Events from the year 1858 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- January 10 â Heinrich Zille, German illustrator, photographer (d. 1929)
- February 18 â Wilhelm Schmidt, German pioneer of superheated steam for use in locomotives (d. 1924 )
- February 24 - Friedrich Schrempf, German editor, politician (d. 1913)
- March 18 â Rudolf Diesel, German inventor, automotive pioneer (d. 1913)
- March 23 â Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
- March 27 â Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, German physician, bacteriologist (d. 1945)
- April 23 â Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
- July 9 â Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- November 10 â Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)
- December 19 â Adolf Schiel, German-born officer in Boer armed forces (d. 1903)
Deaths
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