1851 in Germany
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Events from the year 1851 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria â Maximilian II
- King of Hanover â
- Ernest Augustus till 18 November 1851[1]
- George V after 18 November 1851
- King of Prussia â Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony â Frederick Augustus II
Events
- February 1 â Brandtaucher, the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully.
Births
- March 24 â Friedrich von Scholtz, German general (d. 1927)
- April 1 â Bruno von Mudra, German general (d. 1931)
- May 7 â Adolf von Harnack, German Lutheran theologian, church historian (d. 1930)[2]
- May 20 â Emile Berliner, German-born American telephone and recording pioneer (d. 1929)
- September 21 â Arthur Schuster, German-British physicist (d. 1934)
- November 27 â Friedrich Sixt von Armin, German general (d. 1936)
Deaths
- January 10 â Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
- January 21 â Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801)
- February 18 â Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804)
- July 17 â Roger Sheaffe, British general (b. 1763)
- November 18- Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (b. 1771)
Ernst August von Hannover - December 19 â Karl Drais, German inventor (b. 1785)[3]
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