1889 in Germany
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Events in the year 1889 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Emperor â Wilhelm II
- Chancellor â Otto von Bismarck
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria â Otto
- King of Prussia â Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony â Albert
- King of Württemberg â Charles
Grand Duchies
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe â Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt â George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen â Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe â Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line â Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
- Reuss Younger Line â Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont â George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) â Julius Freiherr von Soden (2nd term) to 26 December, then Eugen von Zimmerer (acting governor) (2nd term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) â Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term)
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) â Reinhold Kraetke (Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company) to 31 October, then Fritz Rose (acting commissioner) from 1 November
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) â Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner)
- Togoland â Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner)
- Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) â Gustav Denhardt (resident)
Events
- 13 April â German company Rheinmetall was founded.
- 14 June â Treaty of Berlin over Samoa
- 3 October â German company K+S was founded.
Undated
Births
- 8 January â Paul Hartmann, German actor (died 1977)
- 22 January â Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, professor of art and typographer (died 1955)
- 1 February â Rudolf Bauer, German-American painter (died 1953)
- 8 February â Siegfried Kracauer, German author, journalist, sociologist and (died 1966)
- 3 March â Carl Vincent Krogmann, German banker and politician (died 1978)
- 19 April â Otto Georg Thierack, German politician and jurist (died 1946)
- 20 April â Adolf Hitler, German Führer and politician (died 1945)
- 12 May â Otto Frank, German businessman (died 1980)
- 23 May â Erich Engels, German screenwriter, producer and film director (died 1971)
- 25 May â Günther Lütjens, German general (died 1941)
- 11 June â Otto Dessloch, German Luftwaffe general and Knight's Cross recipient (died 1977)
- 8 July â Hans Felber, German infantry general and Knight's Cross recipient (died 1962)
- 20 July â Erich Pommer, German film producer and executive (died 1966)
- 27 July â Hans von Opel, German industrialist (died 1948)
- 29 July â Ernst Reuter, German politician (died 1953)
- 21 September â Annemarie Steinsieck, German actress (died 1977)
- 26 September â Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (died 1976)
- 3 October â Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and pacifist (died 1938)
- 7 October:
- Erich Büttner, German painter (died 1936)
- Hans Tropsch, German chemist (died 1935)
- 16 October â Reinhold Maier, German politician (died 1971)
- November 1 â Hannah Höch, German artist (died 1978)[1]
- 29 November â Margarete Haagen, German actress (died 1966)
- 30 November â Hans Bischoff â German entomologist (died 1960)
- 24 December â Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt, World War I German flying ace (died 1962)
Deaths
- 19 January â Alexander von Monts, German admiral (born 1832)
- 14 March â Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs, German pathologist (born 1819)
- 26 March â C.F. Theodore Steinway, German piano maker (born 1825)
- 5 August â Fanny Lewald, poet and actor (born 1811)
- 21 December â Friedrich August von Quenstedt, geologist (born 1809)
- 26 December â Hermann von Thile, diplomat (born 1812)
- 27 December â Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering, apothecary and industrialist (born 1824)