Events from the year 1827 in Germany
Incumbents
Kingdoms
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)[1]
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Monarch - Ludwig I (1825–1848)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827)
- Anthony (5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836)
- Kingdom of Hanover
- George IV (29 January 1820 – 26 June 1830)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- William (30 October 1816 – 25 June 1864)
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)[2]
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 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)[4]
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 – 19 August 1835)
- Principality of Lippe
- Leopold II (5 November 1802 – 1 January 1851)[5]
- Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Heinrich XIX (29 January 1817 – 31 October 1836)[6]
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- George II (9 September 1813 – 15 May 1845)
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- Leopold IV (9 August 1817 – 22 May 1871)[7]
- Duke of Brunswick
- Charles II (16 June 1815 – 9 September 1830)[8]
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) and Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1834) - Frederick[2]
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard II (24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866)[10]
Events
- 26 March – German composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, after a prolonged illness. Thousands of citizens line the streets for the funeral procession 3 days later.[citation needed]
Births
- 8 March – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1888)
- 13 June – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer, businessman (d. 1882)
- 27 September – Georgiana Archer, German (originally Scottish) women's rights activist and educator (d. 1882)
- 1 November – Friedrich Haase, German actor (d. 1911)
- 17 December – Baron Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Governor of the Duchy of Bucovina, member of the Herrenhaus (d. 1893)
Deaths
- 5 January – Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, heir-presumptive to the British throne (b. 1763)
- 19 January – Ludwig von Brauchitsch, Prussian general (b. 1757)
- 26 March – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
- 5 May – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
- 7 November – Maria Theresia of Tuscany, Queen of Saxony (b. 1767)
References
- ^ Tikkanen, Amy (30 July 2018). "Federick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 38.
- ^ Bogue, David (1852). The Men of the Time in 1852, Or, Sketches of Living Notables. G. Barclay. pp. 287
- ^ "Monarchies of Europe". Archived from the original on 14 June 2007.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha. 87th ed. Justus Perthes. 1850. p. 38.
- ^ "House of Reuss". European Heraldry. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha. 1867. p. 3.
- ^ Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766.
- ^ Vol. 9. p. 751.
- ^ "Biografie Georg I (German)". Meininger Museen. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.