1859 in Germany

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Events from the year 1859 in Germany.

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

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]

References

^ "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859–1941)". BBC History. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ Frederiksen, Elke; Goodman, Katherine (1995). Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics. Detroit: Wayne State University. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-81432-516-2.
^ Wulf, Andrea (2015). The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science. New York: Knopf. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-84854-898-5. OCLC 911240481.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baedeker, Karl" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ Wilhelm Scherer (1879), "Grimm, Wilhelm (Karl)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 690–695

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[1] "Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859–1941)". BBC History. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[2] Frederiksen, Elke; Goodman, Katherine (1995). Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics. Detroit: Wayne State University. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-81432-516-2.

[3] Wulf, Andrea (2015). The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science. New York: Knopf. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-84854-898-5. OCLC 911240481.

[4] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baedeker, Karl" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[ADB690-5] Wilhelm Scherer (1879), "Grimm, Wilhelm (Karl)", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 690–695

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