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1890 in Germany

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Events in the year 1890 in Germany.

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Events

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  • 5 February – German company Allianz is founded in Berlin.{{cite book |author=Werner Meyer-Larsen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDjSAAAAIAAJ&q=Allianz+AG+February+5,+1890 |title=Germany, Inc: the new German juggernaut and its challenge to world business |publisher=John Wiley |year=2000 |isbn=9780471353577 |page=130 |access-date=16 July 2013}}
  • 20 February – German federal election, 1890.{{Cite journal |last=Dunning |first=Wm. A. |date=1890 |title=Record of Political Events |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2139573 |journal=Political Science Quarterly |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=380–381 |doi=10.2307/2139573 |issn=0032-3195 |jstor=2139573|url-access=subscription }}Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}
  • 20 March - Leo von Caprivi shift begins
  • 20 March – Bismarck cabinet ends.
  • 30 April - Founding of the German Naval League
  • May - Introduction of the Old Age and Disability Insurance Law
  • 31 May — The Ulm Minster is completed as the world's tallest cathedral.
  • 1 July — Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty. Germany receives Heligoland and the Caprivi Strip from the United Kingdom and a free hand to control and acquire the coast of Dar es Salaam. In return, Germany renounces its protectorate over Wituland (part of modern-day Kenya) and pledges not to interfere in the actions of the UK vis-à-vis the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The U.K. cedes sovereignty of the Heligoland archipelago to Germany.
  • 16 July - German company Mannesmann is founded in Düsseldorf.
  • August — Kaiser Wilhelm and Tsar Alexander III of Russia meet at Narva.

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Category:Years of the 19th century in Germany