1831 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany|1831}} Events from the year 1831 in Germany
Incumbents
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840){{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-III|title=Frederick William III|date=30 July 2018|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836)
- Kingdom of Hanover
- William IV (26 June 1830 to 1837)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- William (1816–1864)
Events
- 2 May - The Polytechnic Institute, today's Leibniz University Hanover established. Founded on 2 May 1831, it is one of the largest and oldest science and technology universities in Germany.uni-hannover.de: [http://www.uni-hannover.de/de/studium Studium], Stand: 15. April 2009
Births
- 7 January – Heinrich von Stephan, German postal union organizer (d. 1897)
- 26 January – Heinrich Anton de Bary, German botanist, mycologist (d. 1888)
- 24 February – Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
- 8 September – Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist (d. 1910)
- 18 September – Siegfried Marcus, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1898)
- 6 October – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
- 18 October – Frederick III, German Emperor (d. 1888)
Deaths
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- 21 January – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781)
- 17 February – Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (b. 1785)
- 25 February – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German dramatist and novelist, originator of Sturm und Drang (born 1752){{Cite book|last1=Ayres|first1=H.M.|url=https://www.bartleby.com/library/bios/3515.html|title=The Reader's Dictionary of Authors|date=1917|publisher=Warner Library Co.|location=New York|chapter=Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831)|accessdate=24 March 2019}}
- 5 August – Sébastien Érard, German-born French instrument maker (b. 1752)
- 24 August – August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
- 28 September – Philippine Engelhard, German writer, scholar (b. 1756)
- 14 November – Georg Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770){{cite book|title=Of men and manners : essays historical and philosophical|last=Quinton|first=Anthony|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199694556|editor-last=Kenny|editor-first=Kenny|location=Oxford|page=63|chapter=Hegel Made Visible}}
- 16 November – Carl von Clausewitz, German military strategist (b. 1780)