1890 in Germany
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Events in the year 1890 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Kaiser — Wilhelm II
- Chancellor — Otto von Bismarck to March 20, then Leo von Caprivi
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
- King of Württemberg — Charles I of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
- Grand Duke of Hesse — Louis IV
- 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 — Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt to 12 March, then 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 — George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt — Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick — Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg — Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen — Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) — Eugen von Zimmerer (acting governor) (2nd term) to (17 April), then Markus Graf Pfeil, to 3 August, then ... Kurz (acting governor) to December 2, then Jesko von Puttkamer (acting governor) (2nd term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term)
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Fritz Rose (acting commissioner to 30 September, then commissioner)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner) to August, then Louis Nels (acting commissioner)
- Togoland — Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner)
- Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) — Gustav Denhardt (resident) to 1 July
Events
- 1 July — Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty. Germany receives Heligoland and the Caprivi Strip from the United Kingdom and a free hand to control and acquire the coast of Dar es Salam. In return, Germany renounces its protectorate over Wituland (now part of Kenya) and pledges not to interfere in the actions of the UK vis-à-vis the sultanate of Zanzibar.
Births
- January 9 - Kurt Tucholsky, German-journalist, satirist and writer (died 1935)
- July 4 - Otto Feick, German gymast (died 1959)
- August 14 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (died 1946)
Deaths
- 18 March - Johann Georg Halske, German businessman (born 1814)
- 19 March — George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, (born 1838)
- 26 May - Adelbert Delbrück, German banker (born 1822)
- 26 December - Heinrich Schliemann, businessman and pioneer in the field of archaeology (born 1822)
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