1810 in Germany
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Incumbents
Kingdoms
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)[1]
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Frederick I (22 December 1797 – 30 October 1816)
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden
- Charles Frederick (25 July 1806 – 10 June 1811)
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)[2]
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Charles II (2 June 1794 – 6 November 1816)[3]
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Karl August (1809–1815)
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- George William (13 February 1787 - 1860)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867)[5]
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
- Principality of Lippe
- Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)[6]
- Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Heinrich XIII (28 June 1800 – 29 January 1817)
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Friedrich Karl August (29 August 1763 – 24 September 1812)
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- Leopold III (16 December 1751 – 9 August 1817)[7]
- Duke of Brunswick
- Frederick William (16 October 1806 – 16 June 1815)[8]
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick[2]
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard II (24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866)[10]
- Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 1775 – 25 March 1816)[11]
Events
- 27 April – Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
- 16 May – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe publishes his book Zu Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours).[12]
- 12 October – First Oktoberfest: Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Date unknown
- Friedrich Krupp establishes a steel foundry in Essen.
- Germaine de Staël's study of Germany De l'Allemagne is published in Paris but suppressed by order of Napoleon.
- Brandenburger Symphoniker established.
- Prussian Staff College established.
Births
- 29 January – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (d. 1893)
- 24 May – Abraham Geiger, German rabbi, founder of European Reform Judaism (d. 1874)
- 8 June – Robert Schumann, German composer, pianist (d. 1856)[13]
- 9 June – Otto Nicolai, German composer, conductor (d. 1849)[14]
- 17 July – Georg Heinrich Busse, German landscape painter and engraver (died 1868)
- 20 July – Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, Prussian field marshal (d. 1908)[15]
- 11 October – Anton Zwengauer, German painter (d. 1884)
- 7 December – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (d. 1882)
Deaths
- 23 January – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist (b. 1776)
- 14 March – Ludwig Timotheus Spittler, German historian (born 1752)
- 1 May – Christoph Meiners, German philosopher (born 1747)
- 19 July – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
- 11 November – Johan Zoffany, German-born painter (b. 1733)[16]
- 2 December – Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (b. 1777)
