1908 in Germany

1908 in Germany
Events in the year 1908 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Kaiser – Wilhelm II
Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow
State level
Kingdoms
King of Bavaria – Otto
King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III
King of Württemberg – William II
Grand Duchies
Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II
Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V
Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest
Principalities
Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
Duke of Anhalt – Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
Duke of Brunswick – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg to 7 February, then Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
Cameroon (Kamerun) – Theodor Seitz (3rd term)
Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term)
German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf
German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Bruno von Schuckmann
Togoland – Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen
Events
8 July – The paper coffee filter, created by German housewife Melitta Bentz, is patented.
28 October – Daily Telegraph Affair
date unknown
German association football club BFC Nord 08 Berlin is founded.
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff is appointed German ambassador to the United States.
Births
26 January – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (died 2009)
27 January – Trude Eipperle, German operatic soprano (died 1997)
4 February – Heinz Pollay, German equestrian (died 1979)
10 February – Alfred Kranzfelder, German naval officer (died 1945)
25 February – Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, film- and theatredirector (died 1985)
2 March – Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (died 1990)
7 March – Inge Viermetz, German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown)
12 March – Kurt Stöpel, German bicycle racer (died 1997)
25 March – Helmut Käutner, German film director (died 1980)
26 March – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (died 1981)
15 April – Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (died 1991)
19 April – Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (died 1968)
7 May – Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (died 1989)
19 May – Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (died 1969)
20 May – Carlo Otte, Nazi administrator
22 May – Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (died 1985)
11 June – Karl Hein German athlete (died 1982)
24 June – Hugo Distler, German composer (died 1942)
31 July – Franz Meyers, German politician (died 2002)
10 August – Hanan Rubin, German-born Israeli politician (died 1962)
18 August – Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (died 1991)
27 August – Karl Ernst Rahtgens, German officer (died 1944)
22 September – Fritz Gunst, German water polo player (died 1992)
9 October – Werner von Haeften, Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot (died 1944)
12 October – Georg Henneberg, German physician (died 1996)
14 October – Rudolf Ismayr, German weightlifter (died 1998)
25 October – Gotthard Handrick, German athlete and fighter pilot (died 1978)
26 October – Richard Häussler, German actor (died 1964)
11 November – Martin Held, German actor (died 1992)
20 November – Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1968)
21 November – Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (died 1996)
Deaths
5 January – Joseph von Mering, German physician (born 1849)
9 January – Wilhelm Busch, German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born 1832)
22 January – August Wilhelmj, German violinist (born 1845)
7 February – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1826)
24 March – Eduard von Pestel, Prussian military officer and German general (born 1821)
27 March – Johann Georg Mönckeberg, politician (born 1839)
26 April – Karl Möbius, German zoologist (born 1825)
17 May:
Jacques Blumenthal, German pianist and composer (born 1829)
Carl Koldewey, German Arctic explorer (born 1837)
4 June – Hermann von der Hude, German architect (born 1830)
13 June – Henry Lomb, German-American optician, founder of Bausch & Lomb (born 1828)
10 July – Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, German botanist (born 1817)
29 July – Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch, German sculptor (born 1856)
3 November – Harro Magnussen, German sculptor (born 1861)
20 November – Albert Dietrich, conductor and composer (born 1829)
References
Years of the 20th century in Germany
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