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1913 in Germany

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1913 in Germany

Decades:
  
1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s

Events in the year 1913 in Germany.

Contents

National level

  • Kaiser - Wilhelm II
  • Chancellor - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

    • Kingdoms

  • King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria to 5 November, then 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 V
  • 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 XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line to 29 March, then Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, as regent)
  • Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line to 29 March, then 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 - Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent) to 1 November, then Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick from 2 November
  • 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 - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

    • Colonial Governors

  • Cameroon (Kamerun) — Karl Ebermaier (1st term) to 9 October, then ... Full
  • Kiaochow (Kiautschou) — Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
  • German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Albert Heinrich Schnee
  • German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Albert Hahl (2nd term)
  • German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) — Erich Schultz-Ewerth
  • German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Theodor Seitz
  • Togoland — Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg

    • Events

  • May 16 – Eberswalde Hoard discovered
  • June 20 – Bremen school shooting causes the death of five pupils and the wounding of more than 20 other people
  • September 9 – In Oppau, BASF starts the world's first plant for the production of fertilizer based on the Haber-Bosch process, feeding today about a third of the world's population.
  • October 17 – Johannisthal air disaster occurs with an Imperial German Navy's L 2 airship's test flight resulted in the death of all 28 passengers and crew on board

    • References

    1913 in Germany Wikipedia
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