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*16 April – The [[German Empire]] annexes the island of [[Nauru]] |
*16 April – The [[German Empire]] annexes the island of [[Nauru]] |
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*15 June – [[Wilhelm II]] becomes German Emperor after the death of his father, [[Friedrich III, German Emperor|Friedrich III]]. |
*15 June – [[Wilhelm II]] becomes German Emperor after the death of his father, [[Friedrich III, German Emperor|Friedrich III]]. |
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*August – In early August 1888,<ref>Winfried A. Seidel: ''Carl Benz. Eine badische Geschichte''. Edition Diesbach, Weinheim 2005, {{ISBN|3-936468-29-X}}., page 43</ref> without her husband's knowledge, [[Bertha Benz]], with her sons Richard (aged 14) and Eugen (aged 15), drove in Benz's newly constructed [[Benz Patent-Motorwagen|Patent Motorwagen]] No. 3 automobile, from Mannheim to her own birthplace, Pforzheim, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over more than a very short distance |
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*13 December – [[Heinrich Hertz]] presents his report on the discovery of electromagnetic radiation to the Berlin Academy of Sciences |
*13 December – [[Heinrich Hertz]] presents his report on the discovery of electromagnetic radiation to the Berlin Academy of Sciences |
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* undated - [[Karl Benz]], inventor of the modern automobile, had to receive written permission [[driver's licence]] from the [[Gr |
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==Births== |
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* [[4 January]] – [[Walther Kossel]], German physicist (died [[1956 in Germany|1956]]) |
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* [[8 January]] – [[Richard Courant]], German mathematician (died [[1972 in the United States|1972]]) |
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* [[14 January]] — [[Karl Badberger]], architect (date of death unknown) |
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* [[24 January]] – [[Ernst Heinkel]], German aircraft designer (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]]) |
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* [[8 February]] – [[Jakob Kaiser]], German politician (died [[1961 in Germany|1961]]) |
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* [[12 February]] – [[Hans Graf von Sponeck]], German general (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[14 February]] – [[Hermann Reinecke]], Wehrmacht general (died [[1973 in Germany|1973]]) |
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* [[17 February]] — [[Otto Stern]], German physicist and [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died [[1969 in the United States|1969]]) |
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* [[27 February]] — [[Lotte Lehmann]], German soprano (died [[1976 in the United States|1976]]) |
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* [[12 March]] – [[Hans Knappertsbusch]], German conductor (died [[1965 in Germany|1965]]) |
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** [[Peretz Naftali]], German-born Israeli politician (died [[1961 in Israel|1961]]) |
** [[Peretz Naftali]], German-born Israeli politician (died [[1961 in Israel|1961]]) |
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** [[Hermann Reinecke]], [[Wehrmacht]] general and convicted war criminal (died [[1973 in Germany|1973]]) |
** [[Hermann Reinecke]], [[Wehrmacht]] general and convicted war criminal (died [[1973 in Germany|1973]]) |
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* [[19 March]] |
* [[19 March]] — [[Josef Albers]], German-American artist (died [[1976 in the United States|1976]]) |
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* [[1 April]] – [[Hermann Pünder]], German politician (died [[1976 in Germany|1976]]) |
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* [[6 April]] – [[Hans Richter (artist)|Hans Richter]], German painter and graphic artist (died [[1976 in Germany|1976]]) |
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* [[17 April]] — [[Herms Niel]], German composer (died [[1954 in Germany|1954]]) |
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* [[4 May]] – [[Rudolf Arnold Nieberding]], German politician (died [[1912 in Germany|1912]]) |
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* [[12 May]] – [[Fritz Schäffer]], German politician (died [[1967 in Germany|1967]]) |
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* [[13 May]] – [[Alfred Braun]], German actor and film director (died [[1978 in Germany|1978]]) |
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* [[30 June]] – [[Rudolf Amelunxen]], German politician (died [[1969 in Germany|1969]]) |
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* [[11 July]] – [[Carl Schmitt]], German jurist and political theorist (died [[1985 in Germany|1985]]) |
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* [[15 July]] – [[Ernst von Harnack]], German politician (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]]) |
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* [[24 July]] — [[Hermann von Bönninghausen]], German athlete and soldier in World War I (died [[1919 in Germany|1919]]) |
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* [[27 July]] – [[Prince Oskar of Prussia]], German nobleman (died [[1958 in Germany|1958]]) |
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* [[3 August]] – [[Ferdinand von Lüninck]], German officer (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[30 August]] – [[Walther Penck]], German geologist and geomorphologist (died [[1923 in Germany|1923]]) |
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* [[3 September]] – [[Hans-Friedrich Blunck]], German jurist and writer (died [[1961 in Germany|1961]]) |
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* [[4 September]] — [[Oskar Schlemmer]], German painter, sculptor and choreographer (died [[1943 in Germany|1943]]) |
