1859 in Germany
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Events from the year 1859 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- 4 February – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt.
Births
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- 27 January – Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941 ){{cite web |title=Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859–1941) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilhelm_kaiser_ii.shtml |website=BBC History |accessdate=August 22, 2018}}
- 3 February – Hugo Junkers, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935)
- 7 April – Jacques Loeb, German–American physiologist, biologist (d. 1924)
- 25 December – Ludwig von Estorff, German general (d. 1943 )
Deaths
- 20 January – Bettina von Arnim, composer and author (born 1785){{cite book|first1=Elke|last1=Frederiksen|first2=Katherine|last2=Goodman|title=Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics|location=Detroit|publisher=Wayne State University|year=1995|page=20|isbn=978-0-81432-516-2}}
- 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769){{ cite book | last=Wulf | first=Andrea | author-link=Andrea Wulf | year=2015 | title=The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science | url=https://archive.org/details/inventionofnatur0000wulf | url-access=registration | location=New York | publisher= Knopf | isbn=978-1-84854-898-5|oclc=911240481 | page=279}}
- 8 July – Charlotte von Siebold, German gynecologist (b. 1788 )
- 28 September – Carl Ritter, German geographer (b. 1779)
- 4 October – Karl Baedeker, German author, publisher (b. 1801){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Baedeker, Karl}}
- 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
- 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786){{Cite ADB|9|690|695|Grimm, Wilhelm (Karl)|Wilhelm Scherer|ADB:Grimm, Wilhelm}}