1824 in Germany
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Events from the year 1824 in Germany
Incumbents[edit]
Kingdoms[edit]
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)[1]
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827)
- Kingdom of Hanover
- George IV (29 January 1820 – 26 June 1830)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- William (30 October 1816 – 25 June 1864)
Grand Duchies[edit]
- Grand Duke of Baden
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)[2]
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Charles Frederick (14 June 1828 - 8 July 1853)
Principalities[edit]
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- George William (13 February 1787 - 1860)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867)[4]
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
- Principality of Lippe
- Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)[5]
- Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Heinrich XIX (29 January 1817 - 31 October 1836)[6]
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- George II (9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845)
Duchies[edit]
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- Leopold IV (9 August 1817 - 22 May 1871)[7]
- Duke of Brunswick
- Charles II (16 June 1815 – 9 September 1830)[8]
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick[2]
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard II (24 December 1803–20 September 1866)[10]
- Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- Frederick William (25 March 1816 – 6 July 1825)[11]
Events[edit]
- May 7 – Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the "Choral") premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. The deaf composer has to be turned around on the stage, to witness the enthusiastic audience reaction.
- German shipping company F. Laeisz of Hamburg, producer of the Flying P-Liner sailing ships, is established.
- The Kurhaus of Baden-Baden in Germany is designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner.
- Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf established
Births[edit]
- March 12 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
- March 22 – Charles Pfizer, German-American chemist, co-founder of Pfizer (d. 1906)
- March 27 – Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, German physicist (d. 1914)
- June 7 – Bernhard von Gudden, German neuroanatomist, psychiatrist (d. 1886)
- August 26 – Marie Simon, German nurse (d. 1877)[12]
- November 24 – Frederick Miller, German-born American brewer, businessman (d. 1888)
Deaths[edit]
- January 29 – Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, wife of Charles Edward Stuart (b. 1752)
- February 9 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, German Augustinian Canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (b. 1774)
- May 15 – Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen, German statesman (b. 1763)
References[edit]
- ^ Tikkanen, Amy (30 July 2018). "Federick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 38.
- ^ Bogue, David (1852). The Men of the Time in 1852, Or, Sketches of Living Notables. G. Barclay. pp. 287.
- ^ "Monarchies of Europe". Archived from the original on 14 June 2007.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha (87th ed.). Justus Perthes. 1850. p. 38.
- ^ "House of Reuss". European Heraldry. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha. 1867. p. 3.
- ^ Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 751.
- ^ "Biografie Georg I (German)". Meininger Museen. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1829) [1st pub.:1801]. Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Stats-Calender for Aaret 1829 [Court and State Calendar of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1829] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p. 5, 8, 51. Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- ^ Venske, Ruth (25 August 2009). "Biografie von Marie Simon (1824-1877)" [Biography of Marie Simon (1824-1877)]. Sächsische Biografie (in German). Retrieved 26 August 2023.