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1859 in Germany
Events from the year
1859 in Germany
.
Incumbents
King of Bavaria
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Maximilian II
King of Hanover
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George V
King of Prussia
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Frederick William IV
King of Saxony
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John of Saxony
Events
4 February
â 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
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Wilhelm II of Germany
, last Emperor of Germany and
King of Prussia
(d. 1941 )
3 February
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Hugo Junkers
, German industrialist, aircraft designer (d. 1935)
7 April
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Jacques Loeb
, GermanâÂÂAmerican physiologist, biologist (d. 1924)
25 December
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Ludwig von Estorff
, German general (d. 1943 )
Deaths
20 January
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Bettina von Arnim
, composer and author (born
1785
)
6 May
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Alexander von Humboldt
, German naturalist and geographer (b. 1769)
8 July
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Charlotte von Siebold
, German gynecologist (b. 1788 )
28 September
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Carl Ritter
, German geographer (b. 1779)
4 October
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Karl Baedeker
, German author, publisher (b. 1801)
22 October
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Louis Spohr
, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
16 December
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Wilhelm Grimm
, German philologist, folklorist (b.
1786
)
References