1833 in Germany
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Events from the year 1833 in Germany
Incumbents
- 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
- Anthony (5 May 1827 â 6 June 1836)
- Kingdom of Hanover
- William IV (26 June 1830 to 1837)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- William (1816â1864)
Events
- 6 February â His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon the First, by the Grace of God, King of Greece, Prince of Bavaria.
- 6 May â Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber obtain permission to build an electromagnetic telegraph in Göttingen.
- 14 December â Kaspar Hauser, a mysterious German youth, is stabbed, dying three days later on 17 December.[2]
Date unknown
- The dawn of biochemistry: The first enzyme, diastase, is discovered by Anselme Payen.
Births
- 5 January â Eugene W. Hilgard, German-American "Father of soil science" (d. 1916)
- 28 February â Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
- 5 May â Lazarus Fuchs, German mathematician (d. 1902)
- 7 May â Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)[3]
- 3 August â Auguste Schmidt, German educator, women's rights activist (d. 1902)
- 25 December â Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1916)
Deaths
- 16 January â Nannette Streicher, German piano maker, composer, music educator, and writer (b. 1769)
- 16 October â Meno Haas, German-born copperplate engraver (b. 1752)
- 17 December â Kaspar Hauser, German youth of uncertain origin (stabbed) (b. 1812?)[2]