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Events in the year '''1915 in [[Germany]]'''. |
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* [[Kaiser]] |
* [[Kaiser]] – [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilhelm_kaiser_ii.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> |
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* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] |
* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] – [[Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg {{!}} German statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theobald-von-Bethmann-Hollweg |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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===State level=== |
===State level=== |
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====Kingdoms==== |
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* [[King of Bavaria]] |
* [[King of Bavaria]] – [[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]] |
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* [[List of rulers of Prussia|King of Prussia]] |
* [[List of rulers of Prussia|King of Prussia]] – Wilhelm II |
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* [[King of Saxony]] |
* [[King of Saxony]] – [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony|Frederick Augustus III]] |
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* [[King of Württemberg]] |
* [[King of Württemberg]] – [[William II of Württemberg|William II]] |
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====Grand Duchies==== |
====Grand Duchies==== |
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* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] |
* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] – [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick II]] |
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* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] |
* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Ernest Louis]] |
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* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] |
* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] – [[Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis IV]] |
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* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] |
* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] – [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Adolphus Frederick VI]] |
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* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] |
* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] – [[Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Frederick Augustus II]] |
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* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] |
* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] – [[William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|William Ernest]] |
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====Principalities==== |
====Principalities==== |
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* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] |
* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] – [[Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]] |
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* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] |
* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] – [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg]] |
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* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] |
* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg |
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* [[Principality of Lippe]] |
* [[Principality of Lippe]] – [[Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe]] |
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* [[Reuss Elder Line]] |
* [[Reuss Elder Line]] – [[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz]] (with [[Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line]], as regent) |
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* [[Reuss Younger Line]] |
* [[Reuss Younger Line]] – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line |
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* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] |
* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] – [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]] |
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====Duchies==== |
====Duchies==== |
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* [[Duke of Anhalt]] |
* [[Duke of Anhalt]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt]] |
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* [[Duke of Brunswick]] |
* [[Duke of Brunswick]] – [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick]] |
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* [[Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] |
* [[Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] – [[Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] |
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* [[Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] |
* [[Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] – [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] |
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* [[Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] |
* [[Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] – [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] |
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====Colonial Governors==== |
====Colonial Governors==== |
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* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) |
* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) – [[Karl Ebermaier]] ''(2nd and final term)'' |
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* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) |
* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – [[Albert Heinrich Schnee]] |
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* [[German South-West Africa]] (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) |
* [[German South-West Africa]] (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – [[Theodor Seitz]] to 15 July |
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==Events== |
==Events== |
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*[[20 August]] – An [[auto parts]], [[electronics]] and other manufacturing brand, [[ZF Friedrichshafen]] was founded, as predecessor name was Zepernicker Zahnradfabrik.{{page needed|date=July 2020}} |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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* 22 January |
* [[22 January]] – [[Heinrich Albertz]], German politician (died [[1993 in Germany|1993]]) |
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* 27 January |
* [[27 January]] – [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]], German actor (died [[1994 in Germany|1994]]) |