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* [[29 September]] – [[Michael Graf von Matuschka]], German politician (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[4 October]] – [[Friedrich Olbricht]], German general (died [[1944 in Germany|1944]]) |
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* [[8 October]] – [[Friedrich Fromm]], German general (died [[1945 in Germany|1945]]) |
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* [[7 November]] – [[Karl Ritter (director)|Karl Ritter]], German film producer (died [[1977 in Germany|1977]]) |
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* [[11 November]] – [[Hans von Salmuth]], German general (died [[1962 in Germany|1962]]) |
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* [[11 December]] – [[Wilhelm Kühne (aviator)|Wilhelm Kühne]], German pilot (died [[1918 in Germany|1918]]) |
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* [[20 December]] — [[Yitzhak Baer]], Israeli historian (died [[1980 in Israel|1980]]) |
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* [[27 December]] – [[Thea von Harbou]], German actress, novelist and film director (died [[1954 in Germany|1954]]) |
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* [[28 December]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau]], German film director (died [[1931 in Germany|1931]]) |
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* [[19 February]] – [[Karl Bartsch]], German medievalist (born [[1832 in Germany|1832]]) |
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* [[9 March]] – [[William I, German Emperor|William I]], [[Kaiser|Emperor]] of [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[List of rulers of Prussia|King]] of [[Prussia]] (born [[1797 in Germany|1797]]) |
* [[9 March]] – [[William I, German Emperor|William I]], [[Kaiser|Emperor]] of [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[List of rulers of Prussia|King]] of [[Prussia]] (born [[1797 in Germany|1797]]) |
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* [[11 March]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen]], German mayor and cooperative pioneer.(born [[1818 in Germany|1818]]) |
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* [[16 April]] — [[Friedrich Grillo]], German industrialist (born [[1825 in Germany|1825]]) |
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* [[5 April]] – [[Eduard Karl August Riehm]], German Protestant theologian (born [[1830 in Germany|1830]]) |
* [[5 April]] – [[Eduard Karl August Riehm]], German Protestant theologian (born [[1830 in Germany|1830]]) |
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* [[15 June]] — [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]], [[Kaiser|Emperor]] of [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[List of rulers of Prussia|King]] of [[Prussia]] (born [[1831 in Germany|1831]]) |
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* [[20 June]] — [[Karl Friedrich August Kahnis]], German Protestant theologian (born [[1814 in Germany|1814]]) |
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* [[20 June]] - [[Princess Marie of Prussia (1855–1888)|Princess Marie of Prussia]], Prussian princess (born [[1855 in Germany|1855]]) |
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* [[4 July]] – [[Theodor Storm]], German writer (born [[1817 in Germany|1817]]) |
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* [[20 July]] – [[Paul Langerhans]] German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (born [[1847 in Germany|1847]]) |
* [[20 July]] – [[Paul Langerhans]] German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (born [[1847 in Germany|1847]]) |
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* [[23 July]] – [[Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard]], German Protestant theologian (born [[1818 in Germany|1818]]) |
* [[23 July]] – [[Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard]], German Protestant theologian (born [[1818 in Germany|1818]]) |
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* [[24 August]] — [[Rudolf Clausius]], German physicist and mathematician (born [[1822 in Germany|1822]]) |
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* [[25 August]] - [[Karl Heine]], German lawyer and entrepreneur (born [[1819 in Germany|1819]]) |
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* [[28 August]] — [[Georg Beseler]], German politician and jurist (born [[1809 in Germany|1809]]) |
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* [[12 September]] — [[August von Werder]], German general (born [[1808 in Germany|1808]]) |
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* [[3 December]] – [[Carl Zeiss]], German entrepreneur and scientist (born [[1816 in Germany|1816]]) |
* [[3 December]] – [[Carl Zeiss]], German entrepreneur and scientist (born [[1816 in Germany|1816]]) |
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Events in the year 1888 in Germany, the 'Year of the Three Emperors'.
Incumbents
National level
- Kaiser – William I to 9 March, then Frederick III to 15 June, then Wilhelm II
- Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia – William I to 9 March, then Frederick III to 15 June, then Wilhelm II (all Kaisers of the German Empire)
- 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
- 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 (1st term) to 17 January, then Julius Freiherr von Soden (2nd term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Karl Peters (administrator) to 8 February, then Hermann Wissmann (commissioner) (1st term)
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Georg Freiherr von Schleinitz to 1 March, then Reinhold Kraetke (both Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Heinrich Ernst Göring (acting commissioner)
- Togoland – Jesko von Puttkamer (acting commissioner) (1st term) to 17 October, then Eugen von Zimmerer (commissioner)
- Wituland (Deutsch-Witu) – Gustav Denhardt (resident)
Events
- 9 March – Emperor Wilhelm I dies at the age of 90 in Berlin. He is succeeded by his oldest son Friedrich Wilhelm, who becomes Friedrich III.
