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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.

[1] "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[2] "Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | German statesman". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[3] 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.

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 ===National level===
-* [[Kaiser]] - [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
+* [[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>
-* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] - [[Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg]]
+* [[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>
 ===State level===
 ====Kingdoms====
-* [[King of Bavaria]] - [[Ludwig III of Bavaria]]
+* [[King of Bavaria]] – [[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]]
-* [[List of rulers of Prussia|King of Prussia]] - Kaiser Wilhelm II
+* [[List of rulers of Prussia|King of Prussia]] – Wilhelm II
-* [[King of Saxony]] - [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony]]
+* [[King of Saxony]] – [[Frederick Augustus III of Saxony|Frederick Augustus III]]
-* [[King of Württemberg]] - [[William II of Württemberg]]
+* [[King of Württemberg]] – [[William II of Württemberg|William II]]
 ====Grand Duchies====
-* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] - [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick II]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Baden]] – [[Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden|Frederick II]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] - [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Ernest Louis]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Hesse]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse|Ernest Louis]]
-* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] - [[Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis IV]]
+* [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] – [[Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Frederick Francis IV]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] - [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Adolphus Frederick VI]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] – [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|Adolphus Frederick VI]]
-* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] - [[Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Frederick Augustus II]]
+* [[Grand Duke of Oldenburg]] – [[Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg|Frederick Augustus II]]
-* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] - [[William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|William Ernest]]
+* [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] – [[William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|William Ernest]]
 ====Principalities====
-* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] - [[Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
+* [[Schaumburg-Lippe]] – [[Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
-* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] - [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg]]
+* [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] – [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg]]
-* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
+* [[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
-* [[Principality of Lippe]] -  [[Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe]]
+* [[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 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
+* [[Reuss Younger Line]] – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
-* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] - [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
+* [[Waldeck (state)|Waldeck and Pyrmont]] – [[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
 ====Duchies====
-* [[Duke of Anhalt]] - [[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt]]
+* [[Duke of Anhalt]] – [[Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt]]
-* [[Duke of Brunswick]] - [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick]]
+* [[Duke of Brunswick]] – [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick]]
-* [[Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] - [[Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]]
+* [[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-Coburg and Gotha]] – [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
-* [[Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] - [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]]
+* [[Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] – [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]]
 ====Colonial Governors====
-* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) — [[Karl Ebermaier]] ''(2nd and final term)''
+* [[Kamerun|Cameroon]] (Kamerun) – [[Karl Ebermaier]] ''(2nd and final term)''
-* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — [[Albert Heinrich Schnee]]
+* [[German East Africa]] (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – [[Albert Heinrich Schnee]]
-* [[German South-West Africa]] (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — [[Theodor Seitz]] to 15 July
+* [[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]].
-{{Expand section|date=October 2011}}
+*[[20 August]] &ndash; An [[auto parts]], [[electronics]] and other manufacturing brand, [[ZF Friedrichshafen]] was founded, as predecessor name was Zepernicker Zahnradfabrik.{{page needed|date=July 2020}}
-*9 July — German forces in [[German South-West Africa]] (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) capitulate and the territory is occupied by [[South Africa]].
-* German geophysicist [[Alfred Wegener]] publishes his theory of [[Pangea]], which he calls Urkontinent.
+===Undated===
-* Date unknown - German paleontologist [[Ernst Stromer]] published an article assigning the specimen to a new genus and species [[Spinosaurus aegyptiacus]].
+*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==
-{{Expand section|date=July 2011}}
 {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
-* 22 January - [[Heinrich Albertz]], German politician (died [[1993 in Germany|1993]])
+* [[22 January]] – [[Heinrich Albertz]], German politician (died [[1993 in Germany|1993]])
-* 27 January - [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]], German actor (died [[1994 in Germany|1994]])
