1852 in Germany
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Events from the year 1852 in Germany.
Event
- May 8 – Prussia signs the 1852 London Protocol, a treaty ending the First Schleswig War by nominally returning Schleswig and Holstein to Denmark, while effectively guaranteeing their independence{{Cite web |last=Lesaffer |first=Randall |title=1864 |url=https://opil.ouplaw.com/page/545 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Oxford Public International Law}}{{Cite web |title=Schleswig-Holstein question |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Schleswig-Holstein-question |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Britannica}}
Incumbents
Births
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- January 11 – Constantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1926)
- May 2 – Max von Gallwitz, German general (d. 1937 )
- May 31 -Julius Richard Petri, German bacteriologist (d. 1921 )
- June 25 - Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist (d. 1915 )
- October 9 – Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919 ) December 10
- Felix Graf von Bothmer, German general (d. 1937 )
- December 19 – Albert A. Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931 )
Deaths
- June 21 – Friedrich Fröbel, German pedagogue (b. 1782)
- October 15 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German gymnastics educator (b. 1778 )
- November 17 – Adam Karl August von Eschenmayer, German philosopher (b. 1768 )