1859 in Germany
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Incumbents
Events
- 4 February – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt.
Births
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- 27 January – Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941 )[1]
- 3 February – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- 7 April – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist (d. 1924)
- 25 December – Ludwig von Estorff, German general (d. 1943 )
Deaths
- 20 January – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author (born 1785)[2]
- 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769)[3]
- 8 July – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (b. 1788 )
- 28 September – Carl Ritter, German geographer (b. 1779)
- 4 October – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (b. 1801)[4]
- 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
- 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786)[5]