Privy Councillor
Receives the title and rank of Geheimrat, or Privy Councillor, in the Bavarian civil service.
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1912 in Germany
Explore 34 historical events and records for Germany in 1912.
Historical records for Germany in 1912
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February
Birth of Eva Braun
Birth of Eva Braun
March
Birth of Werner von Braun
Birth of Werner von Braun
May
Armament
The new Naval Law is passed by the Reichstag in order to expand the German navy
September
Order of Teutons
A founder member of the Order of Teutons
Order of Teutons
Founder member of the Order of Teutons
Order of Teutons
A founder member of the Order of Teutons
October
Ministerial Director
Becomes Staatsrat and Ministerialdirektor, serving as a senior official and deputy to the Bavarian Interior Minister.
Promotion to Lieutenant
Jodl is commissioned as a lieutenant in the Bavarian artillery.
December
Nobel Prize in Literature
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for varied and outstanding dramatic writing.
Other events (month unknown)
Berlin Notebook Gravitational Lens Calculation
During work recorded in a 1912 notebook, Einstein calculated how a foreground mass could bend light from a background source and produce the geometry of a gravitational lens.
Berlin-Baghdad Railway
Negotiates treaties with Britain over an eventual partition of the Portuguese colonies and the Berlin-Baghdad railway
Commander of East Asia Squadron
Appointed Commander of the East Asia Squadron
Death in Venice
Publication of "Death in Venice"
Diplomatic Negotiations
Negotiates treaties with Britain over an eventual partition of the Portuguese colonies and the Berlin-Baghdad railway
Discovery of Vahsel Bay
Discovers Vahsel Bay in the Weddell Sea, a possible portal into the Antarctic interior
Discovery of X-Rays
Discovers interference of x-rays in crystals & is able to measure their wave lengths
Double-Image Lens Geometry Derived
Einstein's notebook analysis showed that gravitational deflection could allow light from one distant source to reach an observer along two paths, producing two apparent images.
Election
Elected Member of Reichstag
Election
Streseman loses his seat
Election
The main benificiaries are the Socialists who now have 110 Deputies
General
Appointed General
General Relativity
Grossmann introduces Einstein to tensor calculus needed for a relativistic theory of gravitation
Heerverein
Founds an organisation to campaign for an increase in the army
Inspector
Appointed Inspector General of the Cavalry
Lens Magnification Formula First Calculated
Einstein worked out a magnification relation for the gravitational-lens configuration, anticipating formulae he would publish when he returned to the subject decades later.
Lieutenant
Appointed Lieutenant, 2nd after attending the Danzig War Academy
Mobilization
Appointed head of the Mobilization Section, becoming Moltkes closest adviser
President of Germany
Appointed President of the Bavarian Constituent Assembly
Regency
Appointed Regent, 1912-1913
Regency
Appointed Regent & successor of Otto I
Reichstag Seat Loss
Loses his Reichstag seat at the election.
Schlieffen Plan
The right should be 8 times stronger than the left. The right should arc through Belgium to encircle Paris & the left hold Lorraine. Revises the Schlieffen Plan by invading France on 2 fronts & then invading Russia
Socialist Party
Appointed Member of Socialist Party
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