1905 in Germany

««« 1904 1903 1902	1905 in Germany	»»» 1906 1907 1908
Decades: 1880s • 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s See also: Other events of 1905 List of years in Germany

Events in the year 1905 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser - Wilhelm II
• Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
• King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden - Frederick I
• Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick V
• Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest

Principalities

• Schaumburg-Lippe - George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
• Principality of Lippe - Alexander, Prince of Lippe with Leopold, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent, to 25 October, then Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (who was previously regent)
• Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (regent Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line)
• Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt - Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
• Duke of Brunswick - Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) - Otto Gleim (acting governor) (1st term) to 31 January, then Jesko von Puttkamer (9th term)
• Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Gustav Adolf von Götzen
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
• German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Theodor Leutwein to 19 August, then Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (acting governor) to November, then Friedrich von Lindequist
• Togoland - Waldemar Horn to 27 July, then Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen

Events

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it.

Births

This section requires expansion.

Deaths

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it.

References

This German history article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e