1859 in Germany explained

Events from the year 1859 in Germany.

Incumbents

• King of Bavaria – Maximilian II
• King of Hanover – George V
• King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
• King of Saxony – John of Saxony

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

• 27 January – Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941)^[1]
• 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)^[2]
• 6 May – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769)^[3]

• 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)^[4]
• 22 October – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
• 16 December – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist, folklorist (b. 1786)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic Figures: Wilhelm II (1859–1941) . BBC History . August 22, 2018.
2. Book: Elke. Frederiksen. Katherine. Goodman. Bettina Brentano-von Arnim: Gender and Politics. Detroit. Wayne State University. 1995. 20. 978-0-81432-516-2.
3. Book: Wulf, Andrea . Andrea Wulf . 2015 . The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science . registration . New York . Knopf . 978-1-84854-898-5. 911240481 . 279.
4. Baedeker, Karl.