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1905 in Germany

Explore 15 historical events and records for Germany in 1905.

Historical records for Germany in 1905

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March

Birth of Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer

Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert ยท Mannheim ยท Politics / NSDAP

Birth of Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer

Other events (month unknown)

Chief Pioneer Corps

Beseler, Hans von ยท Chief of Pioneer Corps ยท Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the Pioneer Corps

Codex Theodosianus

Mommsen, Theodor ยท Arts / Literature

Publication of "Codex Theodosianus"

Crisis

Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin ยท Minister President ยท Government / Government of Germany

Bulow alienates France over his handling of the Moroccan crisis

Einhorn Introduces Procaine

Alfred Einhorn ยท Germany ยท Medical Pioneer ยท Science / Medicine

Alfred Einhorn synthesised procaine, which became an important alternative to cocaine for local anaesthesia.

Minister of Commerce

Bruck, Clemens von de ยท Minister of Commerce ยท Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Minister of Commerce

Minister of Interior

Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von ยท Minister of Interior ยท Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Prussian Minister of Interior

New Physics Institute Opens

Wiener, Otto ยท Leipzig ยท Professor ยท Science / Physics

Directs Leipzig physics as the university's new Physical Institute opens.

Nobel Prize

Koch, Robert ยท Stockholm ยท Physician ยท Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for investigations and discoveries concerning tuberculosis, including identification of its bacterial cause.

Nobel Prize

Lenard, Philip ยท Science / Physics

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, for photoelectric effects & cathode rays

Party Secretary

Ebert, Friedrich ยท Party Secretary of SDP ยท Politics / SDP

Appointed Party Secretary of the Social Democratic Party

Salome Dresden Premiere

Strauss, Richard ยท Arts / Opera

Richard Strauss's Salome premiered in Dresden, using dramatic orchestration to intensify Oscar Wilde's biblical tragedy.

Scandal

Erzberger, Matthias ยท Politics / Centre Party

Publishes a report exposing incompetence & brutality in the German colonies

Schlieffen Plan

Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von ยท Chief of Staff ยท Warfare / Military

Draws up a strategy for avoiding war on 2 fronts by invading France then Russia

Symphony No 7 in E minor

Mahler, Gustav ยท Arts / Classical Music

Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 7 in E minor

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