack, German politician and jurist (died 1946) 20 April – Adolf Hitler, German Führer and politician (died 1945) 12 May – Otto Frank, German businessman (died 1980) 23 May – Erich Engels, German screenwriter, producer and film director (died 1971) 25 May – Günther Lütjens, German general (died 1941) 11 June – Otto Dessloch, German Luftwaffe general and Knight's Cross recipient (died 1977) 8 July – Hans Felber, German infantry general and Knight's Cross recipient (died 1962) 20 July – Erich Pommer, German film producer and executive (died 1966) 27 July – Hans von Opel, German industrialist (died 1948) 29 July – Ernst Reuter, German politician (died 1953) 21 September – Annemarie Steinsieck, German actress (died 1977) 26 September – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (died 1976) 3 October – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and pacifist (died 1938) 7 October: Erich Büttner, German painter (died 1936) Hans Tropsch, German chemist (died 1935) 16 October – Reinhold Maier, German politician (died 1971) November 1 – Hannah Höch, German artist (died 1978) 29 November – Margarete Haagen, German actress (died 1966) 30 November – Hans Bischoff – German entomologist (died 1960) 24 December – Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, World War I German flying ace (died 1962)
Deaths
19 January – Alexander von Monts, German admiral (born 1832) 14 March – Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs, German pathologist (born 1819) 26 March – C.F. Theodore Steinway, German piano maker (born 1825) 5 August – Fanny Lewald, poet and actor (born 1811) 21 December – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, geologist (born 1809) 26 December – Hermann von Thile, diplomat (born 1812) 27 December – Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering, apothecary and industrialist (born 1824)
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