- 16 April – The German Empire annexes the island of Nauru
- 15 June – Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor after the death of his father, Friedrich III.
- August – In early August 1888,[1] without her husband's knowledge, Bertha Benz, with her sons Richard (aged 14) and Eugen (aged 15), drove in Benz's newly constructed Patent Motorwagen No. 3 automobile, from Mannheim to her own birthplace, Pforzheim, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over more than a very short distance
- 13 December – Heinrich Hertz presents his report on the discovery of electromagnetic radiation to the Berlin Academy of Sciences
- undated - Karl Benz, inventor of the modern automobile, had to receive written permission driver's licence from the [[Gr
Literature
- 'Theses on Feuerbach' by Karl Marx is published posthumously
Music
- Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata in D Minor (opus 108)
- Max Reger – String Quartet in D minor (with double bass obbligato; without op.) (1888–89)
- Joseph Rheinberger — Organ Sonata No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 154
- Richard Strauss
- Don Juan, Macbeth (first version)
- Carl Maria von Weber's opera Die drei Pintos completed posthumously by Theodor Hell
Sport
- Establishment of association football clubs BFC Germania, TGM SV Jügesheim and KBC Duisburg
Miscellaneous
- First buildings of the Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil opened
Births
- 4 January – Walther Kossel, German physicist (died 1956)
- 8 January – Richard Courant, German mathematician (died 1972)
- 14 January — Karl Badberger, architect (date of death unknown)
- 24 January – Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (died 1958)
- 8 February – Jakob Kaiser, German politician (died 1961)
- 12 February – Hans Graf von Sponeck, German general (died 1944)
- 14 February – Hermann Reinecke, Wehrmacht general (died 1973)
- 17 February — Otto Stern, German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
- 27 February — Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (died 1976)
- 12 March – Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (died 1965)
- 14 March:
- Peretz Naftali, German-born Israeli politician (died 1961)
- Hermann Reinecke, Wehrmacht general and convicted war criminal (died 1973)
- 19 March — Josef Albers, German-American artist (died 1976)
- 1 April – Hermann Pünder, German politician (died 1976)
- 6 April – Hans Richter, German painter and graphic artist (died 1976)
- 17 April — Herms Niel, German composer (died 1954)
- 4 May – Rudolf Arnold Nieberding, German politician (died 1912)
- 12 May – Fritz Schäffer, German politician (died 1967)
- 13 May – Alfred Braun, German actor and film director (died 1978)
- 30 June – Rudolf Amelunxen, German politician (died 1969)
- 11 July – Carl Schmitt, German jurist and political theorist (died 1985)
- 15 July – Ernst von Harnack, German politician (died 1945)
- 24 July — Hermann von Bönninghausen, German athlete and soldier in World War I (died 1919)
- 27 July – Prince Oskar of Prussia, German nobleman (died 1958)
- 3 August – Ferdinand von Lüninck, German officer (died 1944)
- 30 August – Walther Penck, German geologist and geomorphologist (died 1923)
- 3 September – Hans-Friedrich Blunck, German jurist and writer (died 1961)
- 4 September — Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor and choreographer (died 1943)
- 29 September – Michael Graf von Matuschka, German politician (died 1944)
- 4 October – Friedrich Olbricht, German general (died 1944)
- 8 October – Friedrich Fromm, German general (died 1945)
- 7 November – Karl Ritter, German film producer (died 1977)
- 11 November – Hans von Salmuth, German general (died 1962)
- 11 December – Wilhelm Kühne, German pilot (died 1918)
- 20 December — Yitzhak Baer, Israeli historian (died 1980)
- 27 December – Thea von Harbou, German actress, novelist and film director (died 1954)
- 28 December – Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (died 1931)
Deaths
- 19 February – Karl Bartsch, German medievalist (born 1832)
- 9 March – William I, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (born 1797)
- 11 March – Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, German mayor and cooperative pioneer.(born 1818)
- 16 April — Friedrich Grillo, German industrialist (born 1825)
- 5 April – Eduard Karl August Riehm, German Protestant theologian (born 1830)
- 15 June — Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (born 1831)
- 20 June — Karl Friedrich August Kahnis, German Protestant theologian (born 1814)
- 20 June - Princess Marie of Prussia, Prussian princess (born 1855)
- 4 July – Theodor Storm, German writer (born 1817)
- 20 July – Paul Langerhans German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (born 1847)
- 23 July – Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard, German Protestant theologian (born 1818)
- 24 August — Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (born 1822)
- 25 August - Karl Heine, German lawyer and entrepreneur (born 1819)
- 28 August — Georg Beseler, German politician and jurist (born 1809)
- 12 September — August von Werder, German general (born 1808)
- 3 December – Carl Zeiss, German entrepreneur and scientist (born 1816)
- ^ Winfried A. Seidel: Carl Benz. Eine badische Geschichte. Edition Diesbach, Weinheim 2005, ISBN 3-936468-29-X., page 43