1837 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany|1837}}Events from the year 1837 in Germany
Incumbents
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840){{Cite web |last=Tikkanen |first=Amy |date=30 July 2018 |title=Federick William III |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-III |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
- Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus (1836–1854)
- Kingdom of Hanover–
- 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837 William IV
- from 20 June Ernest Augustus (1837–1851){{sfn|Van der Kiste|2004|p=189}}
- Kingdom of Württemberg – William (1816–1864)
Events
- June 20 – Queen Victoria, 18, accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom, on the death of her uncle William IV without legitimate heirs (she will reign for more than 63 years).{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820–1840 |accessdate=2007-09-12 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922055840/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |archivedate=September 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }} Under Salic law, the Kingdom of Hanover passes to William's brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, ending the personal union of Britain and Hanover which has persisted since 1714.
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- The 5th century B.C. Berlin Foundry Cup is acquired, for the Antikensammlung Berlin in Germany.
Births
- May 7 – Karl Mauch, German explorer (d. 1875)
- May 9- Adam Opel, German engineer, industrialist (d. 1895)
- June 22- Paul Bachmann, German mathematician (d. 1920)
- September 12 – Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
- October 26 – Carl Koldewey, German explorer famous for the German North Polar Expedition (d. 1908)
- November 5 – Arnold Janssen, German-born Catholic priest, saint (d. 1909)
- December 24- Cosima Wagner, wife of German composer Richard Wagner (d. 1930)
Deaths
- January 8 – Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Great-grandfather of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1752)
- February 19 – Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
- June 20 - William IV King of Hannover (b. 1765)
References
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Bibliography
{{citation
| last = Van der Kiste
| first = John
| author-link = John Van der Kiste
| year = 2004
| title = George III's Children
| edition = revised
| publisher = Sutton Publishing Ltd
| location = Stroud, United Kingdom
| isbn = 978-0-7509-3438-1
}}