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* 14 February |
* [[14 February]] – [[Georg Thomalla]], German actor (died [[1999 in Germany|1999]]) |
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* [[21 February]] – [[Roland von Hößlin]], German officer (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[6 March]] – [[Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen]], German officer (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[7 March]] – [[Johannes Wiese]], German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]]) |
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* [[11 March]] – [[Karl Krolow]], German poet (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]]) |
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* [[12 March]] – [[Reimar Horten]], German aircraft pilots (died [[1994 in Argentina|1994]]) |
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** [[Max Jammer]], German-born Israeli physicist (died [[2010 in Israel|2010]]) |
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** [[Stephan Hermlin]], German poet (died [[1997 in Germany|1997]]) |
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* [[16 June]] – [[Marga Faulstich]], German chemist (died [[1998 in Germany|1998]]) |
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* [[25 August]] – [[Georg von Boeselager]], German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[26 August]] – [[Rolf Friedemann Pauls]], German diplomat (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]]) |
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* [[9 December]] - [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], German-British operatic soprano (died [[2006 in the United Kingdom|2006]]) |
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*[[2 May]] – [[Clara Immerwahr]], German chemist (born [[1870 in Germany|1870]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=Jeremiah |last2=Steinhauser |first2=Thomas |last3=Hoffmann |first3=Dieter |last4=Friedrich |first4=Bretislav |title=One Hundred Years at the Intersection of Chemistry and Physics: The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 1911-2011 |date=2011 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-023954-6 |pages=28 and 29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7V2SK8ZIGBoC&pg=PA28 |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[15 May]] – [[Oskar Frenzel]], German painter (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]]) |
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*[[9 July]] – [[Carl Walther]], German gunsmith (born [[1858 in Germany|1858]]) |
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*[[19 September]] – [[David Friedrich Weinland]], German zoologist and novelist (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]]) |
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*[[27 September]] – [[Kaspar von Zumbusch]], German sculptor (born [[1830 in Germany|1830]]) |
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See also: | Other events of 1915 History of Germany • Timeline • Years |
Events in the year 1915 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig III
- 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 VI
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XXVII, 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 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) – Karl Ebermaier (2nd and final term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Albert Heinrich Schnee
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Seitz to 15 July
Events
- 9 July – German forces in German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) capitulate and the territory is occupied by South Africa.
- 20 August – An auto parts, electronics and other manufacturing brand, ZF Friedrichshafen was founded, as predecessor name was Zepernicker Zahnradfabrik.[page needed]
Undated
- German geophysicist Alfred Wegener publishes his theory of Pangea, which he calls Urkontinent.
- German palaeontologist Ernst Stromer publishes an article assigning the specimen to a new genus and species Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.
Births
- 22 January – Heinrich Albertz, German politician (died 1993)
- 27 January – Ernst Schröder, German actor (died 1994)
- 14 February – Georg Thomalla, German actor (died 1999)
- 21 February – Roland von Hößlin, German officer (died 1944)
- 6 March – Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen, German officer (died 1944)
- 7 March – Johannes Wiese, German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace (died 1991)
- 11 March – Karl Krolow, German poet (died 1991)
- 12 March – Reimar Horten, German aircraft pilots (died 1994)
- 13 April:
- Max Jammer, German-born Israeli physicist (died 2010)
- Stephan Hermlin, German poet (died 1997)
- 16 June – Marga Faulstich, German chemist (died 1998)
- 25 August – Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht (died 1944)
- 26 August – Rolf Friedemann Pauls, German diplomat (died 2002)
- 28 August – Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect (died 2005)
- 5 September – Horst Sindermann, German politician (died 1990)
- 6 September – Franz Josef Strauss, German politician (died 1988)
- 15 September – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (died 1996)
- 9 October – Henner Henkel, German tennis champion (died 1942)
- 9 December - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-British operatic soprano (died 2006)
- 13 December – Curd Jürgens, German actor (died 1982)
Deaths
- 4 January – Anton von Werner, German painter (born 1843)
- 9 April – Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist (born 1852)
- 2 May – Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (born 1870)[3]
- 10 May – Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian (born 1856)
- 15 May – Oskar Frenzel, German painter (born 1855)
- 20 June – Emil Rathenau, German entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1838)
- 9 July – Carl Walther, German gunsmith (born 1858)
- 15 July – Joseph Thyssen, German industrialist (born 1844)
- 4 August – Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (born 1846)
- 20 August – Paul Ehrlich, German physician and scientist (born 1854)
- 19 September – David Friedrich Weinland, German zoologist and novelist (born 1829)
- 27 September – Kaspar von Zumbusch, German sculptor (born 1830)
- 15 October – Theodor Boveri, German biologist (born 1862)
- 4 December – Gustav Hollaender, German violinist, composer and conductor (born 1855)
- 19 December – Alois Alzheimer , German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (born 1864)
References
- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | German statesman". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ James, Jeremiah; Steinhauser, Thomas; Hoffmann, Dieter; Friedrich, Bretislav (2011). One Hundred Years at the Intersection of Chemistry and Physics: The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 1911-2011. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 28 and 29. ISBN 978-3-11-023954-6.