1883 in Germany

National level • Emperor – William I • Chancellor – Otto von Bismarck State level Kingdoms • King of Bavaria – Ludwig II • King of Prussia – William I • King of Saxony – Albert • King of Württemberg – Charles Grand Duchies • Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I • Grand Duke of Hesse – Louis IV • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis II • Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William • Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Peter II • Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Charles Alexander Principalities • Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen • Principality of Lippe – Woldemar, Prince of Lippe • Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz • Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line • Waldeck and Pyrmont – George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Duchies • Duke of Anhalt – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt • Duke of Brunswick – William, Duke of Brunswick • Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg • Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ==Events==

• 12 May – A German merchant Adolf Lüderitz purchases and takes possession of land in South-West Africa, which subsequently forms the basis of the first German colony of German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika). Undated • German company AEG is founded in Berlin. • Germany gets the world's first national social health insurance system by legislation of Otto von Bismarck's social legislation, which included the Health Insurance Bill of 1883. • The Schotten-Baumann reaction is first described in 1883 by German chemists Carl Schotten and Eugen Baumann. • The Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen is opened. ==Births==

• 12 January – Gustav Otto, aircraft engineer (died 1926) • 19 January – Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (died 1956) • 31 January – Hermann Höpker-Aschoff, German judge and politician (died 1954) • 16 February – Conrad Hommel, German painter (died 1971) • 9 February – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer (died 1960) • 17 February – Selma Lohse, German politician (died 1937) • 23 February – Otto Nuschke, German politician (died 1957) • 23 February – Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1969) • 8 March – Adolf Köster, German diplomat and politician (died 1930) • 13 March – Eugen Ritter von Schobert, German general (died 1941) • 18 May – Walter Gropius, German architect (died 1969) • 18 May – Theodor Loos, German actor (died 1954) • 7 July – Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, German nobleman (died 1942) • 10 July – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (died 1948) • 10 July – Friedrich Flick, German entrepreneur and industrialist (died 1972) • 7 August – Joachim Ringelnatz, German writer (died 1934) • 20 August – Robert Lehr, German politician (died 1956) • 11 September – Emil Rausch, German swimmer (died 1954) • 17 September – Käthe Kruse, notable pioneer of German doll-making (died 1968) • 14 September – Martin Dibelius, German academic theologian and New Testament professor at the University of Heidelberg (died 1947) • 24 September – Wilhelm Stählin, German Lutheran theologian, bishop, preacher (died 1975) • 30 September – Bernhard Rust, Education Minister of Nazi Germany (died 1945) • 8 October – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (died 1970) • 25 October – Walter Alfred Rosam, German painter (died 1916) • 15 November – Günther Rüdel, German general (died 1950) ==Deaths==

• 19 January – Georg Ferdinand Howaldt, German sculptor (born 1802) • 21 January – Prince Charles of Prussia, German nobleman and Prussian general (born 1801) • 24 January – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (born 1812) • 13 February – Richard Wagner, German composer (born 1813) • 27 February – Julius Stern, German composer and pedagogue (born 1820) • 14 March – Karl Marx, German philosopher, economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist (born 1818) • 15 April – Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born 1823) • 29 April – Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German economist and politician (born 1808) • 4 August – August Howaldt, German engineer and ship builder (born 1809) • 19 November – Arnold Schaefer, German historian (born 1819) ==References==