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1826 in Germany
Events from the year
1826 in Germany
Incumbents
Kingdoms
Kingdom of Prussia
Monarch âÂÂ
Frederick William III
(16 November 1797 â 7 June 1840)
Kingdom of Bavaria
Monarch -
Ludwig I
(1825âÂÂ1848)
Kingdom of Saxony
Frederick Augustus I
(20 December 1806 â 5 May 1827)
Kingdom of Hanover
George IV
(29 January 1820 â 26 June 1830)
Kingdom of Württemberg
William
(30 October 1816 â 25 June 1864)
Grand Duchies
Grand Duke of Baden
Louis I
(8 December 1818 â 30 March 1830)
Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis I
(14 August 1806 â 6 April 1830)
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Francis I
â (24 April 1785 â 1 February 1837)
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
George
(6 November 1816 â 6 September 1860)
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Peter I
(2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Charles Frederick
(14 June 1828 - 8 July 1853)
Principalities
Schaumburg-Lippe
George William
(13 February 1787 - 1860)
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Friedrich Günther
(28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867)
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
Principality of Lippe
Leopold II
(5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)
Principality of Reuss-Greiz
Heinrich XIX
(29 January 1817 - 31 October 1836)
Waldeck and Pyrmont
George II
(9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845)
Duchies
Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold IV
(9 August 1817 - 22 May 1871)
Duke of Brunswick
Charles II
(16 June 1815 â 9 September 1830)
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke of
Saxe-Hildburghausen
(1780âÂÂ1826) and Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826âÂÂ1834) -
Frederick
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest I
(9 December 1806 â 12 November 1826)
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard II
(24 December 1803âÂÂ20 September 1866)
Events
July âÂÂ
Ludwig van Beethoven
puts the finishing touches on the
String Quartet in C sharp Minor
, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
Ludwig van Beethoven
composes the
GroÃÂe Fuge
.
Births
February 16-
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
, German poet (d.
1888
)
March 29 âÂÂ
Wilhelm Liebknecht
, German journalist, politician (d.
1900
)
August 21 âÂÂ
Carl Gegenbaur
, German anatomist, professor (d.
1903
)
September 17 âÂÂ
Bernhard Riemann
, German mathematician (d.
1866
)
Deaths
March 29 âÂÂ
Johann Heinrich Voss
, German poet (b.
1751
)
April 25 âÂÂ
Karl Ludwig von Phull
, German military leader (b.
1757
)
May 16 âÂÂ
Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna
, consort of
Alexander I of Russia
(b.
1779
)
June 5 âÂÂ
Carl Maria von Weber
, German composer (b.
1786
)
June 7 âÂÂ
Joseph von Fraunhofer
, German optician (b.
1787
)
November 23 âÂÂ
Johann Elert Bode
, German astronomer (b.
1747
)
References