1894 in Germany
Events in the year 1894 in Germany.Incumbents
National level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony – Albert of Saxony
- King of Württemberg – William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis III
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Peter II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Charles Alexander
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe – Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
- Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick – Prince Albert of Prussia
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon – Leist to 24 February, then Eugen von Zimmerer ' to 31 December, then Jesko von Puttkamer '
- German East Africa – Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele
- German New Guinea – Gerog Schmiele '
- German South-West Africa – Curt von François ' to 15 March, then Theodor Leutwein '
- Togoland – Jesko von Puttkamer '
Events
- 1 October – Leipziger Volkszeitung is first published.
Undated
- The Reichstag building in Berlin is completed and opened.
- The German company Wintershall is founded.
Births
- 11 March – Otto Grotewohl, German politician
- 1 April – Eduard Wagner, German general
- 11 April – Fritz Lindemann, German officer
- 14 April – Fritz Thiele, German member of the German resistance who served as the communications chief of the German Army
- 30 July – Gerda Müller, German actress
- 17 August – Otto Suhr, German politician
- 19 August – Joseph Müller, German Roman Catholic priest
- 20 August – Josef Straßberger, German weightlifter
- 6 September – Carl Grossberg, German painter
- 12 September – Friedrich Ebert Jr., German politician
- 15 September – Herbert Windt, German composer
- 14 October – Heinrich Lübke, German politician
- 2 November – Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer, pioneer of aerodynamics
- 19 November – Heinz Hopf, German mathematician
- 17 December – Hans Henny Jahnn, German playwright and novelist
- 19 December – Paul Dessau, German conductor and composer
- 21 December – Gustav Ehrhart, German chemist
Deaths
- 1 January – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist
- 11 January:
- *Wilhelm von Freeden, German mathematician
- *Joseph Weyland, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
- 12 February – Hans von Bülow, German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer
- 20 February – Georg Albert Lücke, German surgeon
- 11 April – Constantin Lipsius, German architect
- 21 May – August Kundt, German physicist
- 8 September – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician
- 17 October – Ludwig von Henk, German naval officer
