1826 in Germany
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Events from the year 1826 in Germany
Incumbents
Kingdoms
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch â Frederick William III (16 November 1797 â 7 June 1840)[1]
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825â1848)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 â 5 May 1827)
- Kingdom of Hanover
- George IV (29 January 1820 â 26 June 1830)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- William (30 October 1816 â 25 June 1864)
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick Francis Iâ (24 April 1785 â 1 February 1837)[2]
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Charles Frederick (14 June 1828 - 8 July 1853)
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- George William (13 February 1787 - 1860)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867)[4]
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
- Principality of Lippe
- Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)[5]
- Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Heinrich XIX (29 January 1817 - 31 October 1836)[6]
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- George II (9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845)
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- Leopold IV (9 August 1817 - 22 May 1871)[7]
- Duke of Brunswick
- Charles II (16 June 1815 â 9 September 1830)[8]
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780â1826) and Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826â1834) - Frederick[2]
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard II (24 December 1803â20 September 1866)[10]
Events
- July â Ludwig van Beethoven puts the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
- Ludwig van Beethoven composes the GroÃe Fuge.
Births
- February 16- Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1888)
- March 29 â Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist, politician (d. 1900)
- August 21 â Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist, professor (d. 1903)
- September 17 â Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
Deaths
- March 29 â Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet (b. 1751)
- April 25 â Karl Ludwig von Phull, German military leader (b. 1757)
- May 16 â Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna, consort of Alexander I of Russia (b. 1779)
- June 5 â Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (b. 1786)
- June 7 â Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician (b. 1787)
- November 23 â Johann Elert Bode, German astronomer (b. 1747)