+* [[27 January]] – [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]], German actor (died [[1994 in Germany|1994]])
-* 14 February - [[Georg Thomalla]], German actor (died [[1999 in Germany|1999]])
+* [[14 February]] – [[Georg Thomalla]], German actor (died [[1999 in Germany|1999]])
-* 7 March - [[Johannes Wiese]], German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace  (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
+* [[21 February]] – [[Roland von Hößlin]], German officer (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
-* 11 March - [[Karl Krolow]], German poet (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
+* [[6 March]] – [[Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen]], German officer (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
-* 12 March - [[Reimar Horten]], German aircraft pilots (died [1994]])
+* [[7 March]] – [[Johannes Wiese]], German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
-* 13 April — [[Max Jammer]], German-born Israeli physicist (died [[2010 in Israel|2010]])
+* [[11 March]] – [[Karl Krolow]], German poet (died [[1991 in Germany|1991]])
-* 13 April - [[Stephan Hermlin]], German poet (died [[1997 in Germany|1997]])
+* [[12 March]] – [[Reimar Horten]], German aircraft pilots (died [[1994 in Argentina|1994]])
+* [[13 April]]:
-* 16 June - [[Marga Faulstich]], German chemist (died [[1998 in Germany|1998]])
-* 25 August -[[Georg von Boeselager]], German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
+** [[Max Jammer]], German-born Israeli physicist (died [[2010 in Israel|2010]])
-* 28 August - [[Paul Schneider-Esleben]], German architect (died [[2005 in Germany|2005]])
+** [[Stephan Hermlin]], German poet (died [[1997 in Germany|1997]])
-* 5 September - [[Horst Sindermann]], German politician (died [[1990 in Germany|1990]])
+* [[16 June]] – [[Marga Faulstich]], German chemist (died [[1998 in Germany|1998]])
-* 6 September - [[Franz Josef Strauss]], German politician (died [[1988 in Germany|1988]])
+* [[25 August]] – [[Georg von Boeselager]], German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]])
-* 15 September - [[Helmut Schön]], German football player and manager (died [[1996 in Germany|1996]])
+* [[26 August]] – [[Rolf Friedemann Pauls]], German diplomat (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]])
-* 9 October — [[Henner Henkel]], German tennis champion (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
+* [[28 August]] – [[Paul Schneider-Esleben]], German architect (died [[2005 in Germany|2005]])
-* 13 December — [[Curd Jürgens]], German actor (died [[1982 in Germany|1982]])
+* [[5 September]] – [[Horst Sindermann]], German politician (died [[1990 in Germany|1990]])
+* [[6 September]] – [[Franz Josef Strauss]], German politician (died [[1988 in Germany|1988]])
+* [[15 September]] – [[Helmut Schön]], German football player and manager (died [[1996 in Germany|1996]])
+* [[9 October]] – [[Henner Henkel]], German tennis champion (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
+* [[9 December]] - [[Elisabeth Schwarzkopf]], German-British operatic soprano (died [[2006 in the United Kingdom|2006]])
+* [[13 December]] – [[Curd Jürgens]], German actor (died [[1982 in Germany|1982]])
+{{div col end}}
 ==Deaths==
-*[[January 4]] - [[Anton von Werner]], German painter (born [[1843 in Germany|1843]])
-*[[April 9]] - [[Friedrich Loeffler]], German bacteriologist (born [[1852 in Germany|1852]])
-*[[May 2]] - [[Clara Immerwahr]], German chemist (born [[1870 in Germany|1870]])
-*[[May 10]] - [[Karl Gotthard Lamprecht]], German historian (born [[1856 in Germany|1856]])
-*[[May 15]] - [[Oskar Frenzel]], German painter (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]])
-*[[June 20]] - [[Emil Rathenau]], German entrepreneur and industrialist (born [[1838 in Germany|1838]])
-*[[July 9]] - [[Carl Walther]], German gunsmith (born [[1858 in Germany|1858]])
-*[[July 15]] - [[Joseph Thyssen]], German industrialist (born [[1844 in Germany|1844]])
-*[[August 4]] - [[Richard Kiepert]], German cartographer (born [[1846 in Germany|1846]])
-*[[August 20]] - [[Paul Ehrlich]], German physician and scientist (born [[1854 in Germany|1854]])
-*[[September 1]] - [[August Stramm]], German playwright and poet (born [[1874 in Germany|1874]]), died in Russia
-*[[September 19]] - [[David Friedrich Weinland]], German zoologist and novelist. (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]])
-*[[October 15]] - [[Theodor Boveri]], German biologist (born [[1862 in Germany|1862]])
-*[[December 4]] - [[Gustav Hollaender]], German violonist, composer and conductor (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]])
-*[[December 19]] - [[Alois Alzheimer]] , German psychiatrist and neuropathologist  (born [[1864 in Germany|1864]])
 {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
+*[[4 January]] – [[Anton von Werner]], German painter (born [[1843 in Germany|1843]])
+*[[9 April]] – [[Friedrich Loeffler]], German bacteriologist (born [[1852 in Germany|1852]])
+*[[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>
+*[[10 May]] – [[Karl Gotthard Lamprecht]], German historian (born [[1856 in Germany|1856]])
+*[[15 May]] – [[Oskar Frenzel]], German painter (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]])
+*[[20 June]] – [[Emil Rathenau]], German entrepreneur and industrialist (born [[1838 in Germany|1838]])
+*[[9 July]] – [[Carl Walther]], German gunsmith (born [[1858 in Germany|1858]])
+*[[15 July]] – [[Joseph Thyssen]], German industrialist (born [[1844 in Germany|1844]])
+*[[4 August]] – [[Richard Kiepert]], German cartographer (born [[1846 in Germany|1846]])
+*[[20 August]] – [[Paul Ehrlich]], German physician and scientist (born [[1854 in Germany|1854]])
+*[[19 September]] – [[David Friedrich Weinland]], German zoologist and novelist (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]])
+*[[27 September]] – [[Kaspar von Zumbusch]], German sculptor (born [[1830 in Germany|1830]])
+*[[15 October]] – [[Theodor Boveri]], German biologist (born [[1862 in Germany|1862]])
+*[[4 December]] – [[Gustav Hollaender]], German violinist, composer and conductor (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]])
+*[[19 December]] – [[Alois Alzheimer]], German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (born [[1864 in Germany|1864]])
 {{div col end}}
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-[[Category:1915 by country]]
+[[Category:1915 by country|Germany]]
-[[Category:1915 in Europe]]
+[[Category:1915 in Europe|Germany]]
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