1827 in Germany

Events from the year 1827 in Germany

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Incumbents

Kingdoms

• Kingdom of Prussia
  • Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (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
  • Louis I (8 December 1818 – 30 March 1830)^[2]
• Grand Duke of Hesse
  • Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830)^[2]
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)^[2]
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • George (6 November 1816 – 6 September 1860)^[3]
• 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
  • Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826)^[9]
• 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

Ludwig van Beethoven

• 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)