1821 in Germany

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See also:	Other events of 1821; History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1821 in Germany

Incumbents

Kingdoms

Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)^[1]
Kingdom of Bavaria
- Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825)
Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827)
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
- Wilhelm (6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 ) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.^[4]
- Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)^[4]
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)^[5]
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
Principality of Lippe
- Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)^[6]
Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Heinrich XIX (29 January 1817 - 31 October 1836)^[7]
Waldeck and Pyrmont
- George II (9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845)

Duchies

Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- Leopold IV (9 August 1817 - 22 May 1871)^[8]
Duke of Brunswick
- Charles II (16 June 1815 – 9 September 1830)^[9]
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick^[2]
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826)^[10]
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard II (24 December 1803–20 September 1866)^[11]
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- Frederick William (25 March 1816 – 6 July 1825)^[12]

Events

Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria, wishing to build a monument to German unity and heroism (and the defeat of Napoleon), commissions Leo von Klenze to build a replica of the Parthenon on a bluff overlooking the Danube River near Regensburg, the Walhalla memorial.
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31
Franz Schubert
- "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", D.714; part song for male voices and low strings; Op.posth. 167 (1858)
- Symphony No. 7 in E major, D 729
Carl Maria von Weber – Konzertstück in F minor, for piano and orchestra, Op. 79

Births

27 January – August Becker, German landscape painter (died 1887)
19 February August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
1 March – Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
17 May – Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopath (d. 1897)
18 May – Eduard von Pestel, Prussian military officer and German general (d. 1908)
17 July – Friedrich Engelhorn, German industrialist and founder of BASF (d. 1902)
31 August – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (d. 1894)
13 October – Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)

Deaths

20 April– Franz Karl Achard, German chemist, physicist and biologist (b. 1753)
22 May – Johann Georg Heinrich Feder, German philosopher (born 1740)
10 September – Johann Dominicus Fiorillo, German painter, art historian (b. 1748)
14 September – Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist, zoologist (b. 1797)
21 October – Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)

References

^ Tikkanen, Amy (30 July 2018). "Federick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b "Oldenburg Royal Family". Monarchies of Europe. Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "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.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ernest I." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 751.
^ "Biografie Georg I (German)". Meininger Museen. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1829) [1st pub.:1801]. Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Stats-Calender for Aaret 1829 [Court and State Calendar of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1829] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p. 5, 8, 51. Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via da:DIS Danmark.

[1] Tikkanen, Amy (30 July 2018). "Federick William III". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

[genea-2] 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-3] Bogue, David (1852). The Men of the Time in 1852, Or, Sketches of Living Notables. G. Barclay. pp. 287.

[Olden-4] "Oldenburg Royal Family". Monarchies of Europe. Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[5] "Monarchies of Europe". Archived from the original on 14 June 2007.

[6] Almanach de Gotha (87th ed.). Justus Perthes. 1850. p. 38.

[7] "House of Reuss". European Heraldry. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[Gotha-8] Almanach de Gotha. 1867. p. 3.

[9] 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.

[EB1911-10] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ernest I." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 751.

[Bio-11] "Biografie Georg I (German)". Meininger Museen. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[Statskalender-12] Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1829) [1st pub.:1801]. Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Stats-Calender for Aaret 1829 [Court and State Calendar of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1829] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p. 5, 8, 51. Retrieved 16 September 2019 – via da:DIS Danmark.

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