1858 in Germany
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Events from the year 1858 in Germany.
Incumbents[edit]
- King of Bavaria – Maximilian II[1]
- King of Hanover – George V
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – John of Saxony
Events[edit]
- William I of Prussia becomes regent for his brother, Frederick William IV, who has suffered a stroke.
- January 25 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional, after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria 's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal , to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St James's Palace , London.[2]
Births[edit]
- January 10 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator, photographer (d. 1929)
- February 18 – Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924 )
- February 24 - Friedrich Schrempf, German editor, politician (d. 1913)
- March 18 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor, automotive pioneer (d. 1913)
- March 23 – Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
- March 27 – Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, German physician, bacteriologist (d. 1945)
- April 23 – Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)[3]
- July 9 – Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- November 10 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
- December 19 – Adolf Schiel, German-born officer in Boer armed forces (d. 1903)
Deaths[edit]
- February 13 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, economist (b. 1810)
- March 20 – Johannes Gossner, theologian and philanthropist (b. 1810)[4]
- June 3 – Julius Reubke, German composer (b. 1834)
- December 13 – Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher, German botanist (b. 1799 )
References[edit]
- ^ William Harrison De Puy (1881). The People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge...Down to the Year 1881. p. 916.
- ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Accademia nazionale dei Lincei (2001). Max Planck, L'inizio Della Nuova Fisica: Convegno Internazionale. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. p. 13. ISBN 978-88-218-0848-7.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gossner, Johannes Evangelista". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
