1908 in Germany

National level • Emperor – Wilhelm II • Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow State level Kingdoms • King of Bavaria – Otto • King of Prussia – Wilhelm II • King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III • King of Württemberg – William II Grand Duchies • Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II • 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 – Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen • Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe • Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent) • 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 – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent) • Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg to 7 February, then Ernst II, 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) – Theodor Seitz (3rd term) • Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel • German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg • German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term) • German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf • German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Bruno von Schuckmann • Togoland – Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen ==Events==

• 8 July – The paper coffee filter, created by German housewife Melitta Bentz, is patented. • 28 October – Daily Telegraph Affair: a British newspaper publishes undiplomatic remarks made by Emperor Wilhelm. • date unknown • German association football club BFC Nord 08 Berlin is founded. • Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff is appointed German ambassador to the United States. ==Births==

• 26 January – Rupprecht Geiger, German painter (died 2009) • 27 January – Trude Eipperle, German operatic soprano (died 1997) • 4 February – Heinz Pollay, German equestrian (died 1979) • 10 February – Alfred Kranzfelder, German naval officer (died 1945) • 25 February – Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, film- and theatredirector (died 1985) • 2 March – Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (died 1990) • 7 March – Inge Viermetz, German official and defendant at the Nuremberg Trials (date of death unknown) • 12 March – Kurt Stöpel, German bicycle racer (died 1997) • 17 March – Brigitte Helm, German film actress (died 1996 in Switzerland) • 25 March – Helmut Käutner, German film director (died 1980) • 26 March – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (died 1981) • 15 April – Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (died 1991) • 19 April – Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (died 1968) • 5 May – Kurt Böhme, German bass (died 1989) • 7 May – Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (died 1989) • 19 May – Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (died 1969) • 20 May – Carlo Otte, Nazi administrator • 22 May – Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (died 1985) • 11 June – Karl Hein German athlete (died 1982) • 24 June – Hugo Distler, German composer (died 1942) • 31 July – Franz Meyers, German politician (died 2002) • 4 August – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (died 1994) • 10 August – Hanan Rubin, German-born Israeli politician (died 1962) • 18 August – Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (died 1991) • 27 August – Karl Ernst Rahtgens, German officer (died 1944) • 20 September – Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1982) • 22 September – Fritz Gunst, German water polo player (died 1992) • 9 October – Werner von Haeften, Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht, who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot (died 1944) • 12 October – Georg Henneberg, German physician (died 1996) • 14 October – Rudolf Ismayr, German weightlifter (died 1998) • 25 October – Gotthard Handrick, German athlete and fighter pilot (died 1978) • 26 October – Richard Häussler, German actor (died 1964) • 11 November – Martin Held, German actor (died 1992) • 20 November – Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1968) • 21 November – Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (died 1996) ==Deaths==

• 5 January – Joseph von Mering, German physician (born 1849) • 9 January – Wilhelm Busch, German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter (born 1832) • 22 January – August Wilhelmj, German violinist (born 1845) • 7 February – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1826) • 24 March – Eduard von Pestel, Prussian military officer and German general (born 1821) • 27 March – Johann Georg Mönckeberg, politician (born 1839) • 26 April – Karl Möbius, German zoologist (born 1825) • 17 May: • Jacques Blumenthal, German pianist and composer (born 1829) • Carl Koldewey, German Arctic explorer (born 1837) • 4 June – Hermann von der Hude, German architect (born 1830) • 13 June – Henry Lomb, German-American optician, founder of Bausch & Lomb (born 1828) • 10 July – Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, German botanist (born 1817) • 29 July – Cuno von Uechtritz-Steinkirch, German sculptor (born 1856) • 3 November – Harro Magnussen, German sculptor (born 1861) • 20 November – Albert Dietrich, conductor and composer (born 1829) ==References==