Events in the year 1844 in Germany.
Incumbents
- King of Bavaria – Ludwig I
- King of Hanover – Ernest Augustus
- King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
- King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus II
- King of Württemberg – William I of Württemberg
- Grand Duke of Baden – Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Events
- 15 March – opening of Gößnitz station
Undated
Establishments
Births
- 3 January – Hermann Eggert, German architect (died 1920)
- 16 January – Paul Singer, German politician (died 1911)
- 14 February – Joseph Thyssen, German industrialist (died 1915)
- 10 March – Karl Gutbrod, German judge (died 1905)
- 25 March – Adolf Engler, German botanist (died 1930)
- 3 April – Georg Ratzinger, priest and politician (died 1899)
- 30 April – Carl von Thieme, German banker (died 1924)
- 17 May – Julius Wellhausen, biblical scholar (died 1918)
- 6 August – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1900)
- 30 August – Friedrich Ratzel, German geographer and ethnographer (died 1904)
- 13 September – Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general (died 1936)
- 15 October – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist (died 1900)[1]
- 24 November – Friedrich Jolly, neurologist (died 1904)
- 25 November – Carl Benz, German engine designer and automobile engineer (died 1929)[2]
Deaths
- 8 March – Theresia Anna Maria von Brühl, pastellist (born 1784)
- 11 May – Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs, apothecary and natural history collector (born 1792)[3]
- 16 May – Joseph Knauer, Bishop of Wroclaw (born 1764)[4]
- 4 August – Christian Friedrich Illgen, Protestant theologian (born 1786)
References
- ^ "Nietzsche: The Man and His Philosophy". The Journal of Philosophy. 64 (7): 215–219. Cambridge University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-521-64091-6. JSTOR 2024055
- ^ Friedrich Schildberger (1968). Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach and Karl Benz. Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft. p. 59.
- ^ Baker, Marian (December 2007). "Ludwig Krebs: A naturalist's observations of the Sixth Frontier War (1834-5)". Military History Journal. 14 (2)
- ^ Franz Heinrich Reusch: Knauer, Joseph. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 269 f, https://de.m.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Knauer,_Joseph.