1846 in Germany
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig I.
- King of Hanover – Ernest Augustus{{sfn|Van der Kiste|2004|p=189}}
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus II
Births
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- February 9 – Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (d. 1929)
- March 24 – Karl von Bülow, German field marshal (d. 1921)
- May 20 – Alexander von Kluck, German general (d. 1934)Franz Weigl: Unsere Führer im Weltkrieg. Kösel, Kempten 1915. S. 184.
- December 17 – Max von Hausen, German general (d. 1922)Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939 (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993)
Deaths
- March 17 – Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1784){{Cite journal | doi = 10.1002/asna.18460240402 | title = Bessel's Tod | language = de| trans-title = Bessel's death| journal = Astronomische Nachrichten | volume = 24 | issue = 556| pages = 49–52 | year = 1846 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-qAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA50| bibcode = 1846AN.....24...49B| last1 = Bessel | first1 = Friedrich Wilhelm | url-access = subscription }}
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
}}
{{Year in Europe|1846}}