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*[[September 1]] - [[August Stramm]], German playwright and poet (born [[1874 in Germany|1874]]), died in Russia |
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*[[September 19]] - [[David Friedrich Weinland]], German zoologist and novelist. (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]]) |
*[[September 19]] - [[David Friedrich Weinland]], German zoologist and novelist. (born [[1829 in Germany|1829]]) |
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*[[September 27]] - [[Kaspar von Zumbusch]], German sculptor (born [[1830 in Germany|1830]]) |
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*[[October 15]] - [[Theodor Boveri]], German biologist (born [[1862 in Germany|1862]]) |
*[[October 15]] - [[Theodor Boveri]], German biologist (born [[1862 in Germany|1862]]) |
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*[[December 4]] - [[Gustav Hollaender]], German violonist, composer and conductor (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]]) |
*[[December 4]] - [[Gustav Hollaender]], German violonist, composer and conductor (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]]) |
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Events in the year 1915 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria - Ludwig III of Bavaria
- King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
- King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg
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
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- 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.
- Date unknown - German paleontologist Ernst Stromer published an article assigning the specimen to a new genus and species Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.
Births
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- 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)
- 13 April - 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)
- 13 December — Curd Jürgens, German actor (died 1982)
Deaths
- January 4 - Anton von Werner, German painter (born 1843)
- April 9 - Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist (born 1852)
- May 2 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (born 1870)
- May 10 - Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian (born 1856)
- May 15 - Oskar Frenzel, German painter (born 1855)
- June 20 - Emil Rathenau, German entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1838)
- July 9 - Carl Walther, German gunsmith (born 1858)
- July 15 - Joseph Thyssen, German industrialist (born 1844)
- August 4 - Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (born 1846)
- August 20 - Paul Ehrlich, German physician and scientist (born 1854)
- September 1 - August Stramm, German playwright and poet (born 1874), died in Russia
- September 19 - David Friedrich Weinland, German zoologist and novelist. (born 1829)
- September 27 - Kaspar von Zumbusch, German sculptor (born 1830)
- October 15 - Theodor Boveri, German biologist (born 1862)
- December 4 - Gustav Hollaender, German violonist, composer and conductor (born 1855)
- December 19 - Alois Alzheimer , German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (born 1864)
References
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